President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva Tuesday pledged to expand the indigenous ... indigenous territories was a necessity to preserve the Amazon. Lula made those remarks at the 52nd Assembly ...

With Donald Trump back in the White House, advocates for the Amazon worry about what his second term will mean for the rainforest

The president said he no longer believes the rich countries’ promise to financially compensate countries that conserve their forests, as a way of mitigating the negative effects of climate change.

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.

Breaking his silence after his loss to Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva in Brazil’s most recent election, Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro voiced his support for his supporters’ ongoing ...

By Marta Nogueira and Lisandra Paraguassu RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian miner Vale's CEO held his first official meeting with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday, the company said,

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva gave the green light to establish a humanitarian reception post at Confins, a municipality in Minas Gerais state, Brazil’s Minister of Human Rights and Citizenship Macaé Evaristo told journalists in the capital Brasilia.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is bracing for another two years of struggle with the nation’s Congress, as lawmakers convene on Saturday to potentially elect leaders to both the House and Senate who have promised to continue exerting tight control of an overstretched federal budget.

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Brazil is prepared to respond if Donald Trump places new tariffs on the country’s products, although he hopes to improve trade relations with the US instead.

- Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva holds a pact for ecological transformation alongside Minister of the Environment Marina Silva, second from right, and Minister of Indigenous Peoples

Once estimated as 20,000 in the territory, hundreds of illegal miners still remain and may expand business at the slightest sign of the security forces withdrawing.