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    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      Brazilian society
      First person convicted for Brazil’s January 8 riot gets 17-year sentence

      Court signals a tough stance on those found to have taken part in storming and vandalising government buildings

      Pedestrians walk past a broken window that was damaged during riots in Brasília in January 2023
    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
      Brazil begins trials of ‘coup’ rioters who stormed centres of power

      Supreme Court signals it will take a hard line against those charged for January 8 attempted insurrection

      Supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro wave Brazilian flags inside the presidential palace in Brasilia
    • 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
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