Lula sacks Brazil's deputy intel chief in probe of alleged Bolsonaro-era...
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has sacked Brazil's deputy intelligence director amid an investigation into alleged illegal espionage also involving one of predecessor Jair Bolsonaro's sons,...
View ArticleBrazil's ex-president Bolsonaro surrenders passport in police probe of...
Brazil's ex-president Jair Bolsonaro surrendered his passport Thursday as police raids targeted him and his inner circle over allegations of orchestrating an invasion of government buildings last year.
View ArticleBlinken and Lavrov to attend G20 talks with Ukraine, Gaza on the agenda
G20 foreign ministers open a two-day meeting Wednesday in Brazil, with the outlook bleak for progress on a thorny agenda of conflicts and crises, from the Gaza and Ukraine wars to growing polarization.
View ArticleThousands of Brazilians protest coup probe, election ban of ex-president...
Thousands of Brazilians poured into the streets of Sao Paulo on Sunday as ex-president Jair Bolsonaro flexed his political muscle and hit out at an election ban that has seen him barred from seeking...
View ArticleBrazil's Lula urges world to act 'rapidly' on crisis-torn Haiti at Caribbean...
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday urged the world to "act rapidly" on Haiti, at a Caribbean summit where political agreements were announced on a possible way forward for the...
View ArticleClimate change to top agenda as Macron visits Brazil
French President Emmanuel Macron will begin a three-day trip to Brazil on Tuesday, where he will meet President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva with climate change likely to top the agenda, says France 24's...
View ArticleFrance's Macron heads to Brazilian Amazon in three-day trip to restore ties
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday kicks off a visit to Brazil in the Amazon city of Belem, the host of 2025 UN climate talks, where he and Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva...
View Article'Ecology here is very much the focus'
"Ecology here is very much the focus", said FRANCE 24's correspondent in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Tim Vickery. "Macron will be meeting indigenous leaders; he will be presenting a very prominent one with...
View ArticleMacron & Lula embrace 'multipolar world', Franco-Brazilian alliance 'can go...
France, the seventh largest economy in the world, and Brazil, the ninth largest, are considered key players in a geopolitical scene marked by rivalry between China and the United States. As French...
View ArticleBrazil, France launch €1bln program to protect Amazon rainforest
Brazil and France on Tuesday launched an investment program to protect the Brazilian and Guyanese Amazon rainforest involving 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) in private and public funds over the next...
View ArticleFrance's Macron visits Brazil after four years of tensions
French President Emmanuel Macron and his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva are meeting in Brazil this week to revive the relationship between the countries after years of frictions with...
View Article'Long-term interests aligned': France, Brazil overlook Mercosur impasse &...
The Brazilian and the French presidents on Tuesday announced a plan to invest 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) in the Amazon, including parts of the rainforest in neighboring French Guiana. As French...
View ArticleFrance will help Brazil develop nuclear-powered submarines, Macron says
President Emmanuel Macron and counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday celebrated the launch of Brazil's third French-designed submarine, which will help secure the country's immense...
View ArticleThe odd couple? Lula rolls out red carpet for Macron in Brazil state visit
Kindred spirits or odd couple? Three days of joint photo ops featuring Emmanuel Macron and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva make for more than just entertaining viewing: they're downright confusing. The...
View ArticleWill Macron visit revive Lula's int'l brand, once revered as one of 'planet's...
French President Emmanuel Macron and his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva are meeting this week to revive the relationship between the two economic powerhouses, focusing on trade,...
View ArticleMacron and Lula show unity on global issues despite differences on Ukraine
French President Emmanuel Macron and his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday displayed their unity on major global issues, while skirting differences on the war in Ukraine.
View ArticleBrazil still grappling with dark period of military dictatorship, 60 years on
Six decades after the military coup that plunged Brazil into 21 years of dictatorship, the country is still struggling with its old demons. FRANCE 24’s team went to meet deeply divided Brazilians –...
View ArticleScores killed by torrential rains in southern Brazil
The death toll from floods and mudslides triggered by torrential storms in southern Brazil has climbed to 58 people, with the major city of Porto Alegre particularly hard-hit, the country's civil...
View ArticleBrazil mounts frantic rescue effort as flooding kills more than 60, displaces...
Authorities in southern Brazil raced against the clock Sunday to rescue people from raging floods and mudslides that have killed at least 66 and forced more than 80,000 to flee their homes.
View ArticleBrazil authorities scramble to get aid to flooded south amid forecasts of...
Teams in flood-ravaged southern Brazil scrambled Tuesday to deliver humanitarian aid to Porto Alegre and other inundated municipalities, where queues formed for drinking water as forecasters warned of...
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