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Montevideo, July 5th 2025 - 16:53 UTC

Tag: Lula da Silva

  • Tuesday, January 3rd 2023 - 20:04 UTC

    Lula attends Pelé's wake

    President Lula paid his respects to “King” Pelé

    One of the main events Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva had to participate only two days after his inauguration was the wake of former football legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento: Pelé.

  • Tuesday, January 3rd 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    Lula's first day if office, meeting Latin American leaders and a selloff in Petrobras shares

    Lula in a “family picture” next to Uruguayan former and current presidents, Julio Maria Sanguinetti, Jose Mujica, Lula and Lacalle Pou

    As the Brazilian president Lula da Silva settled in his first day in office in the Planalto Palace, Latin American leaders met with the inaugurated president, who faced his first financial challenge, stocks had fallen more than 3%, led by a selloff of shares in state-run oil company Petrobras.

  • Tuesday, January 3rd 2023 - 10:04 UTC

    Argentine President highlights Brazil's return to international forums

    Lula is now due in Buenos Aires on Jan. 23 for another round of talks with Fernández

    Argentine President Alberto Fernández Monday celebrated Brazil's “return” to all international forums and announced that “we have clearly decided to put the link between Argentina and Brazil back on track with full force,” following his meeting with President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva.

  • Monday, January 2nd 2023 - 10:59 UTC

    Lula sworn in for the third time as President of Brazil

    “I will rule for 215 million Brazilians and not only for those who voted for me,” Lula said

    Workers' Party founder and leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was sworn in Sunday for the third time as President of Brazil during a ceremony held at Brasilia's Congress building which was not attended by the outgoing head of state Jair Bolsonaro.

  • Monday, January 2nd 2023 - 10:50 UTC

    Argentine President to meet personally with Lula on Monday

    “The dream came true,” Fernández told Lula on social media

    Argentine President Alberto Fernández, who was one of the few South American leaders to visit Luiz Inácion Lula Da Silva during his 580-day incarceration for his alleged involvement in the Lava Jato scandal, Sunday congratulated the Workers' Party activist on his return to the Planalto Palace and announced both heads of state are to hold a one-on-one meeting Monday in Brasilia

  • Monday, January 2nd 2023 - 10:31 UTC

    Lacalle Pou, Mujica and Sanguinetti attend Lula's inauguration

    Pepe Mujica recalled that the late Tabaré Vázquez had invited then-President-elect Lacalle Pou over to Alberto Fernández's inauguration in Buenos Aires

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou's delegation to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's third inauguration featured his predecessors Julio María Sanguinetti and José Mujica, in an unprecedented diplomatic move to show that foreign policies transcend political parties.

  • Saturday, December 31st 2022 - 10:45 UTC

    “I did my best,” says Bolsonaro before flying to the US

    Effective Jan. 1, Bolsonaro will no longer have legal immunity

    Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Friday said goodbye to his supporters in tears during a live stream on social media before leaving for the United States.

  • Saturday, December 31st 2022 - 09:54 UTC

    President Fernández's new chief advisor chosen

    Aracre met with Fernández at the Olivos Presidential residence on Dec. 19

    Argentine President Alberto Fernández is to have a new chief advisor following Julián Leunda's resignation on Dec. 6, it was reported Friday in Buenos Aires.

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

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

    Lula will reopen Brazil's embassy in Caracas, which was closed under Bolsonaro's administration

    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

    Pelé is to be buried in Santos, where his heart has stayed since he moved from Minas Gerais

    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.