WASHINGTON — A U.S. State Department official has been barred from traveling to Brazil after attempting to visit jailed former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year prison sentence for plotting a coup, Brazilian authorities said Friday. Read More: Brazil, US begin urgent talks to ease tariff tensions Darren Beattie, who had been approved for a […]
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
China, Brazil unite on Global South, UN role amid global tensions
BEIJING/SAO PAULO — Chinese President Xi Jinping assured Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Friday that China will stand by Brazil and the broader Global South as global geopolitical tensions rise, state media and official statements said. The leaders spoke by telephone in a call that lasted about 45 minutes, during which both […]
Brazil’s Lula fights for freedom as he marks one year in jail
Since entering prison a year ago, Brazil’s former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been spending his days working out in his cell and fighting to prove his innocence. The 73-year-old leftist icon, who has been sentenced to 25 years behind bars in two separate corruption cases, remains determined to challenge the “injustices” he […]