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Montevideo, May 19th 2024 - 06:19 UTC

Tag: Lula da Silva

  • Saturday, July 22nd 2023 - 10:41 UTC

    Lula signs decree limiting access to guns

    “We are going to continue fighting for a disarmed country,” Lula said

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Friday signed a decree limiting access to guns as part of the “Security Action Program” to curb violence in South America's largest country, it was reported.

  • Tuesday, July 18th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    Solution to Venezuelan crisis sought in Brussels

    Machado's disenfranchisement was discussed by Fernández, Lula, Petro, Macron, Borrell, Rodríguez, and Blyde, according to diplomatic sources

    Presidents Alberto Fernández of Argentina, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil, Gustavo Petro of Colombia, and Emmanuel Macron of France Monday got together in Brussels on the sides of the EU-Celac Summit with Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez and opposition leader Gerardo Blyde in a multilateral effort to find a solution to the political crisis in the Bolivarian country. Also participating in the gathering was the EU's top diplomat Josep Borrell.

  • Tuesday, July 18th 2023 - 10:24 UTC

    Lula wants to deepen discussion with EU on climate issue

    Von der Leyen welcomed Brazil's return to the international scene

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Monday told European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen that his country wanted to generate a common agenda with the European Union (EU) to respond to present and future environmental challenges and the transition to renewable energies.

  • Saturday, July 15th 2023 - 10:26 UTC

    Mujica tells Brazilian students to look after their democracy

    Lula welcomed his dear friend Pepe Mujica at the Planalto Palace

    Former Uruguayan President José Mujica called on Brazilians to take care of their democracy during the 59th National Congress of the Students Union in Brasilia which he attended alongside incumbent Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva.

  • Friday, July 14th 2023 - 10:28 UTC

    Brazil: Lula signs into law bill on housing for the poorest

    We have “to do what has to be done for the success of Brazil,” Lula said

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva pledged to turn abandoned public buildings into low-income housing units as he signed into law a bill providing for the construction by 2026 of two million buildings as part of the My House My Life plan.

  • Thursday, July 13th 2023 - 10:15 UTC

    Brazilian scientists given back their decorations

    Lula restored the distinctions the scientist had been stripped of or renounced under Bolsonaro

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Wednesday presented researchers, professors, authorities, and representatives of entities that have made relevant contributions to national scientific and technological development with the National Order of Scientific Merit, Agencia Brasil reported. Joining Lula was Science, Technology, and Innovation Minister Luciana Santos.

  • Thursday, July 13th 2023 - 10:04 UTC

    Bolsonaro denies having taken part in a coup plot

    Senator Do Val must explain why he said what he said, Bolsonaro told reporters

    Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Wednesday testified before the Federal Police for about two hours about his alleged plans prior to Jan. 1 and denied any involvement in the plot to stage a coup d'état against incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva denounced by Senator Marcos do Val.

  • Monday, July 10th 2023 - 10:56 UTC

    Petro and Lula discuss Amazon crisis

    One of the greatest challenges facing the Amazon countries is the strengthening of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization, Lula and Petro agreed

    Presidents Gustavo Petro of Colombia and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil convened Saturday at the so-called Leticia Summit in the capital of southern Colombia's Amazonas department to discuss the deterioration of the Amazon rainforest and share experiences on the issue.

  • Wednesday, July 5th 2023 - 10:59 UTC

    Mercosur challenges EU's environmental demands in FTA; Uruguay goes rogue again

    “It is imperative that Mercosur presents a rapid and forceful response” to the EU, Lula said

    Argentina Tuesday handed over the Pro Tempore Presidency of Mercosur to Brazil and Uruguay refused to sign the joint declaration after the bloc's 62nd Summit in the Argentine city of Puerto Iguazú in the northeastern province of Misiones.

  • Wednesday, July 5th 2023 - 10:26 UTC

    Mercosur leaders show support to Massa

    Argentina's current Economy Minister Massa may become the country's next president

    Presidents Luis Lacalle Pou of Uruguay, Luis Arce Catacora of Bolivia, Mario Abdo Benítez of Paraguay, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil, and Paraguay's President-elect Santiago Peña Tuesday showed strong support to Argentine Economy Minister Sergio Massa, a likely candidate to become President comes Dec. 10, on the sidelines of the 62nd Mercosur Summit in Puerto Iguazú.