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                • Wednesday, 27 September, 2023
                  Brazilian economy
                  Brazil minister says oil and green ambitions are not contradictory

                  Alexandre Silveira touts clean energy credentials and aim to become top oil producer

                • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
                  Brazilian society
                  First person convicted for Brazil’s January 8 riot gets 17-year sentence

                  Court signals a tough stance on those found to have taken part in storming and vandalising government buildings

                  Pedestrians walk past a broken window that was damaged during riots in Brasília in January 2023
                • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
                  Brazil begins trials of ‘coup’ rioters who stormed centres of power

                  Supreme Court signals it will take a hard line against those charged for January 8 attempted insurrection

                  Supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro wave Brazilian flags inside the presidential palace in Brasilia
                • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
                  Brazil’s Lula seals pact with opposition parties in hopes of political boost

                  President exchanges two cabinet posts for support from rightwing parties

                  Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
                • Friday, 1 September, 2023
                  Brazilian economy
                  Brazil’s second-quarter growth beats estimates in boost for Lula

                  Higher output welcomed by leftwing leader, who criticises high interest rates as a drag on economy

                  People walking in Sao Paulo, Brazil
                • Thursday, 31 August, 2023
                  News in-depthJair Bolsonaro
                  Brazil’s jewels scandal adds to Bolsonaro’s legal woes

                  Probe over expensive foreign gifts damages hard-right former president’s ability to build a political legacy

                  Jair Bolsonaro
                • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
                  Lula nears pact with Brazilian rightwingers to boost passage of agenda

                  Government in talks on ‘political front’ with parties once allied to hard-right former president Jair Bolsonaro

                  Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
                • Wednesday, 23 August, 2023
                  Brazil’s congress approves looser spending rules in boost for Lula

                  New fiscal framework under leftwing administration means budgets must rise by more than rate of inflation

                  Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
                • Friday, 18 August, 2023
                  Top police commanders arrested over Brazil capital riots

                  High-ranking officers accused of involvement in riots by supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro

                  Supporters of Jair Bolsonaro storm the presidential palace in Brasília while clashing with security forces on January 8 2023
                • Friday, 18 August, 2023
                  News in-depthBraskem SA
                  Fight for Brazil chemicals group Braskem draws in foreign bidders — and Lula government

                  Latin America’s largest petrochemicals producer has attracted bids from Apollo and Abu Dhabi state-run oil company

                  A driver sits in a truck parked in front of the Braskem petrochemical plant in Duque de Caxias, Brazil
                • Friday, 11 August, 2023
                  Brazilian economy
                  Brazil unveils $76bn public spending spree

                  Leftwing leader Lula wants state to play a greater role in economic development

                  resident Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visits the construction site of the new building of the Brazilian Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics
                • Thursday, 10 August, 2023
                  News in-depthBrazilian society
                  Neo-Nazi groups spread in Brazil’s south

                  Far-right extremism rises in historic German areas with raised-arm salute defended as ‘culturally common’ gesture

                  Montage of Nazi flag, Brazil map and a gathering of people
                • Wednesday, 26 July, 2023
                  Global InsightBryan Harris
                  Lula brings retro playbook to a modern Brazil

                  Subsidies for manufacturers and a non-aligned foreign policy are rooted in the former trade union leader’s formative years

                • Friday, 30 June, 2023
                  Brazilian court votes to bar Bolsonaro from political office until 2030

                  Decision a blow to rightwing former president’s hopes of a swift comeback

                • Thursday, 22 June, 2023
                  Bolsonaro faces ban from politics as electoral trial begins in Brazil

                  Rightwing populist accused of abusing his presidential powers during election

                  A close-up of Jair Bolsonaro
                • Wednesday, 21 June, 2023
                  The Big Read
                  The discreet US campaign to defend Brazil’s election

                  Amid widespread speculation about a coup attempt, the Biden administration pressured politicians and generals to respect the result

                • Sunday, 18 June, 2023
                  News in-depth
                  Lula struggles with rightwing Congress as Brazil’s ‘broad coalition’ unravels

                  Leftwing leader must manage ties with emboldened parliamentary bloc after damaging defeats

                • Thursday, 8 June, 2023
                  Brazil divided over oil drilling proposal off Amazon delta

                  ‘A big fight’: potential new fossil fuel source causes rift in Lula government after green pledges

                  The mouth of the Amazon River on the coast of Amapa state in Brazil
                • Friday, 2 June, 2023
                  War in Ukraine
                  Russian concerns on Ukraine must ‘be taken into account’, says Brazil

                  Foreign policy adviser to leftwing president Lula warns western leaders’ stance risks provoking a wider conflict

                  Celso Amorim
                • Thursday, 1 June, 2023
                  Lula nominates personal lawyer to Brazil’s supreme court

                  Appointment of ‘friend and comrade’ angers rightwing opposition and legal experts

                • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
                  Brazil’s Speaker vows to stop Lula going ‘backward’ on reform

                  Powerful leader of Brazil’s lower house tells FT he will defend market-friendly laws

                  Arthur Lira
                • Sunday, 7 May, 2023
                  Lula’s move to scrap spending cap sparks fears of debt build-up

                  Government says push to expand the role of the state will be accompanied by commitments for balanced budgets

                  Fernando Haddad greets President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
                • Wednesday, 3 May, 2023
                  Brazil
                  Jair Bolsonaro’s home raided by police as part of vaccine probe

                  Former Brazilian president’s residence searched in investigation into alleged falsification of immunisation records

                  Jair Bolsonaro leaves his home in Brasília
                • Tuesday, 2 May, 2023
                  Social Media
                  Google draws backlash from Brazil with lobbying against ‘fake news’ bill

                  Tech giant is among the fiercest opponent to legislation being pushed by Lula administration

                  The Google logo at a Google Store in New York City
                • Sunday, 30 April, 2023
                  Brazil’s lawmakers to vote on ‘fake news’ bill opposed by tech groups

                  Critics decry measures as draconian and open to abuse by special interests

                  Protesters outside Brazil’s Congress
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