The Latest Breaking News from Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

Brazil's incoming finance chief Haddad names ministry officials

Brazil's incoming Finance Minister Fernando Haddad on Thursday announced a fresh batch of officials to lead the economic team of President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government.

Reuters · Dec 22, 2022

Lula to appoint Prates as Petrobras CEO, aide says

Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will appoint Senator Jean Paul Prates of his Workers Party to be the next chief executive of state-run oil company Petrobras, a member of his transition team said on Thursday.

Reuters · Dec 22, 2022

Latin America's 'pink tide' may have hit its high-water mark

Dramatic elections in Brazil, Chile and Colombia brought leftist governments into power across much of Latin America in 2022, capping the region's second "pink tide" in two decades.

Reuters · Dec 22, 2022

Lula, Putin talk on 'strategic' Brazil-Russia relations

Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had congratulated him on his recent election win and talked of stronger relations between the two countries.

Reuters · Dec 20, 2022

Brazil's top court lifts Lula with 'secret budget,' social spending rulings

Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva scored two key victories on Monday, after the Supreme Court granted an injunction allowing him to increase social investment, while also outlawing an opaque congressional spending program.

Reuters · Dec 19, 2022

China urges action as ministers meet at U.N. nature summit

Chinese President Xi Jinping urged the world to take action on preventing nature loss in a video message to ministers from more than 120 countries assembled in Montreal for the U.N. biodiversity summit, of which China holds the presidency.

Reuters · Dec 15, 2022

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 · Dec 15, 2022

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 · Dec 14, 2022

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 · Dec 14, 2022

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 · Dec 14, 2022