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Brazil’s Lula vows to grow Mercosur amid Uruguay flak, Argentina crisis

Brazil’s plans to strengthen and expand the Mercosur trading bloc are running into growing divisions among its members and a spiraling economic crisis in Argentina.

Tribune News Service

Bolsonaro to be banned from public office in Brazil for eight years

A majority of Brazil’s electoral court voted to bar Jair Bolsonaro from public office for eight years in the first major legal rebuke of the former president, whose efforts to sow doubt about the 2022 election have now put his political future at risk.

Tribune News Service

Judges ban Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro from running for office for eight years

Former president will only be able to seek elected office again in 2030 – when he is 75

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Brazil court bars former president Bolsonaro from politics for eight years

Brazil's Superior Electoral Tribunal on Friday barred far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro from politics for eight years over his unfounded claims of security flaws in the country's voting system before his election loss last year.

France 24

Bolsonaro's political future in the balance as judges deliberate

BRASíLIA - Far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro's political future hangs in the balance as a panel of seven judges weigh barring him from public office for years over attacks on Brazil's electoral system.

Bangkok Post

Brazil's Lula to meet Macron as France blocks Mercosur-EU trade deal

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is among the 50 world leaders in Paris Thursday for a global development and climate summit, and he will hold 'bilateral' talks with French President Emmanuel Macron, where he hopes to discuss the stalled Mercosur trade deal.

Radio France Internationale

Brazil’s Lula to discuss trade deal with Macron on France visit

Brazilian president says he plans to raise stalled trade deal between the EU and bloc of South American nations.

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Brazil's Lula unveils plan to stop deforestation in Amazon by 2030

Brazil's government on Monday unveiled how it plans to meet a pledge to eliminate deforestation in the Amazon by 2030, using strengthened law enforcement against environmental crimes and other measures in the world's largest tropical rainforest.

Reuters

British reporter, Brazilian expert remembered a year after murder in Amazon

A year after the murders of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira deep in the Amazon rainforest, friends, relatives and admirers gathered on Monday to call for justice and protection of Indigenous lands.

Reuters

Brazil Speaker meets Lula focusing on tax reform in lower house

Brazil's lower house Speaker Arthur Lira said on Monday his main focus will now be approval of a tax reform and called on President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's leftist minority government to make greater efforts to win over lawmakers for the reform proposal.

Reuters

Brazil to reintroduce diesel tax to pay for Lula's auto program

Brazil's government will partially reintroduce a federal diesel tax this year to pay for leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's plan to bring down the cost of vehicles, Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Friday.

Reuters

Brazil's president Lula to come to Paris on June 22-23-Macron's office

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will visit Paris on June 22 and 23, the office of French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday.

Reuters

Lula pledges to stabilize Brazil's economy, says 'we'll grow again'

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Friday his government will "stabilize" Brazil's economy and put it back on a growth trajectory.

Reuters

Brazil's Lula to appoint Zanin to Supreme Court, says Senate head

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is set to appoint the lawyer who defended him from graft accusations, Cristiano Zanin, to a vacant Supreme Court seat, Senate President Rodrigo Pacheco said on Thursday.

Reuters

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Brazil's Lula cuts losses after setbacks on environment and Indigenous front

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has suffered a major defeat over important legislation protecting the Amazon rainforest and the Indigenous people who live in it, and he has had to cut his losses in a conservative Congress.

Reuters

Brazil's Lula, Pope Francis discuss Ukraine war in phone call

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday had a phone call with Pope Francis to discuss topics such as the war in Ukraine and environmental protection, the Brazilian government said in a statement.

Reuters

Spain risks following US, Brazil in lurch to far-right, PM says

Spain could follow the U.S. and Brazil in lurching to the far-right in a parliamentary election on July 23, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday, urging Spaniards to give him a "strong, resounding backing for the next four years".

Reuters

Colombia, Venezuela reach agreement to find remains of victims buried by paramilitaries

Colombia and Venezuela have reached an agreement to search for remains of victims who were killed by paramilitaries during Colombia's internal armed conflict and reportedly buried in Venezuela, Colombia President Gustavo Petro said on Tuesday.

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Brazil's Lula pushes for greater South American integration at summit

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday defended increased economic, cultural and social integration of South American countries as he opened a summit of a dozen leaders of the region in Brasilia.

Reuters

Protests flare as Brazil approves bill limiting recognition of tribal lands

Brazil's lower house of Congress approved on Tuesday night a bill to limit the recognition of new Indigenous reservations, a decision seen by environmentalists and human rights advocates as a setback after intense pressure from the farm lobby.

Reuters

Lula's call for South American unity faces opposing views on Venezuela

Divergent views on Venezuela surfaced during a South American leaders' summit on Tuesday hosted by Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as part of his efforts to unite the region's development and give it a stronger voice internationally.

Reuters

Maduro and Lula hit out at US sanctions on Venezuela

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and Brazilian leader Luis Inacio Lula de Silva on Monday assailed U.S. sanctions against Venezuela and Maduro said he hopes a regional South American summit in Brasilia will call for their removal.

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 458

As the war enters its 458th day, we take a look at the main developments.

Reuters

Brazil still has tools to meet sustainability plan, says minister, amid legal changes

Brazil's Institutional Relations Minister Alexandre Padilha said on Friday the government still has the instruments to maintain its sustainability agenda, even as Congress moves to weaken key ministries' environmental powers.

Reuters

Brazil says UN confirmed Amazonian city of Belem as COP30 host

Brazil's government said on Friday the United Nations has confirmed the Amazonian city of Belem as the host of the COP30 climate change summit in November 2025.

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