Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during an interview with Reuters at the Alvorada Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, August 6, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Adriano Machado

Lula plans new 'national sovereignty' policy for strategic minerals

"We won't allow what happened in the last century to happen again, where Brazil exports raw minerals and then buys products with very high added value," the president, known as Lula,...

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a meeting at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, March 18, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo

'I won't humiliate myself': Brazil's president sees no point in tariff talks with Trump

A drone view shows supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro taking part in a demonstration against the Supreme Court's measures in his trial, in Sao Paulo, Brazil August 3, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Jorge Silva

Brazil's Bolsonaro supporters protest against Supreme Court, President Lula

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a meeting at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, March 18, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo

Trump says Brazil's Lula can call him anytime

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks to the media at the BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 7, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes

Trump says he will speak to Lula at some point as Brazil downplays tariff impact

US President Donald Trump walks after disembarking Marine One as he arrives at the White House in Washington, DC, US, July 6, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/ File Photo

Trump says BRICS nations to get 10% tariff 'pretty soon'

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks to the media at the BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July 7, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes

Lula tells Trump world does not want 'emperor' after US threatens BRICS tariff

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a meeting at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, March 18, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo

Brazil's Lula warns Trump's tariffs risk inflation, vows WTO challenge on steel

Deputy Hugo Motta, elected new Lower House Speaker, speaks as deputy Manoel Isidorio de Santana Junior, holds a bible in the background during the session in Brasilia, Brazil February 1, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mateus Bonomi

New leaders elected to Brazil's Congress promise independence from Lula

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro attends a signing decrees ceremony of gas assistance in Brasilia, Brazil December 2, 2021. Photo :Reuters

Case against Brazil coup plotters could end decades of impunity

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, waves while leaves the Sirio-Libanes Hospital after a surgery, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, December 15, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Felipe Iruata

Brazil's Lula leaves hospital, speaks publicly for first time since surgeries

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends a news conference, in Montevideo, Uruguay, January 25, 2023. File Photo: REUTERS/Mariana Greif

Brazil's Lula seen walking for first time since surgeries

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva reacts after meeting with Brazilian citizens, who were repatriated from the Gaza Strip, upon arrival at the Air Force base of Brasilia, Brazil November 13, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino/File Photo

Brazilian President Lula recovering in hospital after emergency brain surgery