Lula da Silva

According to the Ministry of Labor and Employment, 3,190 workers being held captive were rescued throughout the country in 2023

Venezuela’s president traveled to Kazan in search of legitimacy, but returns without joining the bloc of countries aligned against the West and amid a diplomatic war with Brazil that further complicates his role in the international community

President Maduro considers the Brazilian veto ‘an aggression and a hostile gesture’ but the country is reacting to Maduro’s failure to keep his promise to release electoral records

The director of the Potsdam Institute, recognized for his work on the boundaries of planetary health, has been awarded the 2024 Virchow Prize

According to the report, the Chavista security forces launched an ‘unprecedented campaign of mass and indiscriminate detentions’ following the July 28 vote

The president has announced extra funding to fight the 200,000 wildfire outbreaks that are engulfing 60% of the country in smoke

The South American country is hosting troops from the two rival superpowers in what is yet another sign of the country’s ambition to play a bigger role on the global stage

The director of the Inter-American Dialogue’s Rule of Law Program talks about the scenarios for the country and ideas to generate legal incentives for a democratic transition in her native country

A forestry engineer tells of researchers’ foray into the jungle to inventory the flora and fauna living near the 70-meter tall giants

Despite the intensifying political crisis in the country, both Maduro’s ruling party and the opposition have dismissed the solutions put forward to date

In an interview, with EL PAÍS, the Venezuelan opposition leader says she’s convinced that a change in the country is possible this time: ‘Our records are available for anyone who wants to analyze them’

Ako Kamanawa is on trial over the discovery of 141 kilograms of the psychoactive concoction, considered a natural medicine for him and his community

The soccer player, who died in 2011, was one of the protagonists of the Diretas Já campaign 40 years ago to restore democracy after the dictatorship

Daniel Noboa’s government described Jorge Glas’ asylum at Mexican legation as a provocation and justified the assault as a necessary step to prevent impunity

The unprecedented step coincides with the 60th anniversary of the coup d’état that gave rise to a military regime responsible for the deaths of over 8,300 natives

Two corrupt politicians and a police commissioner from Rio de Janeiro are arrested as the masterminds of the 2018 crime

Sixty years have passed since the 1964 military coup, an event that current President Lula would rather not mark with any ceremony so as not to further strain his relationship with the military

Three military police officers from Bahia are on trial for allegedly killing three young people in cold blood, planting weapons on them and altering the crime scene during the 2022 Carnival

Lula’s government announced that the former police officer is collaborating with the investigation but, as the case is under seal, no further details were given

The biggest corruption investigation in Brazilian history, which had repercussions throughout Latin America, turns ten years old. It has become irrelevant, and many sentences have been overturned in the country where it started

The former Brazilian President was one of the few world leaders railing against the vaccine, openly flouting health restrictions and encouraging society to follow his example

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

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