Tag: Lula
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Brazil’s Lula pushes end to deforestation, stumbles on fossil fuels – POLITICO
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Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Under pressure from the EU to rein in deforestation or face trade restrictions, Amazon countries must figure out how to bring prosperity to the region without destroying the forest. And that’s proving difficult. At a two-day summit starting Tuesday, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula…
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Opinion | Is Brazil Under Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ‘Anti-American’?
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SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Under Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil was an international pariah. Not my words, but those of the former foreign minister: Apparently it was “good to be an outcast.” I do not miss these people. When Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took office in January, after defeating Mr. Bolsonaro, it was widely hoped that…
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Brazil’s Lula Visits White House As He Tries To Counter Rising Threat To Democracy
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This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was first published at The Conversation. When Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva meets with President Joe Biden on Feb. 10, 2023, climate change, economic development and security will be on the agenda. But if Lula cannot stabilize his country’s democracy,…
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Brazil’s Lula Works To Reverse Amazon Deforestation
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Shaking a traditional rattle, Brazil’s incoming head of Indigenous affairs recently walked through every corner of the agency’s headquarters — even its coffee room — as she invoked help from ancestors during a ritual cleansing. The ritual carried extra meaning for Joenia Wapichana, Brazil’s first Indigenous woman to command the…
