The political right knows that most Brazilians have rejected the coup-plotting, radical wing of the former president, but they also know that voters do not want a full return of the Workers’ Party in its purest form
‘The submitted proposals are intended to question the unprecedented brutality applied by the dictatorship of Ortega and Murillo,’ claim denationalized Nicaraguan dissidents
In his daily medical update Wednesday, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni added that Francis was at work during the day and had received the Eucharist during a moment of prayer in the chapel of his hospital suite
Caught in the crossfire between his two closest confidants and fixated on conspiracies, the leftist leader is unable to get anything done
The meeting has given Nicolás Maduro a diplomatic boost, but Chile and Uruguay were quick to distance themselves from Lula’s comments about the crisis in the country
Lula wants to revive the Union of South American Nations, or Unasur, which was launched in 2008 to boost cooperation, but became largely defunct about a decade later in disputes over leadership
To the chagrin of the West, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva strongly defends his own position, whether that be on Venezuela or China
The meeting is part of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s attempt to reinvigorate regional integration efforts that have in the past floundered amid the continent’s political swings and polarization
The Ukrainian president hoped to persuade Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to change their position on the war in Ukraine
The marriage of the mayor of Araucária to a 16-year-old girl and the appointment of her mother to a position on the city council has sparked debate on a widespread phenomenon
The U.N. secretary general talks to EL PAÍS about the Russian invasion, Europe’s failure to address the refugee crisis and why more needs to be done to address global warming
There are several huge projects that activists and experts say would devastate the natural world, and seriously dent Lula’s newfound image as a defender of the environment, if they proceed under his watch
The Brazilian president called it ‘an embarrassment’ and ‘a crazy thing’ that Assange would be jailed for denouncing fraud, and bemoaned the press for failing to come to his defense
A fragmented and polarized world is living through a strange scenario, in which a single power no longer has total hegemony. Central and South America must now navigate this new political climate
A breakdown of the strategic calculations made by the chief players surrounding the conflict
Lula’s action delivers in part on a campaign promise and also serves to help protect critical Amazon rainforest from commercial exploitation
The president of Brazil assures EL PAÍS from Madrid that the agreement between Russia and Ukraine is possible. “That’s why I try to do my part,” he argues
About two weeks after a man killed four children in a Brazilian daycare center, authorities already have rounded up some 300 adults and minors nationwide accused of spreading hate speech or stoking school violence
President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa received Lula and Brazilian first lady Rosangela da Silva in Lisbon. Portugal is home to over 250,000 Brazilians
The goal of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s government is to protect 70 million Brazilians from dengue fever by releasing modified insects in urban areas
Alarm bells are sounding after a 25-year-old man hacked four young children to death at a daycare center
The Latin American country could be at the forefront of the fight to protect the environment, a struggle that affects the entire planet
Sergei Lavrov thanked Brazil for its efforts to seek an end to the war in Ukraine but Washington criticized Brasilia for ‘parroting Russian and Chinese propaganda’
Lula has refused to provide weapons to Ukraine while proposing a club of nations including Brazil and China to mediate peace
The meeting came on the second day of Lula’s visit to China, his country’s most important trading partner and ally in his bid to challenge Western-dominated economic institutions
The Brazilian president’s return to power has been marked by efforts to reinstate his past social policies and undo what his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro did
Starlink, part of SpaceX, has almost 4,000 low-orbit satellites lined up across the skies, giving people connectivity in remote corners of the Amazon