The Latest Breaking News from Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

As he preps for CPAC speech, Brazil’s Bolsonaro keeps Orlando as home base

ORLANDO, Fla. — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is planning to make the Orlando area his home base for at least several more weeks while the U.S. government processes his visa request and tensions remain high in his home country, his immigration lawyer said Wednesday.

Orlando Sentinel · Mar 2, 2023

U.S. Climate envoy Kerry meeting authorities in Brazil

The U.S. special climate envoy John Kerry on Tuesday was holding his second day of meetings with Brazilian government officials, executives and lawmakers to discuss details of planned environmental actions

The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2023

‘A war society doesn’t see’: the Brazilian force driving out mining gangs from Indigenous lands

An elite unit is on a mission to expel the illegal miners who devastated Yanomami territory during Bolsonaro’s presidency

The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2023

Death toll rises from landslides and flooding in Brazil as President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva pledges to build safer homes

The death toll from the devastating rain and landslides in south-eastern Brazil rises to 40, with three dozen people still missing.

ABC News · Feb 20, 2023

Brazil: flooding and landslides kill dozens in São Paulo state

Cities cancel carnival festivities as rescue workers search for victims and clear roads

The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2023

The dark side of neutrality when it comes to war

Last May, before being newly re-elected as president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva claimed that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, bear equal responsibility for the war in Ukraine. Yet whether the refusal to pick sides comes from Brazil, South Africa, or India, claiming…

Bangkok Post · Feb 19, 2023

Brazil ministers to visit site of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira’s murder

Visit is part of push by Lula’s government to beat back illegal miners, loggers and poachers who wrought environmental havoc

The Guardian - US · Feb 16, 2023

Bolsonaro says he may return to Brazil in the coming weeks

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said Saturday he intends to return to Brazil “in the following weeks.”

The Independent UK · Feb 12, 2023

Biden greets Brazil's Lula at the White House

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden welcomed the new leader of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, to the White House Friday, with each man hoping for a boost from the other as they try to put their countries’ previous administrations behind them.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 10, 2023

Biden to greet Brazil's Lula at the White House

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday hosts the new leader of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and each man is hoping for a boost from the other as they try to put their countries' previous administrations behind them.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 10, 2023