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The Latest Breaking News from Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

Cop15: Lula calls on rich nations to give more to protect Earth’s ecosystems

Brazil’s incoming president adds voice to demand as Montreal talks restart after series of walkouts

The Guardian - UK

Brazil President-elect Lula to restart diplomatic relations with Venezuela

Brazil's future foreign relations minister on Wednesday said President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has asked him to restore relations with Venezuela once he is inaugurated on Jan. 1.

Reuters

Brazil's Lula to visit U.S., China in early 2023

Brazil President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is expected to make official trips to the United States and China in his first three months in office, incoming Foreign Relations Minister Mauro Vieira said on Wednesday.

Reuters

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Petrobras shares dive on Brazil vote to ease rules on politicians running state firms

Brazil's lower house of Congress voted late on Tuesday to make it easier for politicians to take roles at state-run firms, hammering shares of the state-run oil company, devastated by a political graft scandal over the past decade.

Reuters

Lula builds out econ team with Mercadante at BNDES, ex-banker aide to Haddad

More of Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's economic policy team took shape on Tuesday, with Workers Party (PT) veteran Aloizio Mercadante running development bank BNDES and a former banker taking a key role at the Economy Ministry.

Reuters

Bolsonaro supporters who rioted in Brasilia will face punishment, says future minister

Brazil's next justice minister on Tuesday vowed accountability for supporters of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro who burned buses and attacked police on the day authorities certified the victory of leftist President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Reuters

Gun-loving Bolsonaristas challenge Lula's pledge to disarm Brazil

When four federal police officers came to arrest Roberto Jefferson, a close ally of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, the veteran politician made clear he was going nowhere.

Reuters

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Supporters of Brazil's defeated Bolsonaro attack police headquarters

Supporters of far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday attempted to invade the federal police headquarters in the capital Brasilia, in a flash of post-election violence on the day the president's electoral defeat was certified.

Reuters

Brazil economy ministry rejects Lula transition team's judgment on finances

Brazil's Economy Ministry on Sunday rejected assertions by president-elect Luis Inacio Lula da Silva's transition team that the outgoing administration was leaving government finances "bankrupted."

Reuters

Political veteran Lula’s accomplishments

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about Brazil’s president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. There’s “On This Day”, the bonus question and the “Listeners Corner”, and “Music from Erwan”. All that, and the new quiz question, too, so click on the “Audio” arrow…

Radio France Internationale

'It hurts my soul': Brazil's Bolsonaro ends post-election silence

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro broke his silence on Friday for the first time since his election defeat on Oct. 30 and spoke to supporters calling for a military coup to stop leftist President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva taking office.

Reuters

Brazil's Lula appoints former mayor as finance minister

Brasília (AFP) - Brazil's president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday named former Sao Paulo mayor Fernando Haddad, viewed unfavorably by many in the business community, as his finance minister.

AFP

Brazil's next defense minister is a political veteran, respected by military

Jose Mucio, a veteran politician known for his negotiating skills, will be Brazil's next defense minister, tasked with smoothing over relations between the country's military and leftist President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Reuters

Lula taps close ally as Brazil's next finance minister

When Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was barred from running for office four years ago, he turned to one of his most trusted allies to take up the banner of his Workers Party (PT) in the 2018 presidential race.

Reuters

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Brazil's Lula names ex-Sao Paulo mayor Haddad as finance minister

Brazil's leftist President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday picked a trusted ally, former Sao Paulo Mayor Fernando Haddad, as his finance minister, ending days of speculation over a key appointment.

Reuters

Lula ticket sues Bolsonaro and sons for abuses during Brazil's election

President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's election team sued President Jair Bolsonaro, his running mate and two of his sons for abuse of power and attacks on Brazil's voting system, both during the October election campaign.

Reuters

Brazil's Lula to announce some Cabinet names on Friday, aide says

Brazil's leftist President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is expected to start announcing some members of his Cabinet on Friday, the head of his Workers Party (PT) said on Thursday, as he seeks to end speculation about key ministerial appointments.

Tribune News Service

Peru swears in Boluarte as new president after Castillo’s ‘coup’ attempt fails

Peru’s sixth president in four years starts her first day in office seeking to build a cabinet and restore confidence in the $240 billion economy after her predecessor tried to suspend congress and call for a new constitution.

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Brazil's Senate approves bill raising 2023-24 spending cap, sends to lower house

Brazil's Senate approved on Wednesday a constitutional amendment to increase the government spending cap, allowing the incoming administration of President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to fund an extension of social welfare payments for poor families.

Reuters

Brazil risks losing control of the Amazon to organized crime, judge warns

Brazil runs the risk of losing control over its vast Amazon rainforest region to organized crime and traffickers who use the lawless region to smuggle drugs, a Supreme Court judge warned on Wednesday.

Reuters

Brazil's Lula expected to visit Biden in the US in January, sources say

Brazil's leftsit President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is expected to travel to the United States to meet U.S. President Joe Biden in January, three sources told Reuters on Wednesday.

Reuters

Brazil senator Favaro leading candidate to be Lula’s agriculture minister - sources

Brazilian senator Carlos Favaro is the leading candidate to be agriculture minister for president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, two sources told Reuters on condition of anonymity on Tuesday.

Reuters

Lula's promise of a ministry of indigenous people in doubt

Brazil's indigenous leaders are counting on President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva keeping his promise to create a ministry of indigenous affairs to help restore their people's rights and protections that were undermined by the current government.

Reuters

U.S. NSC chief visits Brazil's Lula, discuss democracy, climate change

U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met on Monday with Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and discussed strengthening democracy in the Americas, combating climate change and the situation in Haiti and Venezuela, Lula's top foreign policy advisor said.

Reuters

Brazil's Lula undergoes new throat exam; 'normal' results, doctors say

Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Sunday underwent a laryngoscopy, a medical note showed, a follow-up procedure after he had potentially pre-cancerous patches removed from his vocal cord.

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