The statements add to his legal woes as prosecutors seek to find links between the far-right leader and the Jan. 8, 2023 riots that trashed government buildings in capital Brasilia one week after Lula’s inauguration
A crucial test to gauge the challenges facing the current administration will be the upcoming municipal elections in October
Rarely has support among the world’s progressive forces — such as Spain and Brazil — been as necessary as it is today
It already seems clear that the wife of the former Brazilian president will begin her entry into active politics as soon as possible. She will likely start with the municipal elections scheduled for October
The killing of over 100 people receiving aid in the Strip is the latest example of the effects of the organization’s paralysis. Countries in the Global South have criticized the West’s double standards in relation to the conflict in Ukraine
The Venezuelan president held a meeting with his Brazilian counterpart at the CELAC summit, in which he invited Brazil to participate as an observer in the upcoming elections
One of Brazil’s key proposals, set by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is a reform of global governance institutions such as the UN, WTO and multilateral banks, where he wants to push for stronger representation of developing nations
Two dangerous inmates from the Comando Vermelho criminal organization have escaped in the first jailbreak in the history of the federal prison system, which was created in 2006
Percussionists had ‘Miners out’ written across the skins of their drums as participants marched through the Sambadrome on Sunday evening
Investigators accused the former president of drafting a decree to annul the 2022 elections, forbade him to leave the country and confiscated his passport
She decided to fight on behalf of the Amazon on the frontlines of its destruction, moving from São Paulo to Altamira. In her writing, she warns that putting the world’s largest tropical rainforest at risk could mean a holocaust for many species, including our own
The group on Monday released an annual assessment of global inequalities timed to the World Economic Forum’s gathering of political and business elites at the Swiss ski resort of Davos
The presidents’ discourses on the energy transition are going in opposite directions. Both men have reduced deforestation, but while Brasilia is joining OPEC as an observer, Bogota is committed to leaving fossil fuels behind
On Monday, the president is leading an event with Congress and the Supreme Court to celebrate the country’s democracy on the first anniversary of Bolsonaro supporters’ assault in Brasília
On Monday, Lula and other officials will gather in Congress for the peculiar exhibit called “Unshakeable Democracy” in a symbolic ceremony aimed at reassuring Brazilians of the strength of their democratic system of government
Economic growth has bolstered the president, who has just completed one year in power. His administration has prioritized the fight against hunger and poverty, while investing in public works and environmental protection
The long-awaited tax reform aims to simplify the system, widely considered overly burdensome for both individuals and businesses, and boost economic growth that has drifted between downturns and doldrums for the last decade
Lula da Silva’s government praised the results of the COP28, while auctioning off 602 blocks and working to increase crude oil and gas production
President Lula announced a $200 million plan to provide them with social assistance, although only 150 housing units are expected to be built
Instead of adulation, at this year’s climate talks Brazil received a Fossil of the Day award from an NGO and sharp criticism from environmental groups
Lula da Silva is an advocate of the agreement that has been in the works for two decades. His main partners so far have been Spain, which holds the presidency of the EU, and Germany
Via a law announced Tuesday, Venezuela will create a new province or state in the disputed territory, having already appointed a single provisional authority: Major-General Alexis Rodríguez Cabello
Neighborhoods in the city of Maceio are threatening to collapse due to the company’s decades-long extraction of rock salt
The Latin America country’s position goes against that of neighbor Brazil, which holds the presidency of Mercosur, and Spain, which holds the presidency of the EU
The Nobel Prize-winning climate activist said al-Jaber’s Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. is ‘one of the largest and one of the dirtiest, by many measures, oil companies in the world.’
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An NGO warns that the increase in violence due to the establishment of drug gangs in the largest tropical forest in the world must be included in the environmental debate