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US envoy to UN urges Brazil to see Ukrainian side to the war

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield has encouraged Brazil to include Ukraine in any efforts to negotiate an end to "Russia's war of aggression," she said on Thursday at the end of a visit to the South American country.

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Argentina could fast-track Brazilian imports in return for help financing them - sources

Argentina has offered to fast-track imports from Brazil if its neighbor adopts a new credit system that reduces its dependence on the dollar, which it has in short supply, officials in both governments told Reuters.

Reuters

Brazil government to tax income from financial investments obtained abroad

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government published an executive order aimed at increasing revenue by taxing the capital income from financial investments obtained abroad by individuals who reside in Brazil.

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Brazil police shoot dead 4 illegal gold miners on Yanomami reservation

Brazilian police and environmental protection agents were ambushed by illegal gold miners on the Yanomami Indigenous reservation in the Amazon on Monday and four miners were shot dead in the exchange of gunfire, a government statement said.

Reuters

Bolsonaro steals show at Brazil's biggest farm fair

Former right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro stole the show on Monday at Brazil's largest agribusiness fair where he was acclaimed by supporters from the country's strong farm sector.

Reuters

Brazil's Lula pledges new minimum wage policy, expanded tax exemption

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva pledged on Sunday to introduce a new policy of real increases in the minimum wage and announced plans to raise the income tax exemption for lower-income earners.

Reuters

Brazil to step up removal of indigenous land invaders after Yanomami killing

Brazil will increase efforts to remove the remainder of wildcat miners from indigenous lands following a shooting attack by invaders that killed a Yanomami indigenous person and left two others seriously injured, the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples said on Sunday.

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Russia has to 'find a way out of' its own mess, Portugal's foreign minister says

Talking Europe interviews João Gomes Cravinho, Portugal’s top diplomat. He discusses whether Portugal’s ally, Brazil, could have a role to play in talks between Ukraine and Russia one day – this after the president of Brazil, which has not imposed sanctions on Russia, nor sent ammunition to Kyiv, called for…

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Brazil's Lula recognizes Indigenous territories halted by Bolsonaro

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva legally recognized six Indigenous territories on Friday, fulfilling a campaign promise to reverse the policy of his far-right predecessor Jair Bolsonaro said Brazil's original people had too much land.

Reuters

Brazil's Jan. 8 riots will 'never happen again', says defence minister

Brazil's defence minister vowed on Wednesday that the Jan. 8 riots in Brasilia, in which supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed government buildings, would "never happen again".

Reuters

Brazil Congress prepares for inquiry into Jan. 8 capital storming

Brazil's Congress on Wednesday prepared to open an inquiry into the Jan. 8 storming of key government buildings in the capital by violent demonstrators who denied the electoral victory of the recently inaugurated President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Reuters

Brazil's Lula: 'anything could be discussed' once Russia, Ukraine sit down to talk peace

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday called again for a "peace group" to broker an agreement between Russia and Ukraine, saying anything could be discussed once the nations sat down to talk peace.

Reuters

Portugal should take ‘responsibility’ for slavery, president says

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa is the first Portuguese leader to suggest an apology for his country’s role in slave trade.

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Brazil's Lula: Russian invasion of Ukraine unacceptable, but let's talk peace

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva criticized the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Tuesday, but said no one is talking about peace in what he called an "insane war."

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Brazil's Lula triggers protests and passions in Portugal

Opponents of Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva condemned his visit on Tuesday to Portugal's parliament as hypocritical while a rival group of supporters hailed him as the saviour of their nation.

Reuters

Brazilian legend Buarque receives prestigious literary award...four years late

Brazilian writer and musician Chico Buarque received on Monday the most prestigious literary award for Portuguese-language, with the ceremony happening four years after he won it due to an impasse caused by former President Jair Bolsonaro.

Reuters

Brazil takes fight against racism abroad

Government officials from Brazil are using their president's first visit to Europe since being elected to raise awareness and fight against the racial discrimination faced by the Brazilian community in Portugal and elsewhere.

Daily Mirror

Man posing as delivery driver pulls out gun and murders student, 20, in robbery attempt

CCTV cameras on a neighbour's house in Brazil captured the horror moment when the couple were walking along the pavement and Acxel pulled out a gun with a delivery bag on his back

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Brazil's Lula doesn't want to 'please anyone' with Ukraine stance

Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Saturday he did not want to "please anyone" with his views about Russia's invasion of Ukraine, after provoking criticism in the West for suggesting Kyiv shared the blame for the war.

Reuters

Brazil's Embraer to build NATO-approved aircraft in Portugal

Brazil's Defence Minister Jose Mucio said on Friday his country's planemaker Embraer SA would manufacture aircraft that meet NATO's requirements in a partnership with Portuguese aerospace company OGMA.

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Brazil's Lula throws Brics at the US dollar

The writing was on the wall. But when Brazil's left-wing president Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva visited China recently, he flamboyantly underscored economic and security ties between Latin America's largest democracy and the world's largest dictatorship. Significantly he took steps to decouple much of Brazil's vibrant commerce from using the…

Reuters

Angry at Brazil's Lula, Ukrainians protest in Lisbon as official visit starts

Waving flags and holding photographs depicting conflict atrocities, Ukrainians gathered outside the Brazilian embassy in Lisbon on Friday to protest recent remarks about the Ukraine war made by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Reuters

Lula to drop criticism of West over Ukraine in Europe visit, sources say

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is expected to avoid criticism of the U.S. and European role in the Ukraine war when he visits Portugal this weekend, two Brazilian officials told Reuters on Thursday.

Tribune News Service

Biden seeks $500 million for Brazil’s Amazon rainforest in gesture to Lula

U.S. President Joe Biden is seeking $500 million to bolster Brazil’s strategy to protect the Amazon, a gesture to his counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva amid recent tensions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and relations with China.

Reuters

Top national security adviser to Brazil's Lula resigns

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's top national security adviser resigned on Wednesday, the presidential palace said, amid a scandal related to the aide's presence during the storming of government buildings in the capital.

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