Lula launches alliance to combat world hunger as Brazil hosts G20 Summit’s first day notable for frosty meeting of far-right Argentinian leader Javier Milei and leftwing host The Guardian - US · Nov 18, 2024
Brazil G20 Summit Focuses On Social Issues Amid Global Tensions Brazil prepares to host G20 summit in Rio, addressing social issues amidst global uncertainties. Top News · Nov 18, 2024
Starmer aims to build ‘pragmatic and serious relationship’ in meeting with Xi Prime minister wants bilateral at G20 to lead to closer ties with China, which he sees as key to faster growth The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2024
Biden becomes the first sitting US president to visit the Amazon rainforest Joe Biden has become the first current U.S. president to set foot in the Amazon rainforest The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2024
Brazilian presidency of the G20 is likely to end with limited results The G20 Leaders’ Summit takes place on November 18 and 19, in Rio de Janeiro, with the presence of leaders of the member countries, plus the African Union and the European Union. The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, will not attend. Putin faces arrest if he travels abroad on a warrant… The Conversation · Nov 15, 2024
Judge investigating 2023 coup was court bomb target, say Brazilian police Police name 59-year-old with explosive devices said to have killed himself after trying to enter court in Brasília The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2024
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon drops by nearly 31% compared to previous year According to official monitoring, Amazon rainforest loss in Brazil dropped by one-third compared to the previous year, according to official monitoring The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2024
AI To Play a Starring Role in Brazil's Innovation Plan The country is expected to invest $4 billion over the next four years to bolster its local AI industry and become less dependent on other countries' technology Latin Times · Oct 27, 2024
Brazil reaches $23 billion settlement with mining firms over 2015 environmental disaster Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has signed an agreement worth tens of billions of dollars with the mining companies responsible for a 2015 dam collapse that was one of the country’s worst-ever environmental disasters The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2024
Brazilian President Lula Says Head Injury That Forced Him Out of BRICS Summit Was 'Serious' Lula da Silva will be reevaluated in the upcoming days to determine the extent of the wound Latin Times · Oct 22, 2024
Brazil's Lula cancels trip to Russia for BRICS summit after an accident Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has canceled his trip to Russia for a BRICS summit after an accident at home that left him with a cut in the neck The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2024
Lula and Petro have the chance of a lifetime to save the Amazon. Can they unite idealism and realpolitik to pull it off? The South American leaders are in the spotlight as they prepare to host this week’s Cop16 biodiversity summit, November’s G20 meeting and next year’s Cop30 climate summit The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2024
Rio De Janeiro Mayor Re-Elected; Sao Paulo Race Neck-And-Neck Incumbent Eduardo Paes secures fourth term as Rio mayor, Sao Paulo race undecided amidst controversy. Brazil's local elections witness high voter turnout a... Top News · Oct 7, 2024
G20 environment ministers back funding for forest conservation Environment ministers of the Group of 20 nations agreed Thursday to support the creation of funding sources for ecosystem services, acknowledging Brazil’s proposal to establish a trust fund for forest conservation The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2024
Top News · Oct 1, 2024 Brazilian President's Plane Experiences Technical Issue In Mexico Brazilian President Lula's airplane encounters technical issue in Mexico, requiring return to airport. President Lula was en route to Brazil after attendin...
The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2024 A plane carrying Brazil's president back home returns to Mexico City due to a technical problem Brazil’s air force says that the airplane carrying Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva experienced a technical problem after leaving Mexico City and will return to the country’s capital so he can board another flight to return home
The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2024 Brazil’s ‘Paradise’ on fire: ‘The forest is burning. Animals are burning. Everything’s burning’ Along the Madeira river basin, in the Amazon, locals blame climate change and human greed for the wildfires
The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2024 Head of United Nations calls global situation 'unsustainable' as annual meeting of leaders opens The head of the United Nations is warning world leaders that impunity, inequality and uncertainty are driving modern civilization toward “a powder keg that risks engulfing the world
Top News · Sep 24, 2024 World Leaders Address Urgent Climate Crisis At UNGA World leaders at UNGA stress urgent action on climate crisis. President Lula highlights Brazil's climate impact, while UN Secretary-General Guterres calls ...
The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2024 Brazil's Lula to talk climate at U.N., but Amazon fires back home undermine his message When Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva opens the United Nations’ General Assembly on Tuesday, he is expected to call on the world to do more to combat climate change
The Guardian - US · Sep 20, 2024 ‘It’s guerrilla warfare’: Brazil fire teams fight Amazon blazes – and the arsonists who start them Firefighters and police in Rondônia battle fires intensified by both the climate crisis and a criminal assault on the rainforest
The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2024 Brazil Indigenous group hails a sacred cloak's homecoming after nearly four centuries in Europe Indigenous chants and the rattle of maracas are resounding in a Rio de Janeiro park, where Brazil’s Tupinambá people gathered to celebrate the homecoming of a sacred cloak absent for some 380 years
The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2024 Brazil's Lula pledges to finish paving road that experts say could worsen Amazon deforestation Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is pledging to finish paving a roadway in the heart of the Amazon that experts and some in his own government say could worsen deforestation
The Guardian - UK · Sep 10, 2024 Brazilian president flies into Amazon amid alarm over droughts and wildfires Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says Amazonia suffering its worst drought in more than 40 years
The Guardian - UK · Sep 10, 2024 G20 countries turning backs on fossil fuel pledge, say campaigners Promise to ‘transition away from fossil fuels’ made at Cop28 climate talks has been left out of draft resolutions