S ince leaving hospital in December, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known as Lula (pictured), has cut a smart figure. Brazil’s president has taken to wearing a Panama hat to hide deep scars from two emergency brain surgeries.

Canel, said on Friday that he had been invited to the Brazil-Caribbean Summit by his South American counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Camera: FELIPE BORREGO. SHOT LIST: THE MEETING BETWEEN THE DELEGATIONS FROM BRAZIL AND CUBA IN HAVANA,

The Brazilian real holds the ignominious title of worst-performing major currency in 2024, down by more than 20%. The selloff has eased somewhat recently but Brazil's fiscal woes still have financial markets on edge.

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has decided to name Andre Correa do Lago, the secretary of energy and environment at Brazil’s foreign affairs ministry, as head of the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference the country will host later this year.

Brazil is expected to announce on Tuesday that ambassador Andre Correa do Lago will be president of the 2025 COP30 global climate summit in the Amazonian city of Belem, three people with knowledge of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's plans told Reuters.

Ex-President Jair Bolsonaro, banned from leaving Brazil due to allegations he plotted a coup, has appealed to the Supreme Court to attend the Jan. 20 ceremony in Washington.

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Monday he had "fully recovered" from emergency surgery six weeks ago to stop a brain bleed.

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said he hoped the United States would remain a "historical partner" of his country after Donald Trump's return to the White House Monday.

Investors already concerned about Brazil's ballooning public debt load under veteran leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva are being forced to reckon with an additional risk: a government debt profile with growing sensitivity to high interest rates.

Brazilian President Lula da Silva expressed his hopes for a productive relationship with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, emphasizing the importance of diplomacy in maintaining Brazil's partnership with the U.

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has signed a bill restricting the use of smartphones at school, following a global trend for such limitations.

Claudia Sheinbaum’s efforts to blunt Donald Trump’s relentless targeting of Mexico are winning admirers in Brazil, inspiring one of her allies to consider mimicking her approach to the combative US leader.