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    • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
      Brazilian politics
      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

    • Monday, 8 May, 2023
      Brazil
      Lula ally picked for Brazil central bank post

      Former bank executive Gabriel Galípolo will serve as monetary policy director

    • Sunday, 7 May, 2023
      Brazilian politics
      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

    • Monday, 17 April, 2023
      Global InsightBryan Harris
      ‘Anxious and frustrated’ Lula takes swerve to the left in Brazil

      President has in effect abandoned his ‘big tent’ coalition only a few months into his third term

    • Thursday, 13 April, 2023
      Brazilian politics
      Brazil’s Lula calls for end to dollar trade dominance

      Leftist president lends his voice to Beijing’s efforts to boost renminbi’s role in global commerce

    • Thursday, 2 March, 2023
      Brazil fourth-quarter GDP declines as economic challenges mount for Lula

      Weak investment and slowdown in industry and services end five consecutive quarters of growth

    • Saturday, 11 February, 2023
      Brazil
      Lula’s attacks on Brazil central bank alarm investors

      President questions independent monetary policy and bank’s continuing independence

    • Sunday, 22 January, 2023
      News in-depthNatura Cosmeticos SA
      Cosmetics group Natura embarks on makeover

      Body Shop and Avon owner is concentrating on revamping its brands during consumer spending squeeze

    • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
      Brazil seeks to tackle deficit with ambitious economic programme

      Lula administration announces package of tax rises and spending cuts

    • Friday, 6 January, 2023
      Brazil
      Investors fret over Lula’s approach to Brazil’s state companies

      Petrobras and Banco de Brasil shares hit by volatility in new president’s first week

    • Wednesday, 4 January, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Brazil’s Lula can only succeed through pragmatism

      The veteran leftist’s best chance of fulfilling campaign pledges is to harness the power of investment and trade

    • Sunday, 1 January, 2023
      Brazilian politics
      Lula sworn in as Brazil’s new president amid tight security

      Alleged bomb plot adds to tensions surrounding return to leftwing rule in divided nation

    • Tuesday, 27 December, 2022
      News in-depth
      Brazil faces economic headwinds as Lula prepares to take office

      High interest rates and fiscal uncertainty challenge leftwing leader’s pledge that ‘good times’ will return

    • Tuesday, 6 December, 2022
      Petrobras
      Petrobras CEO to leave as Lula prepares to take office in Brazil

      President-elect has called for a change in strategy at the state-controlled oil producer

    • Friday, 11 November, 2022
      Brazil
      Lula seeks Brazil constitutional change to fund campaign pledges

      President-elect faces his first big political test as he tries to sidestep spending caps

    • Monday, 7 November, 2022
      Markets InsightMichael Stott
      Will international investors like Lula more than Bolsonaro?

      Leftist president-elect has strong green credentials but there are concerns over economic policy

    • Thursday, 29 September, 2022
      News in-depthFT Film25 min
      Brazil: a nation divided | FT Film

      Rivals Lula and Bolsonaro vie to lead Latin America's largest country

    • Sunday, 7 August, 2022
      Bolsonaro bets improving Brazilian economy will be election boon

      Voters rank economy above crime and corruption as the most important issue

    • Thursday, 14 July, 2022
      Brazilian politics
      Brazil to turn on spending taps in run-up to presidential vote

      Extra welfare payments worth billions could boost Bolsonaro’s re-election prospects

    • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
      Nubank
      Brazil’s Nubank plots consolidation in Latin America’s booming fintech sector

      Chief executive says digital lender is on the hunt for bargain acquisitions

    • Thursday, 9 June, 2022
      Brazilian politics
      Lula would scrap Brazil’s public spending cap, says draft manifesto

      Leftwing ex-president to give state a bigger role in investment if he beats Bolsonaro in October election

    • Thursday, 2 June, 2022
      Weak economic outlook clouds Bolsonaro’s election prospects in Brazil

      Economists warn strong first-quarter growth unlikely to continue

    • Monday, 16 May, 2022
      Global inflation
      Inflation returns to haunt Brazilians

      Memories of the 1980s and 1990s loom as prices rise at the fastest pace in two decades

    • Thursday, 21 April, 2022
      JBS SA
      Meatpacker JBS comes under fire over 50% emissions rise

      Environmental study finds Brazilian company’s carbon footprint is larger than all of Italy

    • Monday, 18 April, 2022
      News in-depthAgricultural production
      ‘Destructive hunger’: South America’s farmers seek to head off global food crisis

      Supply problems and rising costs make it difficult to replace lost agricultural output caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

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