Overview

• Celso Sabino submitted his resignation under União Brasil pressure, but the dismissal is not effective until the president signs and it is published in the Diário Oficial, so he continues as minister.
• At events in Belém, he stood beside President Lula and pledged to support him "wherever I am" while attending inaugurations linked to COP30 preparations.
• União Brasil ordered him to leave the government and has signaled possible disciplinary action, including expulsion, if he resists the directive.
• Contenders to replace him are being negotiated within the coalition, with PSD, PT and PDT seeking the Tourism post as Sabino’s bid to elevate his deputy Ana Carla Machado Lopes falters.
• Lula highlighted COP30 preparations in Belém, inaugurating infrastructure and citing roughly R$6 billion in public investments for the November summit.