Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva tapped the head of his Workers’ Party to a key cabinet role in a sign his government is taking a sharp turn to the left as he tries to turn around plummeting approval ratings.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has chosen the head of his Workers Party, Gleisi Hoffmann, to serve as institutional relations minister, the government said in a statement on Friday.

Opinion polls that showed President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s popularity slumping to all-time lows are complicating central bank efforts to engineer the economic slowdown needed to tame Brazil’s persistent inflation.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva appoints Gleisi Hoffmann as the institutional relations minister. Hoffmann will lead negotiations between Lula's government and the conservative-led Congress.

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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday accused Donald ... reiterated that the United States was an important commercial partner to Brazil and asked for greater gestures of ...

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will speak to the nation on Monday evening in a televised address that will focus on education and health programs, according to a statement from his office.

Brazil’s top prosecutor Paulo Gonet has formally charged former President Jair Bolsonaro with attempting a coup to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat.

Brazil needs to grow, develop and create income and jobs.” President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva began his third term in 2023 touting himself as an environmental defender, and has worked to ...