The Latest Breaking News from Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Brazil judge rejects ex-president Bolsonaro’s attempts to overturn elections

Judge fines his coalition party £3.5m for bad faith litigation

The Independent UK · Nov 24, 2022

Brazil court fines Bolsonaro allies more than $4 million for "bad faith" election challenge

Judge slammed parties for "totally fraudulent narrative of the facts."

Axios · Nov 24, 2022

Jair Bolsonaro challenges election loss

Observers worry supporters could stage an insurrection akin to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack

Salon · Nov 23, 2022

Voter suppression: how democracies around the world are using new rules to make it harder to vote

Attempts to stop voters getting to polling stations, increase waiting times to place a ballot or add restrictions on who can vote are becoming issues in democracies around the world.

The Conversation · Nov 18, 2022

Ending Amazon deforestation: 4 essential reads about the future of the world's largest rainforest

Brazil’s president-elect, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, was greeted with applause and cheers when he addressed the U.N. climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on Nov. 16, 2022. As he had in his campaign, Lula pledged to stop rampant deforestation in the Amazon, which his predecessor, Jair Bolsanaro, had encouraged.

The Conversation · Nov 18, 2022

Lula's push to boost spending in Brazil rattles markets

Brazilian investors are showing concern over President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's promises to sustain a massive welfare program, increase the minimum wage and boost health and education spending

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2022

Lines in the sand need redrawing to reach climate deal

As international climate talks in the Egyptian desert go into its final days, the focus is on somehow erasing some countries’ lines in the sand on key issues

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2022

Brazil's Lula promises new day for Amazon, crackdown on illegal deforestation, at COP27

President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says he will step up efforts to fight illegal deforestation - but faces a challenge in delivering environmental protections alongside economic development.

ABC News · Nov 17, 2022

Afternoon Update: mining industry’s windfall tax threat; Victoria’s messy politics; and a Christmas gift guide

It’s déjà vu with a mining lobby warning that harks back to the ad campaign against the Rudd government

The Guardian - AU · Nov 17, 2022

At climate summit, Brazil's Lula says deforestation to stop

Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is promising to combat deforestation when he assumes office on Jan. 1

The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2022