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Green News

Why have so many world leaders dropped out of COP29 climate talks?

This year’s international climate conference will be much smaller than talks last year in Dubai.

Venezuela

Venezuela election results remain unverified as tensions rise

The US-based Carter Centre expressed concerns over the validity of incumbent president Nicolas Maduro's apparent win.

Brazil

185,000 Bolsonaro supporters stage rally to defend him amid coup probe

The former president denied that he and his supporters attempted a coup when rioters assaulted government buildings a year ago.

Germany

Leaders of Germany and Brazil push for EU-Mercosur trade pact

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva told reporters in Berlin that they support the trade deal for the EU and Mercosur, comprised of Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay.

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Green News

UN chief says not all leaders are ‘feeling the heat’ of climate change

Secretary general Antonio Guterres said that the world's response to climate change is falling abysmally short.

Brazil

Brazil: Pro-Bolsonaro rioters on trial for 8 January disorder

Four men are on trial in Brasília accused of crimes including armed criminal conspiracy, violent uprising against the rule of law and an attempted coup

Brazil

Lula's u-turn on Putin arrest warrant waiver ahead of Rio's G20 summit

Brazil's president has qualified his words a day after claiming an International Criminal Court arrest warrant would be ignored if the Russian president visited Rio for the G20 summit in 2024.

Brazil

Amazon summit agrees roadmap - but without concrete pledges

Speaking to reporters after Wednesday’s meeting, Brazil's President Lula da Silva said developed nations must make good on their pledges to provide monetary support for forest protection.

Brazil

Amazon nations seek common voice on climate change

Eight Amazon nations called on industrialized countries to do more to help preserve the world's largest rainforest as they met at a major summit in Brazil to chart a common course on how to combat climate change.

Europe News

Lula berates the EU for making 'threats' in talks for Mercosur deal

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva criticised the European Union for making environmental demands during negotiations of a free trade deal.

Europe News

EU looks to regain influence in Latin America as leaders summit begins

The meeting is the first of its kind in eight years.

Europe News

Brussels to invest €45bn in Latin America and Caribbean by 2027

The announcement came as leaders from both sides met in the Belgian capital for the EU-CELAC summit on Monday.

Green News

Brazil celebrates 34% drop in Amazon deforestation under Lula

It follows four years of rising destruction in the critical rainforest under Bolsonaro, but experts know “the fight isn’t over”.

France

Global climate summit in Paris fails to agree ambitious plans

Delegates at a global summit in Paris on finance an climate have failed to agree extra measures to limit greenhouse gas emissions and support poorer countries

Nature

Has Amazonian deforestation fallen under President Lula?

Amazon deforestation fell by 68% in Brazil last month - but ‘megaprojects’ threaten progress.

World News

Brazil's Lula recognises 1,200 square km of Indigenous land

Brazil has recognised six Indigenous areas, most of which are in the threatened Amazon rainforest.

Spain

South American trade on the agenda as Brazil's Lula visits Spain

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visited Spain on Tuesday on the second stop of a European tour aimed at resetting relations and making progress on a long-delayed trade deal between the EU and the Mercosur bloc of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay

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Brazil's president Lula faces protests in Portugal's parliament

Right-wing lawmakers protested in Portugal's parliament during a speech by Brazil's President Lula.

Europe Decoded

What to expect from Brazilian President Lula's visit to Spain

Brazilian President Lula’s remarks created divisions ahead of his first European trip even as Spain was hoping to deepen ties.

Portugal

Lula on Ukraine war: 'I know what an invasion is'

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Saturday was again at odds with Europe over Ukraine while pressing his first European tour since resuming office in January.