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Brazilian prosecutors in 2016 formally accused Lula of using his influence to help Saab win the tender for the 36 fighter jets worth $5.4 billion. The case was tossed out by Brazil's Supreme Court ...
Lula's decision to deploy the military reflects an about-turn by the leftist, who in an interview on Friday said he would not sign such a decree, saying he didn't want soldiers "in the favelas ...
BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian police on Tuesday arrested five people, including a member of former President Jair Bolsonaro's cabinet, suspected of involvement in an alleged plan to kill then ...
Lula also repeatedly attacked NATO and the European Union as having caused the war. [55] After Germany appealed to Lula to provide military aid to Ukraine by selling it arms, Lula refused. [56] In December 2023, Lula said that he will invite Vladimir Putin to Brazil. [57] In February 2024, he was visited by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey ...
When Joe Biden became U.S. President in 2021, relations cooled somewhat due to political disagreements between Bolsonaro and Biden, but when Lula returned to the presidency again in late 2022, relations between the U.S. and Brazil have stabilized once more, although Biden and Lula have had their share of disagreements, including Lula's stance ...
In May 2022, Lula placed blame on Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy for Russia's invasion of Ukraine, saying "This guy is as responsible as Putin for the war". [21] Lula also repeatedly attacked NATO and the European Union as having caused the war. He accused NATO of "claiming for itself the right to install military bases in the vicinity ...
Following Lula's second victory, his approval ratings rose again, fueled by continued of the economical and social achievements, to a record 80%, the highest for a Brazilian president since the end of the military regime. The focus of Lula's second term was further stimulation of the economy by investments in infrastructure and measures to keep ...
Since he returned to office in January, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has traveled to 21 countries and met with more than 50 heads of state, including two kings and the Pope. The ...