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...Since returning to the presidency for a third non-consecutive term last year, Lula has put industrial policy at the heart of his economic strategy....
...Although Brazil has officially condemned Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Lula has been accused of maintaining “pro-Russian neutrality”....
...Far from condemning his remarks, two of Lula’s cabinet ministers supported him....
...He stayed in Florida for three months while Lula took office in January 2023....
...Lula himself served time for a corruption conviction that was later overturned....
...The energy and mines minister subsequently denied media reports that the administration had sought to intervene in Vale’s choice of a chief executive or that Lula had discussed the matter....
...Lula echoed the comments on Thursday, saying: “We need to keep trying to get this agreement done . . ....
...In December 2022, Bolsonaro left Brazil for the US and stayed for three months, missing Lula’s inauguration in January 2023....
...The Supreme Court ruled that he was biased in his judgment of Lula....
...Campaigners have also criticised Lula’s recent appointment of Ricardo Lewandowski as justice minister....
...Under Lula, its state-controlled oil major Petrobras is investing to boost refinery capacity....
...Lula wants to reduce deforestation in Brazil to zero by 2030, but that goal is at risk from the rising clearances in the Cerrado....
...Lula has said that Brazil’s involvement in Opec+ would be focused on convincing wealthy oil nations to invest in alternatives....
...After initial votes in both the lower house and the senate, the bill needs secondary approval from both chambers, before it can be signed into law by Lula....
...Attempts at comprehensive reform eluded governments for decades, so its passage represents a political victory for leftwing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and finance minister Fernando Haddad....
...“The [pact] does not imply unrestricted support for Lula.”...
...“Lula, resign,” screamed the man, wearing a T-shirt bearing the same message. Then came the chorus — “Lula, resign!”...
...Lula took office in January this year on pledges to protect the environment and crack down on deforestation in the Amazon, which surged under Bolsonaro....
...It’s an accord that’s completely contradictory with what [Lula] is doing in Brazil and with what we are doing....
...For Lula and his leftwing Workers’ party, however, it was an obstacle to improving livelihoods in a nation where about 60mn people live in poverty....
...Many of those who surrounded Lula during those years remain influential today, notably Aloízio Mercadante, who founded the Workers’ party with Lula in 1980....
...André Janones, a federal lawmaker aligned with the Lula government, called the verdict a “milestone”....
...An editorial in the right-leaning Estadão newspaper said the move “destroyed once and for all the very fragile ‘broad coalition’ that elected Lula”, adding that the move was “incomprehensible given [Lula...
...[President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva] will certainly get involved.”...
...The riots on January 8 began after thousands of pro-Bolsonaro supporters marched in Brasília in protest against Lula’s election....
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