Tag: Lula da Silva

• Tuesday, January 16th 2024 - 12:24 UTC

  Itaipú: No progress after Presidents of Brazil and Paraguay meet

  

  Talks between Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil and Santiago Peña of Paraguay reached nowhere Monday in Brasilia as both leaders failed to reach an agreement over the Itaipú dam electricity fares. However, dialogue will continue.

• Thursday, January 11th 2024 - 17:20 UTC

  Former STF Chief Justice to become Brazil's new Security and Justice Minister

  

  As Security and Justice Minister Flávio Dino is to leave his job to become a judge on Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) next month, former STF Chief Justice Ricardo Lewandowski was announced as his successor after both of them met Wednesday with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at the Alvorada Palace.

• Thursday, January 11th 2024 - 10:41 UTC

  Brazil and Paraguay take opposite sides regarding ICJ case against Israel

  

  Although partners in the South American Common Market (Mercosur), Brazil and Paraguay took opposite sides in the case brought by South Africa before the The Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Israel for allegedly committing genocide against Palestinians living in Gaza. While the leftwing-leaning administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva joined the plaintiff, Asunción sided with the defendant.

• Tuesday, January 9th 2024 - 11:45 UTC

  Lula wants exemplary punishments for those involved in Jan. 8 riots

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Monday that pardoning the coup plotters who staged the Jan. 8, 2023, uprising against the headquarters of all three branches of government in Brasilia would sound like impunity, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Saturday, January 6th 2024 - 16:01 UTC

  Significant drop in Amazon deforestation reported in Brazil

  

  Deforestation alerts in the Amazon fell by 50% in 2023, according to a report from the Deter system released Friday by Brazil's National Space Research Institute (INPE), with data collected until Dec. 29 in an area of 5,152 km². It was the lowest rate since 2018, it also explained. In 2022, the alerts had registered 10,278 km² of deforested areas, the highest level ever.

• Thursday, January 4th 2024 - 10:48 UTC

  Lula should run for reelection in 2026, Haddad says

  

  Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said Wednesday that there was consensus among the ruling coalition that President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva should seek reelection in 2026.

• Friday, December 29th 2023 - 10:44 UTC

  Lula enacts so-called “poison law” in Brazil

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Thursday signed into law the so-called “pesticides bill” easing down restrictions on the use of those chemicals, albeit with partial vetoes, it was reported in Brasilia.

• Tuesday, December 26th 2023 - 10:12 UTC

  Brazil not giving up rescuing people from war-torn Gaza

  

  President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Brazil was still willing to welcome anyone who wanted to return from the Gaza Strip, Agencia Brasil reported. The head of state made those remarks on Christmas Day over lunch with a group of people who had arrived from the war-torn area on Dec. 23.

• Friday, December 22nd 2023 - 09:59 UTC

  Brazil: National Zumbi and Black Awareness holiday signed into law

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Thursday signed into law a bill creating the National Day of Zumbi and Black Awareness holiday to be celebrated on Nov. 20, the anniversary of the death of the leader of Quilombo dos Palmares, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Wednesday, December 20th 2023 - 10:45 UTC

  IMF says Brazil is the 9th economy in the world

  

  According to a report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released Tuesday, Brazil is now the ninth-largest economy in the world, thus displacing Canada from that position.