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Montevideo, April 25th 2024 - 13:26 UTC

Tag: Lula da Silva

  • Wednesday, May 10th 2023 - 09:50 UTC

    Three days of mourning in Brazil over death of singer Rita Lee

    The title of Queen of Rock does justice to Rita Lee's trajectory, Lula said

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Tuesday decreed three days of mourning over the death of singer Rita Lee, who passed away at her São Paulo home at the age of 75, Agencia Brasil reported. The measure was published in an extra issue of the Diário Oficial da União (DOU - Official Gazette). Lee had been diagnosed with lung cancer in 2021.

  • Tuesday, May 9th 2023 - 10:24 UTC

    Lula supports Assange's cause

    Lula also lambasted the media for not supporting their colleague

    During his recent visit to London, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva expressed his strong disapproval of the UK's treatment of Julian Assange. Lula criticized the UK for imprisoning the WikiLeaks founder for his professional activities as a journalist and called for his immediate release.

  • Sunday, May 7th 2023 - 13:27 UTC

    Lula insists Brazilians need to get vaccinated against Covid-19

    “The Federal Government will promote health, science, and research in our country. It will act to preserve lives,” Lula stressed from London.

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva highlighted during the weekend the end of the Covid-19 international emergency. The South American country was the second with the most deaths recorded from the malady. Lula blamed his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro's denialism for that fact.

  • Saturday, May 6th 2023 - 10:13 UTC

    Lula meets King Charles III the day before his coronation

    Britain pledged £ 80 million to Brazil's environmental cause

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took part late Friday in a reception with about a thousand guests at Buckingham Palace in London, during which he exchanged a few moments with King Charles III on the eve of the latter's coronation, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Friday, May 5th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    Brazil hosts Unasur Summit to relaunch regional integration

    With Lula's return to power, Brazil has rejoined Unasur and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac).

    The Government of Brazil has confirmed it will host a Summit in Brasilia on May 30 to relaunch Unasur. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's initiative will be called Meeting of Presidents of South American Countries and “aims to promote a frank dialogue among all, aimed at identifying common denominators, discussing perspectives for the region and reactivating the South American cooperation agenda in key areas, such as health, climate change, defense, combating illicit transnational corporations, infrastructure, and energy, among others,” according to Itamaraty Palace.

  • Wednesday, May 3rd 2023 - 11:55 UTC

    Lula promises to help his “friend” Alberto Fernández

    Alberto may fly back to Argentina calmer, Lula said. “It is true that without any money, but with a lot of political disposition...”

    Argentine President Alberto Fernández Tuesday thanked his Brazilian colleague Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for the latter's commitment to helping Argentine overcome the current crisis: “I celebrate the explicit support that Lula has given us as a country and as a government,” Fernández said after the meeting at the Alvorada Palace. He also highlighted Lula's pledge to strengthen Brazilian exports and support negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

  • Tuesday, May 2nd 2023 - 10:20 UTC

    Lula sets up committee to work on legislating Uber-like work

    If these workers get sick they must have coverage, Lula said

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's administration created a working group to draft labor rules for drivers and good deliverers using mobile applications. The initiative was published Monday in the Diário Oficial da União (Official Gazette).

  • Sunday, April 30th 2023 - 10:11 UTC

    Brazil recognizes 6 indigenous territories

    “We are going to legalize indigenous lands. It's a process that takes some time because it has to pass through many hands,” Lula said

    Fulfilling a campaign promise, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Friday officially recognized approximately 207,199 hectares (800 square miles) of six ancestral territories, the two largest of which are in the Amazon, the world's largest rainforest and a key carbon absorption site that helps moderate climate change, it was reported.

  • Sunday, April 30th 2023 - 09:46 UTC

    Argentina needs a way out of the dollar gamble, Mujica says

    “It has been many decades since the Argentine people lost confidence in their currency,” Mujica explained

    Former Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica said Argentines have long lost confidence in their currency; hence the jump of the “blue” (a euphemism for “black market”) dollar.

  • Saturday, April 29th 2023 - 10:24 UTC

    Lula wants to host South American “retreat” summit

    Lula also insisted it was imperative that South America be regarded as a region of peace and cooperation

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva has been reported to be planning a major Summit in the form of a retreat in Brasilia on May 30 and is sending letters of invitation to his South American colleagues to relaunch the South American Union of Nations (Unasur), as per an O Globo article.