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Brazil to propose global alliance against hunger and poverty to G20

Brazil will today propose to the G20 a global alliance against hunger and poverty, coinciding with the South American country’s rotating presidency of the group this year. The initiative was proposed by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva when…

Reforming and strengthening the UN, Brazil’s main goal during its G20 presidency

Reforming and strengthening the United Nations (UN) will be Brazil’s main objective during the first major event it is organizing as president of the G20, said Mauricio Carvalho Lyrio, secretary for economic and financial affairs at the Ministry of Foreign…

Lula withdraws Brazil’s ambassador to Israel and asks his colleague to leave the country

Brazil is severing all diplomatic relations with Israel and has decided to expel Israel’s ambassador to Brazil and recall its ambassador to Tel Aviv. This was announced today by President Luis Ignacio Da Silva in response to the ongoing genocide…

Brazil overtakes Turkey as largest buyer of Russian diesel, while preserving ties with Moscow despite Western pressures

According to Financial Times, Brazilian imports of diesel from Russia last year skyrocketed, with a staggering 4,600 per cent increase pertaining to total value – from $95 million worth of diesel purchases in 2022 to $4.5 billion. Purchases of fuel oil…

“Brazil unites in defence of democracy”.

On 8 January, one year after the coup attempt by supporters of former president Bolsonaro, social movements demonstrate in front of the São Paulo Museum of Art (MASP), in defence of democracy. Photos by Paulo Pinto/ Agência Brasil

A year of Lula in power and Brazil’s return to the world

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva today marks one year since his return to power and also Brazil’s return to the world, as he promised in his election campaign, to improve the lives of workers. During 2023, the South American…

Brazil chairs UN meeting to discuss Palestinian-Israeli conflict

Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira chairs a meeting of the UN Security Council today in New York, USA, to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Vieira, who concluded his working visit to Cambodia, postponed his visit to the Philippines and travelled to…

Lula: Veto everything!

Apib* demands that President Lula be consistent with his environmentalist discourse and veto the entire bill that threatens indigenous lands. Following the approval of Bill 2903 (PL2903) by the Federal Senate (27/09), the Brazilian indigenous movement is mobilising in the…

Brazil extends its greenhouse gas reduction target

Brazil extended its greenhouse gas emissions reduction target from 37 to 48 percent by 2025 and from 50 to 53 percent by 2030, the government announced today. The announcement was made by the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Marina…

Brazil’s biggest anti-slavery operation rescues 532 people

The people were in slave-like situations in 131 municipalities in 23 Brazilian states. Rio de Janeiro. At least 532 people were rescued in Brazil from slave-like conditions in the country’s largest-ever operation against slave labour, officials said on Tuesday (5…

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