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Montevideo, December 25th 2024 - 04:59 UTC

Tag: Lula da Silva

  • Tuesday, February 7th 2023 - 10:59 UTC

    Lula pledges to boost shipyard and oil and gas industries

    Lula also criticized the Central Bank for keeping the basic Selic interest rate at 13.75%, for which “there is no justification”

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced Monday his intention to boost the shipbuilding and oil and gas industries with the state-owned Petrobras and the Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (BNDES) as vectors for public investments, Xinhua reported from Rio de Janeiro.

  • Thursday, February 2nd 2023 - 10:44 UTC

    “Lula won't last long,” Bolsonaro warns

    Bolsonaro admitted he did not know how much longer he will stay in the US

    Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said Wednesday during a speech before a group of his followers in the US State of Florida that the current administration of President Luiz Inàcio Lula da Silva might have its days numbered.

  • Tuesday, January 31st 2023 - 10:16 UTC

    Lula, a tough nut for German Chancellor Scholz

    “We are very happy that Brazil is back on the world stage. You were missed, Lula,” Scholz stressed

    German Chancellor Olaf Scholz bit the dust Monday in Brasilia when President Luiz Inàcio Lula da Silva refused to support Ukraine even verbally and rejected the European leader's invitation to join his Climate Club initiative. Furthermore, Lula also turned down a German request to send ammunition to Kyiv.

  • Tuesday, January 31st 2023 - 09:57 UTC

    German Chancellor meets Lula da Silva, pledges €200 million for Amazon forest

    The package includes a new €31 million fund for Brazilian states for rainforest protection, including €93 million towards reforesting projects.

    Germany has pledged €200 million to help Brazil defend the Amazon forest. German Chanellor Olaf Scholz made the announcement during a visit to Brasilia where he met with president Lula da Silva and congratulated him for the return of Brazil to the world stage.

  • Friday, January 27th 2023 - 09:51 UTC

    Presidents Lula and Macron discuss democracy and the environment

    Both leaders also addressed the free trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva Thursday discussed the future of democracy and the current environmental crisis over the telephone with his French colleague Emmanuel Macron in a conversation that lasted more than one hour, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Thursday, January 26th 2023 - 09:44 UTC

    Alberto Fernández meets with European Council President

    Michel believes Lula makes a difference regarding closer ties between the region and the European Union

    Alberto Fernández Wednesday met European Council President Charles Michel at Casa Rosada to discuss the importance of strengthening the bilateral agenda European Union and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac).

  • Wednesday, January 25th 2023 - 18:58 UTC

    Lula in favor of Mercosur-China FTA

    “Despite the fact that Brazil is a great trade ally of China we want to talk about Mercosur discussing with our Chinese friends a Mercosur-China agreement,” Lula said

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva said Wednesday in Montevideo that he agreed to open up Mercosur and pursue a free trade agreement (FTA) with China.

  • Tuesday, January 24th 2023 - 18:13 UTC

    Brazil welcomed back into Celac as Summit starts in Buenos Aires

    “We live in the most unequal continent in the world,” President Fernández said in his opening speech

    Argentine President Alberto Fernández Tuesday opened the VII Summit of Heads of State of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) in Buenos Aires by welcoming Brazil's return to the forum after a hiatus under former President Jair Bolsonaro. Fernández said that “without Brazil, it was an empty Celac.”

  • Tuesday, January 24th 2023 - 09:30 UTC

    Lula promises continued support for Argentina's claim over the Falkland Islands

    Lula and Fernandez at the Cooperation Declaration signing ceremony. Photo: Casa Rosada

    The Falkland Islands Question was not absent from the long joint cooperation declaration signed in Buenos Aires by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his host Alberto Fernandez, as pointed out in Article 81. The two leaders met in the Argentine capital in the context of the summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac), starting Monday.

  • Tuesday, January 24th 2023 - 08:52 UTC

    Lula's busy agenda in Buenos Aires

    Lula and Fernández shared a gathering with human rights leaders at Casa Rosada and were joined for a concert later in the day by Evo Morales

    After their bilateral encounter at Casa Rosada, Presidents Alberto Fernández of Argentina and Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva of Brazil met with representatives of human rights organizations, who insisted on getting together with the visiting leader, according to Fernández.