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Montevideo, October 20th 2025 - 23:48 UTC

Tag: Lula da Silva

  • Wednesday, April 26th 2023 - 09:42 UTC

    Lula jeered by far-right groups during Carnation Revolution speech

    Lula chose Portugal and Spain for his first visit to Europe because of Brazil's historical ties with both countries and because they are the “gateway” to the EU.

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was jeered at by a group of far-right lawmakers before the South American while delivering a speech at Lisbon's Parliament to commemorate the Carnation Revolution on his fifth and last day in Portugal.

  • Tuesday, April 25th 2023 - 12:18 UTC

    Brazil passes law requiring race and ethnicity data in employee records

    Santarém highlights that racism in the workplace is easy to notice

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has signed into law an amendment to the Statute of Racial Equality, requiring the inclusion of race and ethnicity information in administrative employee records in the public and private sectors. The move is intended to “promote ethnic equality and combat social inequalities resulting from racism,” according to the federal government. Law 14.553/23 also mandates a survey conducted every five years by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics to measure the percentage of occupation of these segments in the public sector. The government aims to produce information that can help overcome racial stigmas and guide public policy implementation.

  • Tuesday, April 25th 2023 - 11:52 UTC

    Lula wants partnerships with private companies in developments to come

    The president of any country must attract foreign capital by offering credibility and political, social, and legal stability, Lula argued

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Monday told a group of businessmen in the Portuguese city of Porto that his country was not willing to sell any public company but it would nevertheless welcome private entrepreneurship “to partner with us in what we need to create anew.”

  • Monday, April 24th 2023 - 10:59 UTC

    Brazilian official says Mercosur-EU deal may be closed this year

    None of the obstacles is insurmountable, Elias explained

    Márcio Elias, executive secretary of Brazil's Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade, and Services, said Sunday that the federal government intends to close the free trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union this year.

  • Monday, April 24th 2023 - 10:41 UTC

    Portugal and Brazil do not think alike regarding Ukraine

    “Portugal's position is different,” President Rebelo de Sousa told Lula. Photo: Paulo Novais / AFP

    While Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva insisted in Lisbon on the need for a “negotiated” peace between Russia and Ukraine, his Portuguese hosts were quick to show their disagreement with an initiative that could “benefit the offender.”

  • Saturday, April 22nd 2023 - 10:49 UTC

    Why was Lula not quite welcome in Lisbon?

    Brazil's President landed in Portugal on an official visit seeking to reverse the isolation from the Bolsonar years

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Friday landed in Lisbon for the first stop of his European tour seeking to overcome the isolation the South American country sank into under Jair Bolsonaro. However, it was not all cheers and smiles following his remarks regarding Ukraine and Russia, whom he both blamed for starting the current war.

  • Thursday, April 20th 2023 - 10:59 UTC

    Lula's stance could jeopardize Mercosur-EU deal

    Commentators on Brazil's opposition media Jovem Pan this week even suggested Lula seeking the Nobel Peace Prize would be a good explanation

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's stance on the war in Ukraine might jeopardize the Mercosur-European Union deal, according to a confidential report drafted ahead of a European foreign ministers' summit and accessed by Politico.

  • Wednesday, April 19th 2023 - 10:01 UTC

    Brazil's top electoral court upholds sanctions against two lawmakers for spreading false content

    “What you can't do in the real world, you can't do in the virtual world,” De Moraes argued

    Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE) Tuesday ruled to uphold a decision fining Federal Deputy Carla Zambelli (PL-SP) and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ) for publishing untrue content against President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva during the 2022 election campaign, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Tuesday, April 18th 2023 - 06:33 UTC

    Ukraine war: Russia praises Brazil's pro peace position but is scolded by United States

    “We are grateful to our Brazilian friends for their clear understanding of the genesis of the situation [in Ukraine],” said >Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov in Brasilia

    Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Brasilia on Monday, where he discussed issues such as trade and Russia’s war in Ukraine with members of Lula’s administration.

  • Monday, April 17th 2023 - 09:24 UTC

    New UAE investment in Brazil announced

    It was a hasty encounter, probably due to Ramadan limitations

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva and his entourage reached an agreement with the United Arab Emirates which foresees investments worth R$ 12 billion (around US$ 2.45 billion) in Bahia, Agencia Brasil reported.