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Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

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Brics leaders meet in Rio to defend multilateralism ‘under attack’

Opening the last session of the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva suggested countries bring forward their targets to reach climate neutrality by 2040 or 2045, instead of 2050 as Brazil and many others have pledged.
ESG

Lula urges G20 leaders to move faster on net zero climate targets

Local media said Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva had fallen in his bathroom on Saturday night, causing a cut that required stitches.
International

Lula cancels trip to summit in Russia after injuring head

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is out to ensure a successful G20 year and ride on the prestige of the forum to stamp his mark as a key leader of the Global South.
Opinion & Features

Brazil’s big G20 agenda for 2024

According to preliminary satellite data from space research agency INPE, 5,153 square km of the Amazon are cleared in 2023, a 49.9 per cent drop from 2022.
ESG

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon down by 50% to five-year low in 2023

A Brazilian judge's latest ruling on the "Car Wash" corruption probe is the latest unravelling of an investigation that at its height felled a host of powerful politicians and executives, including Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (pictured).
International

Brazil judge throws out evidence in Odebrecht scandal

Lula has enjoyed much international goodwill since returning to the presidency, but only because his predecessor was so thuggish and anti-democratic.
Opinion & Features

Lula’s dance with dictators

In a file photo taken on Feb 19, 2009, Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping (left) shakes hands with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, during a meeting in Brasilia. Lula will meet President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Friday.
International

Brazil’s Lula to meet Xi in Beijing after lashing out at US dollar, IMF

President Lula said the Brics bank has great potential “in that it frees emerging countries from submission to traditional financial institutions, which want to govern us.”
International

Brazil’s Lula hails Brics bank for empowering ‘Global South’

President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva’s decision to visit Huawei followed an invitation made by the company, which has been present in Brazil for over 20 years. In 2021
International

Lula to visit Huawei site in Shanghai, potentially irking US

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