Tag: Planalto Palace

• Tuesday, July 8th 2025 - 08:24 UTC

  Brazil: STF conviction tally in Jan. 8 riots reaches 643 individuals

  

  According to a list released Monday by the Office of Brazil's Prosecutor-General, the Supreme Federal Court (STF) has convicted 643 people in connection with the Jan. 8, 2023, riots in Brasília, which were deemed an attempted coup d'état.

• Friday, March 8th 2024 - 08:47 UTC

  Spanish PM insists before Lula: EU needs new partners such as Mercosur

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez Wednesday signed a series of bilateral agreements at the Planalto Palace. The documents dealt with communications; science, technology, public administration, and health issues, Agencia Brasil reported. Both heads of government also concurred on the importance of expanding political, commercial, and investment relations.

• Thursday, April 6th 2023 - 16:12 UTC

  Lula, 100 days of government in Brazil

  

  In the first 100 days of his government, President Lula da Silva did not exactly live a “honeymoon” with Brazilians, but a period with ups and downs, thirteen years after leaving power with record popularity.

• Wednesday, August 11th 2021 - 09:01 UTC

  Brazil: Lula likens Bolsonaro to former US President Donald Trump

  

  After staging an unprecedented military parade in front of the Planalto Palace, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro was heavily criticized by his predecessor and electoral rival Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who said he wants to imitate Donald Trump.

• Wednesday, December 31st 2014 - 00:46 UTC

  Mujica and Vazquez will attend Rousseff's inauguration on January first

  

  Uruguay's president Jose Mujica and elected president Tabare Vazquez will attend the inauguration, on January first, of Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff second consecutive mandate in Brasilia. The two leaders received an official invitation from the Rousseff administration according to Uruguay's official media.

• Saturday, September 29th 2012 - 01:06 UTC

  Rousseff tells Cameron British interest in Brazil has come at the right time

  

  President Dilma Rousseff said British interest in Brazil had come at the right time after her government announced last month a 66 billion dollars investment in road and railway building as part of a massive plan to upgrade her country's dilapidated infrastructure, which includes modernizing ports and airports.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2012 - 03:52 UTC

  Lula da Silva back on the political stage next to President Dilma Rousseff

  

  Former Brazilian president Lula da Silva currently undergoing treatment for larynx cancer, returned on Tuesday to the political stage after three months of absence, for the inauguration ceremony of two new ministers from the cabinet of President Dilma Rousseff