Tag: Lula da Silva

• Friday, December 30th 2022 - 19:44 UTC

  Brazil lifts entry ban: Maduro may attend Lula's inauguration

  

  Brazilian authorities have lifted the restrictions banning Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and other high-ranking officials since 2019 from entering the country so that they can attend Sunday's inauguration of President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, it was published Friday in the Diário Oficial da União (Official Gazette).

• Friday, December 30th 2022 - 10:50 UTC

  Brazil in mourning over Pelé's death

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro decreed three days of national mourning following the death of football legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento -Pelé- Thursday at the age of 82, while preparations are underway for his burial next Tuesday, one day after President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is sworn in.

• Friday, December 30th 2022 - 10:01 UTC

  Marina Silva, an active environmentalist and defender of the Amazon is back in Lula da Silva's cabinet

  

  Marina Silva, an active environmentalist, has been appointed Brazil's next environment minister by president elect Lula da Silva. Ms Silva held a similar post in Lula's first government in 2003, but following strong differences stepped down and formed her own political party.

• Friday, December 30th 2022 - 01:12 UTC

  Bolsonaro followers arrested in coup d'état probe

  

  At least eight raids were carried out Thursday and four followers of outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro were arrested for their alleged involvement in a plot to prevent President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from taking office this coming Sunday.

• Thursday, December 29th 2022 - 19:37 UTC

  Brazil: Lula releases final list of future ministers

  

  Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva Thursday announced the last 16 names of the people who will join his cabinet after his Jan. 1 inauguration. Lula's third term in office will include a total of 37 ministries.

• Thursday, December 29th 2022 - 10:21 UTC

  Guns banned in Brasilia during the taking office ceremony of Lula da Silva

  

  Brasilia is on high alert ahead of January first when the president-elect takes office. The Supreme Court has ruled that gun carrying in the Brazilian capital would be banned temporarily until after the swearing-in of Lula da Silva.

• Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 19:04 UTC

  Bolsonaro to skip Lula's inauguration?

  

  Contradicting press reports are piling up in Brasilia as to the future of outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro after Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva takes office on Jan. 1.

• Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 08:38 UTC

  Tebet to head Brazil's future Planning Ministry

  

  Former Presidential candidate and Senator Simone Tebet, who endorsed Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the Oct. 30 runoff against the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, has reportedly accepted to become Brazil's next Planning Ministry, according to press reports published Tuesday in Brasilia. The official announcement is to be made Wednesday.

• Tuesday, December 27th 2022 - 19:24 UTC

  Brazil makes large payments to international organizations

  

  Brazil has paid off “almost all” of its debts with international bodies such as the United Nations (UN) and the International Labor Organization (ILO), the South American country's Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

• Tuesday, December 27th 2022 - 10:48 UTC

  President elect Lula da Silva's foreign policy strategy

  

  Foreign policy is among the priorities of the incoming Brazilian administration of president Lula da Silva, who will be taking office next January first. Designated foreign minister, Ambassador Mauro Vieira said Brazil will have a leading role in combating climate change.