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Montevideo, October 20th 2025 - 11:36 UTC

Tag: Lula da Silva

  • Saturday, September 30th 2023 - 09:27 UTC

    Lula recovering well after hip surgery

    Lula said last week that he had postponed the operation due to several international engagements he did not want to miss

    Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is well after undergoing scheduled hip replacement surgery, it was reported. His recovery will take between three and four weeks. He also seized the opportunity to have plastic surgery performed on his eyelids, a procedure known as blepharoplasty. Lula is turning 78 next month.

  • Thursday, September 28th 2023 - 08:33 UTC

    Lula praises Biden's support to autoworkers' strike

    Lula “had a moment of great happiness” when he saw Biden telling workers to stand firm

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Wednesday praised his US colleague Joseph Biden for supporting a strike by autoworkers in Detroit, just a week after both heads of state signed an understanding regarding the role of labor unions.

  • Tuesday, September 26th 2023 - 09:11 UTC

    Paraguayan President warns EU-Mercosur deal is now or never

    “It will be this year or it won't be, it will never happen,” Peña stressed

    Paraguayan President Santiago Peña insisted Monday that if the trade deal between Mercosur and the European Union is not operational by Dec. 6 there would be no agreement at all after he takes over the South American Common Market (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay)bloc's pro-tempore presidency.

  • Tuesday, September 26th 2023 - 09:02 UTC

    Lula says Vietnam interested in a trade deal with Mercosur

    President Lula and Vietnam's prime minister Pham Minh Chinh currently visiting Brazil

    President Lula da Silva welcomed on Monday, in Brasilia, Vietnam prime minister Pham Minh Chinh and said the Asian country was interested in a trade deal with the Mercosur bloc. Lula, who currently chairs the group, said he wants to bring Mercosur members closer to Asian countries and highlighted there is room for trade with Vietnam to grow..

  • Thursday, September 21st 2023 - 11:03 UTC

    Ukrainian leader holds meetings with Lula and Boric

    “Ukraine is interested in deepening cooperation with Latin America,” Zelensky said

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Wednesday met separately with his Brazilian and Chilean colleagues on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

  • Thursday, September 21st 2023 - 10:23 UTC

    Argentine democracy in danger, Lula tells Biden

    “I've never seen an American president speak so much and so well of workers as you have,” Lula also pointed out to Biden

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Wednesday warned his US colleague Joseph Biden in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations 78th General Assembly that democracy in Argentina was in danger as “extremist sectors” were gaining ground.

  • Wednesday, September 20th 2023 - 09:48 UTC

    Mercosur's future at stake in Argentina's elections, Brazilian minister says

    “I don't know what will become of Mercosur if the agreement isn't closed and we have an 'exotic' election result in Argentina,” Haddad said

    Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said in New York that he believed the future of Mercosur hinged on the outcome of this year's presidential elections in Argentina, Agencia Brasil reported. He also denounced France's attempt to delay the Mercosur-EU trade agreement from becoming effective.

  • Wednesday, September 20th 2023 - 09:19 UTC

    UN: Lula warns multilateralism is being eroded

    “Stability and security will not be achieved where there is social exclusion and inequality,” Lula told the UNGA

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva told the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday that global multilateralism is being eroded, Agencia Brasil reported. In his eighth speech to the forum and the first of his third presidency, Lula also spoke about protectionism and the difficulty of resolving conflicts.

  • Monday, September 18th 2023 - 10:03 UTC

    Lula's team still working on an appointment with Zelensky

    Zelensky has tried for months to talk with Lula

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has reportedly offered his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky two slots on his agenda for a bilateral meeting on the sides of this week's 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.

  • Thursday, September 14th 2023 - 12:00 UTC

    Lula puts a deadline for the Mercosur/EU trade agreement: second half of 2023

    ”They are always blaming Brazil, Argentina, Mercosur, but I'm saying, we want the agreement, and we need it,” Lula underlined, but treated on “equal terms”

    Brazil wants to finally sign the pending trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union, however, the deal must take place on “equal terms” and negotiations will be halted if they don't progress this semester. The statement was from President Lula da Silva at the end of the G20 summit in India.