The Latest Breaking News from Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Lula sworn in as President of Brazil after defeating outgoing Jair Bolsonaro

Security was tight at the ceremony, amid fears those who oppose the incoming president could cause disruption

Evening Standard · Jan 1, 2023

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The Independent UK · Jan 1, 2023

The Observer view on how Brazil should be remade in the image of its hero Pelé

Bolsonaro has gone, now Lula and his new government have the huge task of putting the country back together

The Guardian - UK · Jan 1, 2023

After presidency, unclear fate for Brazil's brash Bolsonaro

Jair Bolsonaro said he would only leave the Brazilian presidency when he was dead, jailed or ready for his second term

The Independent UK · Dec 27, 2022

‘Amazonia, you beauty!’ How the murders of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira renewed the fight for Brazil’s forests

Six months on, is something positive coming from the killings that shocked the world?

The Guardian - UK · Dec 25, 2022

Days before new president, old divisions tearing at Brazil

Trumpets and snares will play Brazil’s national anthem at Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s swearing-in on Jan. 1

The Independent UK · Dec 24, 2022

Brazil's Lula promises no deforestation but challenges loom

Brazil's incoming president has promised to eliminate all deforestation by 2030, which would be a complete change of course for Brazil compared to the last four years

The Independent UK · Dec 23, 2022

Brazil's Lula taps 16 ministers ahead of inauguration

Brazil’s President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has appointed 16 ministers just over a week before he takes office

The Independent UK · Dec 22, 2022

Seven reasons to be cheerful about the Amazon in 2023 – and three to be terrified

The electoral defeat of Jair Bolsonaro by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is good news for world’s largest rainforest, but the situation remains perilous

The Guardian - UK · Dec 20, 2022

Sônia Guajajara hails Brazil’s Indigenous ministry after Bolsonaro ‘turmoil’

The activist for native peoples says she will work to overturn the ‘catastrophic legacy’ from Jair Bolsonaro’s presidency

The Guardian - US · Dec 18, 2022