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Brazilian politics

  • 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
  • Friday, 28 April, 2023
    News in-depth
    ‘Public security is impossible’: Lula takes on Brazil’s gun owners

    Leftwing president hopes tighter laws will reduce surge in use of firearms, including attacks on schools

    A man holding an automatic pistol
  • Wednesday, 26 April, 2023
    Brazil launches parliamentary probe into January 8 riot

    Inquiry into ‘coup attempt’ sets stage for battle between president Lula and rightwing lawmakers

    A crowd of supporters of Jair Bolsonaro invaded government buildings, including the presidential palace
  • Sunday, 23 April, 2023
    News in-depth
    Lula’s stance on Ukraine war mars his Iberian trip

    Brazilian president’s intransigence highlights EU’s difficulty convincing global south to hold Russia accountable

    Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
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