The Latest Breaking News from Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Is Brazil ready for the next incarnation of President Lula?

The 76-year-old former leader, jailed on corruption charges, is ready to run again, and is ahead of incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in the polls

The Guardian - UK · Apr 30, 2022

UN: Brazil's Lula was illegally barred from 2018 race

A U.N. human rights panel of experts has given a moral victory to former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

The Independent UK · Apr 28, 2022

‘Like a football idol’: Bolsonaro claws back support after poor Covid response

President is touring Brazil in bid to win back voters before October election – and appears to be making headway

The Guardian - UK · Apr 25, 2022

Brazil's Lula takes aim at Bolsonaro's decrees on Indigenous

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says that if he wins the October presidential election, he will revoke decisions by incumbent Jair Bolsonaro affecting Indigenous peoples, including promoting mining on their lands

The Independent UK · Apr 13, 2022

Brazil's Lula taps former rival as his pick for running mate

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has chosen a past rival to be his running mate in October’s election

The Independent UK · Apr 8, 2022

Why Brazil's Bolsonaro is following Trump’s pre-election playbook

The day after the attack on the US Capitol in January 2021, Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro threatened: “If we don’t have printed ballot papers in 2022, so we can check the vote, we’re going to have worse trouble than in the United States.”

The Conversation · Apr 1, 2022

Stars in Brazil voice fury as judge orders festival to ban ‘political demonstrations’

Electoral judge outlaws leftist ‘propaganda’ at Lollapalooza, months before October election

The Guardian - UK · Mar 27, 2022

Brazil's Lula says he would strengthen, rather than privatize, key state enterprises

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said on Thursday he would seek to strengthen state-owned companies such as power company Eletrobras and postal service Correios if elected, potentially complicating current plans to privatize the enterprises.

Reuters · Feb 17, 2022

‘Samba is politics’: struggle for Brazil’s future invades its dancefloors

Outcry as club that is symbol of black resistance finds itself at the centre of politically charged squabble over Bolsonaro’s far-right government

The Guardian - US · Feb 2, 2022