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Montevideo, March 24th 2026 - 16:43 UTC

Tag: Lula da Silva

  • Thursday, July 21st 2022 - 07:13 UTC

    Brazilians will again eat three meals a day, vowed Lula

    “Poor people were not born to be poor all their lives,” Lula told his supporters

    Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Dda Silva Wednesday said during a visit to his native state of Pernambuco that people in his country will go back to eating at least three meals a day if he beats the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in the Oct. 2 elections.

  • Monday, July 18th 2022 - 08:09 UTC

    CFK pushes for universal income for Argentines

    CFK is counting on Lula's return to power to develop her strategies

    Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) has been reportedly pressing Economy Minister Silvina Batakis to move forward with a proposal to create the so-called Basic Universal Wage (BUW), as a way out of the current scheme of handouts in the form of endless unemployment subsidies.

  • Friday, July 8th 2022 - 22:45 UTC

    Lula now wears bulletproof vests during political rallies

    For Senator Randolfe Rodrigues, one of Lula's campaign coordinators, much of the encouragement for these attacks comes from Bolsonaro

    Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva began wearing a bullet-proof vest during a mass rally Thursday evening in Rio de Janeiro after a homemade explosive device containing excrements blew up, although nobody was injured.

  • Saturday, July 2nd 2022 - 10:45 UTC

    Lula claims Bolsonaro “buying” people with cash handouts

    “In four years, we will have young people contesting elections,” Lula argued

    Former two-time Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro was “buying the people” with cash handouts which were approved barely three months ahead of the Oct. 2 elections and also with a proposed amendment to the Constitution to extend social welfare programs.

  • Friday, July 1st 2022 - 20:10 UTC

    Bolsonaro says Brazil's left does not respect anyone

    “When the good ones are divided, the bad ones win,” Bolsonaro warned

    Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has expressed his agreement with the stance on abortion adopted by the Supreme Court of the United States and insisted he preferred other treatments against COVID-19 over-vaccination.

  • Friday, June 24th 2022 - 10:55 UTC

    Brazil: Lula might win in the first round, Datafolha study shows

    Thursday's survey showed stability when compared to May's figures

    Brazilian opposition presidential hopeful Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva would win the Oct. 2 elections over the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro by a margin wide enough to make a runoff unnecessary, according to the latest Datafolha survey published Thursday.

  • Thursday, June 23rd 2022 - 08:12 UTC

    Lula's team releases government plan

    Brazil's future lies with the strengthening of Mercosur, UNASUR, CELAC, and BRICS, in case of a new Lula administration

    Brazil's opposition presidential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva has released his government plan, which includes international cooperation, new labor legislation, and differentiated taxation on the wealthiest.

  • Thursday, June 16th 2022 - 20:09 UTC

    Bolsonaro says Jesus would have bought a gun, had he got the chance

    It is “not possible for someone who says such nonsense to say that he believes in God,” Lula argued

    Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said Jesus did not buy a gun because there were none available in his time. The head of state made those controversial remarks during a conversation with religious people at the Alvorada Palace.

  • Monday, June 6th 2022 - 09:26 UTC

    Brazil: Mr. and Mrs. Lula test positive for COVID-19

    Lula had recovered from a bout of COVID-19 in late 2020 when he made a trip to Cuba.

    Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his wife Janja tested positive Sunday for COVID-19, due to which all campaign engagements have been suspended, the candidate's press office announced.

  • Thursday, June 2nd 2022 - 21:47 UTC

    Lula links Bolsonaro supporters to 2018 murder of Afro-descendant activist

    Lula is not the first to tie Bolsonarist groups and paramilitary militias to Franco's assassination

    Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, who according to every poll is poised to win the Oct. 2 elections and thus return to the Planalto Palace, Thursday linked supporters of the incumbent head of state to the 2018 murder of Rio de Janeiro Socialist councilwoman and activist Marielle Franco.