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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

U.S. Terror Listings and Tariff Threat Reshape Brazil’s Campaign

Proposed U.S. tariffs remain under administrative review, shifting the campaign narrative toward national sovereignty and economic risk.

Chamber Approves Amendment Ending 6×1 and Cutting Workweek to 40 Hours

Chamber Committee Approves PEC to End 6×1 and Cut Workweek to 40 Hours

Lula Signs Novo Desenrola, Launching 90-Day Debt Relief Drive

Senate Rejects Lula’s Supreme Court Nominee for First Time in 132 Years

Brazil Confronts String of Street Robberies and Shootings as Probes Advance

Brazil Tracks Spate of Killings as Military Policeman Is Charged in Double Homicide

Toffoli Recuses From Master Cases as Zanin Denies Immediate CPI and STF Sets Vote on Vorcaro’s Detention

Lula Vetoes 8 January Leniency as U.S. Tightens Control of Venezuelan Oil After Maduro’s Capture

Lula to Veto Senate-Passed Bill Reducing Jan. 8 Sentences

Brasília Tensions Escalate With Gilmar’s Impeachment Ruling, Bacellar’s Arrest and Bolsonaro’s 2026 Move

Alcolumbre Thanks Lula at Amapá Inauguration, Signaling Thaw After STF Pick Dispute

Bolsonaro and Allies File Appeals to STF as Rio Police Offensive Leaves 64 Dead

Lula Names Guilherme Boulos to Lead the Presidency’s Secretariat-General

Moraes Assigns Public Defender to Eduardo Bolsonaro Case as Brasília Power Struggles Intensify

STF Opens Trial of 'Nucleus 4' in Brazil Coup Case, First Led by Flávio Dino

Brazil’s Lower House Pulls Revenue Measure; Tax Plan Expires After 251–193 Vote

U.S. Shutdown Looms as Talks Stall Hours Before Funding Deadline

Two Supreme Court Judges Vote to Convict Bolsonaro in Coup-Plot Trial