Tag: Lula da Silva

• Wednesday, August 17th 2022 - 21:50 UTC

  Lula to create Ministry of SMEs, if elected

  

  Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) Wednesday vowed to create a Ministry for Small and Medium Enterprises if he wins the October elections and returns to the Planalto Palace.

• Wednesday, August 17th 2022 - 09:27 UTC

  Brazilian presidential campaign takes off: Lula and Fernando Cardoso have joined forces to oust Bolsonaro

  

  The most polarized Brazilian presidential campaign in recent years was officially launched on Tuesday with ex-president Lula da Silva leading comfortably incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in opinion polls. But opinion polls in Brazil have not been very precise in recent elections and the Brazilian government still has too many resources at hand.

• Wednesday, August 17th 2022 - 09:19 UTC

  Tense moments mark ceremony at Brazil's TSE

  

  Brazilian former Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva (PT), Dilma Rousseff (PT), Michel Temer (MDB), and José Sarney (MDB) Tuesday sat opposite the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and the members of the Supreme Federal Court as Alexandre De Moraes was sworn in Tuesday as the Superior Electoral Court's new Chief Justice.

• Tuesday, August 16th 2022 - 08:27 UTC

  Lula wants BRICS to broker ceasefire in Ukraine

  

  Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who leads all polls to return to the Planalto Palace after the October elections, met with Russia's Ambassador to Brasilia Alexei Labetski and suggested the BRICS group the two countries share with India, China and South Africa should broker a cease-fire in Ukraine.

• Friday, August 12th 2022 - 21:02 UTC

  Non-Bolsonarist Brazilians sign open letter in favor of democracy

  

  Over 900,000 Brazilians from various political ideas including scholars, business people, and artists Thursday warned against “authoritarian setbacks” through an open letter which included former Presidents Fernando Henrique Cardoso and Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva among its signatories.

• Tuesday, August 9th 2022 - 21:32 UTC

  Bolsonaro says voting for Lula is like hiring traffickers to fight drug dealing

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro likened his predecessor and electoral rival Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva and the latter's running mate to notorious local drug traffickers.

• Saturday, August 6th 2022 - 05:13 UTC

  Small party adds key votes to Lula's campaign

  

  Presidential candidate Andrés Janones of the moderate Avante party Thursday stepped down from the race in order to support former President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva's bid to succeed the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro.

• Thursday, August 4th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Brazil: Subsidies help Bolsonaro narrow electoral gap from Lula

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's popularity among lower-class people was on the rise 2 months ahead of the elections, according to a survey released Wednesday.

• Wednesday, July 27th 2022 - 21:19 UTC

  Future Colombian VP meets with Lula in Brazil

  

  Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the Workers' Party (PT) welcomed Colombia's Vice President-elect Francia Márquez, who is on a South American tour before taking office on Aug.7.

• Tuesday, July 26th 2022 - 23:15 UTC

  Bolsonaro closes in on Lula but still poses no electoral threat

  

  Former President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva's lead over the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro has been reported to be at its lowest in the last 13 months, ahead of the Oct. 2 elections.