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FILE - Then Brazil's Defense Minister Jaques Wagner speaks during the opening ceremony of the LAAD Defence and Security International Exhibition in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

Brazil’s police targets a close ally of President Lula in sprawling fraud probe

By Eléonore Hughes - Associated Press

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, center, gestures as he speaks with Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz and IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, ahead of a working session at the G7 summit, in Evian-les-Bains, France, Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (Mandel Ngan/Pool Photo via AP)

Brazil’s Lula warns Trump not to meddle in Brazil’s elections

By Eléonore Hughes - Associated Press

Eduardo Bolsonaro, a Brazilian lawmaker and son of President Jair Bolsonaro, speaks at a gathering of conservatives, in Mexico City, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

Brazil’s top court convicts son of former President Bolsonaro for coercion

By Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

FILE - A farm employee processes coffee berries at Boa Esperanca farm in Braganca Paulista, Brazil, Aug. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

Trump administration proposes 25% tariffs on Brazil despite extensive U.S. trade surplus

By Paul Wiseman and Mauricio Sasvarese - Associated Press

A suspected member of the criminal group Comando Vermelho, or Red Command, is lead in handcuffs by a police officer into a police station in Rio de Janeiro, Friday, May 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Analysts say U.S. targeting of Brazilian gangs is an attempt to sway election

By Eleonore Hughes and Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

A man walks down an unpaved stretch of highway BR-319 in the Brazilian Amazon between the cities of Manaus and Porto Velho on Aug. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Fabiano Maisonnave, File)

Brazil to invest $75 million in highway through Amazon, fueling deforestation concerns

By Gabriela Sá Pessoa - Associated Press

Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro, son of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, talks on the phone as he arrives for the swearing-in ceremony for justices Nunes Marques and Andre Mendonca as president and vice president of Brazil's Superior Electoral Court in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil presidential hopeful Flavio Bolsonaro denies wrongdoing after asking banker for millions

By Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the end of the German-Brazilian intergovernmental consultations at Herrenhausen Palace, in Hannover, northern Germany, Monday, April 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Brazil’s Lula launches $2 billion anti-organized crime project ahead of elections

By Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

President Donald Trump meets with UFC fighters, Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Brazilian president says Trump has ‘no intention’ of invading Cuba

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

A vehicle with Brazilian and American flags, thought to be carrying Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, leaves the White House, Thursday, May 7, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump meets privately with Brazil’s Lula, says progress made on tariff fight

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva delivers his speech during the Global Progressive Mobilization summit in Barcelona, Spain, April 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort, File)

Brazil’s Lula to discuss fighting organized crime, tariffs in Trump meeting

By Eléonore Hughes - Associated Press

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva delivers his speech during the Global Progressive Mobilization summit in Barcelona, Spain, April 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort, File)

Trump will host Brazilian president for talks on economy and security, a White House official says

By Collin Binkley - Associated Press

FILE - Former President Jair Bolsonaro, temporarily allowed out of house arrest for medical treatment, departs a hospital in Brasilia, Brazil, Sept. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Brazil’s Congress reduces Jair Bolsonaro’s 27-year prison sentence

By Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the end of the German-Brazilian intergovernmental consultations at Herrenhausen Palace, in Hannover, northern Germany, Monday, April 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Brazil’s Senate blocks Lula’s Supreme Court nominee, first rejection in 132 years

By Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

FILE - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, center, and first lady Rosangela da Silva, front left in a red jersey, take part in the 'Walk in Celebration' to mark the Ministry of Culture's 95th anniversary, in Brasilia, Brazil, Sept. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Brazil’s 80-year-old Lula hits the treadmill to ease voter concerns about age

By Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, center, poses for a photo next to Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left, and his wife wife Rosangela Lula da Silva, at the Meeting in Defence of Democracy summit, in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, April 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort)

Progressive leaders rally in Barcelona to defend the traditional liberal order

By Joseph Wilson - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV waves to supporters as he leaves after his visit to the Ngul Zamba (Power of God) orphanage in Yaounde, Cameroon, Wednesday April 15, 2026 on the third day of his apostolic journey to Africa. (Alberto Pizzoli, Pool Photo via AP)

Brazil’s Lula defends Pope Leo in message to Catholics after Trump’s criticism

Associated Press

Edervan Forte dos Santos, from the Galibi Kali'na community, steers his boat toward mangroves in the biodiversity conservation area of Cabo Orange, in Oiapoque, Amapa state, Brazil, Thursday, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

‘I’m going there.’ Oil drilling fuels a migrant surge in isolated city in Brazil’s Amazon

By Gabriela Sá Pessoa - Associated Press

Indigenous people march during the annual "Acampamento Terra Livre," or Free Land Encampment, Brazil's largest annual Indigenous mobilization that focuses on land rights and environmental protection, in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

In Brazil’s capital, Indigenous leaders rally as land disputes and mining pressures grow

By Gabriela Sá Pessoa - Associated Press

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, temporarily allowed out of house arrest for medical treatment, departs a hospital in Brasilia, Brazil, Sept. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Brazil’s Bolsonaro leaves hospital and heads home to serve his 27-year sentence

By Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press