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Montevideo, December 23rd 2024 - 10:30 UTC

Tag: Lula da Silva

  • Tuesday, November 26th 2024 - 09:24 UTC

    Norway announces new donation to Amazon Fund

    “Brazil's success in reducing deforestation is clear evidence of the Lula government's ambition and determination,” Støre said

    Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre announced at the Global Citizen Now: Rio de Janeiro Conference that his country would be donating another US$ 60 million to the Amazon Fund, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Wednesday, November 20th 2024 - 09:41 UTC

    Lula urges developed countries to up their climate contributions

    “These trillions exist, but they are being wasted on armaments, while the planet is in agony,” Lula argued

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio da Silva insisted Tuesday that G20 developed countries should bring forward by up to ten years the climate neutrality targets currently set for 2050, Agencia Brasil reported. He made those remarks during his appearance at the Group's Summit in Rio de Janeiro. “To the developed members of the G20, I propose that you bring forward your climate neutrality targets from 2050 to 2040 or even 2045,” Lula stressed during a panel on sustainable development and energy transition.

  • Tuesday, November 19th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    Rio G20 Declaration signed – Argentina adheres only partially

    The document also enshrines Brazil's achievements while holding the G20 rotating presidency under Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva this year

    G20 Leaders Monday signed at the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro a joint 85-item declaration in which they addressed the world's current challenges. However, Argentine President Javier Milei announced he would not be endorsing the so-called 2030 Agenda goals.

  • Thursday, November 14th 2024 - 10:06 UTC

    Brazil: FM heralds softer approach to Venezuelan crisis

    Brazil does not intend to break up with Venezuela, Vieira stressed

    Brazil's Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira insisted Wednesday that it was time to appease the diplomatic differences with Venezuela and not “repeat the mistakes we made with Guaidó's self-proclamation.” He was referring to the arguably illegal appointment of then-Congressman as interim head of state between Jan. 23 2019 and Jan. 25 2023 after not recognizing the elections' outcome. In the end, President Nicolás Maduro was never removed from the Miraflores Palace and Guaidó's legitimacy eventually faded away, with only some countries recognizing him.

  • Monday, November 11th 2024 - 09:56 UTC

    Lula may resume air travel after last month's domestic accident

    The doctors found him fit to resume his usual activities

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva went Sunday to the Sírio-Libanês Hospital in Brasília for a checkup on his domestic accident from days ago, after which he was cleared to resume air travel. According to a medical bulletin, he was found symptom-free from the incident he suffered on October 19th. He also showed an improvement from previous tests and was thus pronounced fit to carry on with his usual activities.

  • Thursday, October 31st 2024 - 10:45 UTC

    Venezuela pulls ambassador from Brasilia for consultations

    Caracas claims that Lula's advisor Celso Amorim was an agent of US imperialism

    Venezuela's Bolivarian regime Wednesday summoned its Ambassador in Brasilia to Caracas for consultations in repudiation of statements by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's foreign affairs advisor Celso Amorim, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Monday, October 7th 2024 - 10:17 UTC

    Lula says “fake news” reigns supreme in Brazil's municipal elections

    Some candidacies “have no commitment other than to provoke, to tell lies,” Lula insisted

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva insisted this weekend that “fake news” had been widely used as a campaign tool ahead of Sunday's municipal elections nationwide. “We are seeing a great amount of 'fake news', a great number of lies, of provocations,” Lula stressed. “Now there are candidacies that have no commitment other than to provoke, to tell lies,” he also pointed out when casting his vote in Sao Bernardo do Campo, in Greater Sao Paulo, where he developed his trade union and political career since the 1970s.

  • Wednesday, October 2nd 2024 - 09:23 UTC

    Lula's presidential airplane makes emergency landing

    The technical problem affecting the Airbus A329CJ is still to be detailed

    Brazilian Air Force's (FAB) VC-1 aircraft carrying President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva spent five hours flying in circles, presumably to burn fuel, before making an emergency landing due to technical problems at the Felipe Angeles International Airport, a commercial terminal serving Mexico Valley metropolitan area, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Monday, September 23rd 2024 - 10:31 UTC

    Recent events have exposed the limitations of multilateral bodies, Lula tells UN

    Lula is expected to open the UN General Assembly on Tuesday given Brazil's tradition of being the first country to speak

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva told the United Nations (UN) Sunday that the global entity lacked “ambition and boldness” to fulfill its role, Agencia Brasil reported. The South American head of state made those remarks during the so-called Summit of the Future. Lula also insisted that structural changes were needed to address the armed conflicts in the world today.

  • Friday, September 13th 2024 - 08:59 UTC

    Brazil still open to Venezuelan refugees, says Lula

    When people ”have no food or work, they seek other places to survive,” Lula argued

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva insisted this week that his country would remain open to welcoming refugees from Venezuela, Agencia Brasil reported. The head of state made those remarks during a radio interview in Manaus. He also said he hoped the neighboring country would soon “return to normalcy.”