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Montevideo, December 23rd 2024 - 19:08 UTC

Tag: Lula da Silva

  • Thursday, August 3rd 2023 - 10:35 UTC

    Lula supports several countries joining BRICS, “if they comply with our rules”

    “Possibly, in this meeting, we can already consensually decide which new countries can join BRICS,” Lula told international journalists in the capital, Brasilia

    Brazilian President Lula da Silva said on Wednesday that he supports more countries joining the BRICS group of large developing nations, (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) when the group holds its summit in Johannesburg from Aug. 22 to 24.

  • Thursday, August 3rd 2023 - 10:05 UTC

    The world must help Brazil preserve the Amazon, says Lula

    Lula wants to convince the world that investing is cheap if it is to keep the forest standing

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Wednesday insisted that “The world must help” his country preserve the Amazon after deforestation in that natural area went down by 33.6% in the first semester of 2023, following Lula's Jan. 1 inauguration.

  • Tuesday, August 1st 2023 - 12:19 UTC

    Brazil dominates increasing share of China's soybean market

    Chinese buyers are snapping up Brazilian soybeans for delivery in October, a time of year when US exports are typically at their peak

    The world’s soybean market is dominated by one major buyer: China, and for years, Mercosur's leading member Brazil has taken an increasingly bigger share of that trade away from the US. So much so that Brazilian shippers are even starting to dominate during the typical season lull.

  • Saturday, July 29th 2023 - 10:53 UTC

    Biden says Lula wants to meet him

    “There is more carbon absorbed from the air in the Amazon than all the carbon admitted to the United States annually,” Biden said

    US President Joseph Biden Friday said his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva wanted to meet him to discuss climate issues, Agencia Brasil reported. “Lula of Brazil wants to meet with me soon because you know there is more carbon absorbed from the air in the Amazon than all the carbon admitted to the United States annually,” Biden pointed out during a campaign event.

  • Thursday, July 27th 2023 - 10:18 UTC

    Brazil's Security Minister explains the future of shooting ranges

    Some uncontrolled shooting ranges resulted in weapons diverted to the black market, Dino argued

    Brazil's Security and Justice Minister Flávio Dino Wednesday elaborated on the scope of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's instructions to him regarding the closing of almost all shooting ranges.

  • Tuesday, July 25th 2023 - 11:40 UTC

    Lula expects the Central Bank to lower the benchmark interest rate next week

    Lula has long called on the bank to cut the key Selic rate from its current six-year high of 13.75%, a level the government views as hindering economic growth

    Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his economic team in their ongoing battle with the independent Central Bank, have anticipated they expect a cut in the benchmark interest rate, of at least 25 points, pressuring bank policymakers to lower borrowing costs given a dramatic fall in inflation.

  • Monday, July 24th 2023 - 10:32 UTC

    Lula underscores importance of labor unions in Brazil

    Lula insisted that before him and the Workers' Party boosted by the unions, a worker president was unthinkable

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Sunday recalled his origins as a labor union leader. During the inauguration of the ABC Metalworkers Union (SMABC) board of directors, the head of state addressed how this organization and others of its kind had helped create the Workers' Party (PT) which eventually led him to his office, “something, until then, impossible.”

  • Monday, July 24th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

    Lula needs hip surgery sometime this year

    After being injected with topical painkillers, Lula was able to carry on with his agenda

    Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Sunday underwent pain-killing treatment at Sao Paulo's Hospital Sirio Libanês before attending a metalworkers' union event, it was reported. Lula has publicly complained of hip pain in recent months.

  • 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.