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Brazil's Lula arrives in China for state visit

Shanghai (AFP) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrived late Wednesday in China for an official visit aimed at boosting already deep ties between the Asian giant and Latin America's biggest economy.

AFP

Brazil’s Lula visits China, seeking ties and Ukraine support

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is heading to China to strengthen ties with his nation’s biggest trade partner and win support for his long shot push for peace in Ukraine

The Independent UK

Brazil’s Lula heads to China hoping to boost trade, investments

Brazilian president, who is taking a massive delegation to China, also aims to re-assert Brazil’s place on global stage.

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Brazil's Lula puts Ukraine peace on his agenda in China

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva departed Brazil on Tuesday for an official visit to China, where he aims to convince President Xi Jinping to form a group of nations to mediate an end to Russia's war with Ukraine.

Reuters

What next for Bolsonaro? Not the presidency, wager even his Brazil allies

Former President Jair Bolsonaro promises to be many things in the coming years: a leader of Brazil's political opposition, a thorn in the side of leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and a kingmaker in right-wing politics.

Reuters

Brazil's Lula struggling to move forward after 100 days

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva finishes the first 100 days of his third term as Brazil’s president on Monday and his return to power has been marked by efforts to reinstate his past social policies and undo his predecessor’s legacy

The Independent UK

Lula government struggles to rein in deforestation in Brazil

Preliminary data finds deforestation in the month of March increased 14 percent over the same month last year.

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Portugal party Chega sets far-right world summit with Brazil's Bolsonaro, Italy's Salvini

Portuguese party Chega will hold a world summit in Lisbon with several far-right party leaders in May, including former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and Italian deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini, the president of Chega said on Friday.

Reuters

Despite Lula's promises, deforestation still rampant in Brazil

Brasília (AFP) - Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest in the first quarter of 2023 was one of the worst on record, according to official figures released on Friday.

AFP

Amazon forests save $2bn in pollution healthcare: study

Paris (AFP) - Rainforests on Indigenous lands in Brazil's Amazon protect millions of people from heart and lung diseases by absorbing pollution and save $2 billion a year in healthcare costs, researchers said in a study published Thursday, urging increased protection against deforestation.

AFP

Brazil wrestles with solutions after deadly day care attack

Parents in this small city in southern Brazil are struggling with how to explain to their children that a man slaughtered four of their friends, while Brazilians across the country are wondering what should be done to stem an apparently systemic rise of violence in schools

The Independent UK

Brazil's Bolsonaro testifies in scandal over Saudi jewelry gift

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro appeared at the federal police headquarters on Wednesday to testify in an investigation into jewelry and gifts given in 2021 to the then-president and his wife by the king of Saudi Arabia.

Reuters

Brazil's Bolsonaro arrives at police base for diamonds probe

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro entered the Federal Police headquarters in capital Brasilia on Wednesday to provide testimony regarding diamond jewelry gifts incorporated into the president’s personal collection

The Independent UK

Brazil creates rights medal named after Black writer, replacing princess

Brazil's leftist government on Monday abolished a human rights medal that former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro had named after the daughter of the country's last monarch, replacing it with a prize named after a Black writer and abolitionist.

Reuters

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The Week

Lula and the world: what to expect from new Brazilian foreign policy

Guilherme Casarões, professor of political science at the São Paulo School of Business Administration explains how Jair Bolsonaro's successor must restore Brazil’s activism at the United Nations and balance Brazilian relations between Beijing and Washington if his third term is to be a success.

The Guardian - UK

Lula’s victory changed how I think about happiness - and made me believe it is possible for all

This supposedly intangible, romantic thing is in fact rooted in something concrete and quantifiable: our material conditions, says author Yara Rodrigues Fowler

Reuters

Almost a third of Brazilians disapprove of Lula, poll shows

Almost a third of Brazilians disapprove of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, putting the leftist leader at about the same level of unpopularity as his right-wing predecessor Jair Bolsonaro during the first three months of his presidency, a poll cited by the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo showed on Saturday.

AFP

Brazil's Lula reschedules China trip for April 11-14

Brasília (AFP) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who last week had to cancel a visit to China after coming down with pneumonia, has rescheduled the trip to April 11-14, his office said Friday.

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The Conversation

Lula and the world: what to expect from the new Brazilian foreign policy

Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was scheduled to visit his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at the end of March. Beijing would have been Lula’s fourth international destination in less than 100 days in office.

The Guardian - UK

‘Fear can’t paralyse us’: sister of murdered Brazilian activist vows to continue her mission as minister

Anielle Franco is determined to develop the work of her assassinated sister Marielle in fighting to better the lives of Black people in the country

AFP

Bolsonaro returns to Brazil, vowing Lula's days are numbered

Brasília (AFP) - Ex-president Jair Bolsonaro returned home to Brazil Thursday from three months of self-imposed exile in the United States, vowing to be a fierce opponent to his successor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

WEKU

Former President Bolsonaro returns to Brazil after three months in Florida

The far-right leader went to Florida after losing his bid for re-election, days before his rival was inaugurated. While in Florida, Bolsonaro frequently met with supporters and conservative groups.

AFP

Bolsonaro returns to Brazil for first time since election loss

Brasília (AFP) - Three months after leaving for the United States in the final hours of his term, Brazil's ex-president Jair Bolsonaro returned home Thursday to reenter politics -- complicating life for his successor and nemesis, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

The Independent UK

Bolsonaro returns to Brazil after 3-month stint in Florida

Former President Jair Bolsonaro has arrived back in Brazil after a three-month stay in Florida

Evening Standard

Jair Bolsonaro returns to Brazil for first time since January riots

Mr Bolsonaro says he will ‘help his party’ ahead of the local elections

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