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Brazil's currency drops to weakest level yet as Lula's fiscal measures debated
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s real on Wednesday fell to its weakest level against the dollar since the currency was introduced in 1994, undercut by investors' frustration with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's efforts to rein in government spending. A bill backed by Lula that...
Brazilian President Lula discharged from hospital after surgery to stop brain bleed
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was discharged from the hospital Sunday after undergoing surgery to stop a brain bleed. The 79-year-old president spoke alongside doctors in a press conference on Sunday morning in a show that he was doing well...
Venezuelan opposition members in diplomatic compound urge swift actions to secure their safe passage
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Members of Venezuela’s political opposition who have been sheltering for months in the Argentine diplomatic compound in the capital, Caracas, on Saturday detailed their deteriorating living conditions as they sought to grow a sense of urgency among the governments...
Brazil's Lula undergoes a second procedure to stop brain bleed
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had a second procedure on Thursday morning to stop a brain bleed, his doctors said. Lula, 79, first had surgery at the hospital on Tuesday for a kind of slow bleeding that resulted from a fall at home in October....
Doctors say Brazil's Lula is recovering after surgery for a brain bleed
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is recovering in an intensive care unit after undergoing unplanned surgery for a brain bleed, doctors said Tuesday. The procedure was performed after the 79-year-old leftist leader suffered complications resulting...
Carrefour apologizes to Brazil for CEO's remarks, and beef is headed back to its stores
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian beef was headed back to the shelves of Carrefour-owned grocery stores Tuesday after a brief boycott sparked by remarks from the French company’s chief executive about nations in the South America trade bloc Mercosur. Carrefour CEO Alexandre...
Dozens of recordings reveal high-ranking Brazilian officers pressured Bolsonaro to stage a coup
SAO PAULO (AP) — A trove of leaked audio recordings from late 2022 reveal high-ranking members of Brazil 's army discussing efforts to pressure then-President Jair Bolsonaro to carry out a coup and remain in power. The 53 recordings, obtained by the Federal Police and accessed by...
Brazilian police formally accuse former President Bolsonaro and aides of alleged 2022 coup attempt
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s federal police on Thursday formally accused former President Jair Bolsonaro and 36 other people of attempting a coup to keep him in office after his defeat in the 2022 elections. Police said their sealed findings were being delivered Thursday to...
Brazilian police formally accused Bolsonaro of an attempted coup. What comes next?
SAO PAULO (AP) — Police have formally accused Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro and 36 others of attempting a coup to keep the right-wing leader in office after his electoral defeat in 2022. Their allegations threaten to torpedo Bolsonaro's hopes of returning to politics. ...
Brazil’s Lula welcomes China's Xi for state visit as ties between countries strengthen
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Wednesday welcomed China’s President Xi Jinping for a state visit at the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, the latest sign of deepening ties between the two countries that analysts say may accelerate as Donald Trump returns to...
