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Montevideo, May 17th 2025 - 06:28 UTC

Tag: Lula da Silva

  • Monday, October 7th 2024 - 10:17 UTC

    Lula says “fake news” reigns supreme in Brazil's municipal elections

    Some candidacies “have no commitment other than to provoke, to tell lies,” Lula insisted

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva insisted this weekend that “fake news” had been widely used as a campaign tool ahead of Sunday's municipal elections nationwide. “We are seeing a great amount of 'fake news', a great number of lies, of provocations,” Lula stressed. “Now there are candidacies that have no commitment other than to provoke, to tell lies,” he also pointed out when casting his vote in Sao Bernardo do Campo, in Greater Sao Paulo, where he developed his trade union and political career since the 1970s.

  • Wednesday, October 2nd 2024 - 09:23 UTC

    Lula's presidential airplane makes emergency landing

    The technical problem affecting the Airbus A329CJ is still to be detailed

    Brazilian Air Force's (FAB) VC-1 aircraft carrying President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva spent five hours flying in circles, presumably to burn fuel, before making an emergency landing due to technical problems at the Felipe Angeles International Airport, a commercial terminal serving Mexico Valley metropolitan area, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Monday, September 23rd 2024 - 10:31 UTC

    Recent events have exposed the limitations of multilateral bodies, Lula tells UN

    Lula is expected to open the UN General Assembly on Tuesday given Brazil's tradition of being the first country to speak

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva told the United Nations (UN) Sunday that the global entity lacked “ambition and boldness” to fulfill its role, Agencia Brasil reported. The South American head of state made those remarks during the so-called Summit of the Future. Lula also insisted that structural changes were needed to address the armed conflicts in the world today.

  • Friday, September 13th 2024 - 08:59 UTC

    Brazil still open to Venezuelan refugees, says Lula

    When people ”have no food or work, they seek other places to survive,” Lula argued

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva insisted this week that his country would remain open to welcoming refugees from Venezuela, Agencia Brasil reported. The head of state made those remarks during a radio interview in Manaus. He also said he hoped the neighboring country would soon “return to normalcy.”

  • Wednesday, September 11th 2024 - 09:57 UTC

    Brazil: Lula announces creation of National Climate Authority

    The Climate Authority initiative had been discussed after Lula won the 2022 and environmental crises in Rio Grande do Sul and Amazonas have resurfaced it.

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced Tuesday that he intended to create a National Climate Authority, Agencia Brasil reported. The new agency's mission would be to deal with extreme natural phenomena. Lula made these remarks in Manaus before dozens of environmental experts, as 61 of the 62 municipalities in the State of Amazonas face an emergency due to the drought.

  • Monday, September 9th 2024 - 10:12 UTC

    De Moraes shows up beside Lula while masses rally in Sao Paulo demanding his impeachment

    Scores of Bolsonarist fans also praised X owner Elon Musk for defending freedom of speech from De Moraes

    President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Saturday celebrated Brazil's Independence Day during a ritualistic military parade alongside controversial Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes and other high-ranking government officials while supporters of former head of state Jair Bolsonaro staged a mass rally on Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo in defense of free speech and demanding the magistrate's impeachment for banning X nationwide.

  • Monday, September 9th 2024 - 08:12 UTC

    Chavista groups withdraw from Argentine Embassy adjacencies

    Brazil remains for now guarding Argentina's Embassy in Caracas

    Venezuelan pro-government militias were reported to have stopped stalking the premises of what used to be Argentina's Embassy in Caracas after former presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia arrived in Spain as an asylum seeker.

  • Saturday, September 7th 2024 - 09:59 UTC

    Lula sacks Human Rights Minister accused of sexual misconduct

    Almeida will be replaced on an interim basis by Public Services Minister Esther Dweck

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Friday sacked Human Rights Minister Silvio Almeida, who was accused of sexual harassment against several women. The PT leader said that no official would remain active in his administration under those circumstances, given the “seriousness of the accusations.”

  • Monday, August 26th 2024 - 10:27 UTC

    Arson suspected: Lula holds emergency meeting to address unusual number of fires

    The unprecedented number of fires in São Paulo is believed to have been caused deliberately

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Sunday held an emergency meeting with Environment Minister Marina Silva to discuss the crisis triggered by a large series of fires in the state of São Paulo and elsewhere believed to be the result of arson. Two suspects were arrested this weekend.

  • Friday, August 23rd 2024 - 09:05 UTC

    Clinton and Lula hold telephone conference

    The Brazilian President congratulated Clinton for his speech at the Democratic National Convention in support of Kamala Harris

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his former US colleague Bill Clinton held a 35-minute telephone conversation Thursday to discuss climate change, energy transition, and the protection of forests, among other environmental issues.