Following Moraes' decision on Friday, X lawyers again asked the court for authorization to resume operations in Brazil, denying that the company had paid the fines to the wrong account and saying they do not see the need for the prosecutor general to be consulted before the ban is lifted.

The payment was made to settle a dispute with a Brazilian judge who banned the platform in August Elon Musk's X has paid millions of dollars in fines in Brazil to settle a row with a judge who banned the platform in its biggest Latin American market over disinformation.

Elon Musk's ongoing clash with Brazil's Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes has taken an ironic turn, as Musk’s company mistakenly sent a $5.2 million fine to the wrong bank account. Despite paying the full amount for failing to comply with court orders,

MANAUS, Brazil (Reuters) - Francisco Mateus da Silva, 67, spent an hour walking across sandbanks and dry riverbeds where he lives in the Amazon to fetch food and water amid the worst drought on record in the region, which has paralyzed river transportation.

The drought is draining waterways and snarling the transport of grain exports and supplies that are the region's lifeline.

One of the Amazon River's main tributaries has dropped to its lowest level ever recorded, Brazil's geological service said Friday, reflecting a severe drought that has devastated the Amazon rainforest and other parts of the country.