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Sunday, August 2nd 2026 - 20:29 UTC
Lula pledges defense spending so no one invades Brazil as he confirms his candidacy

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva pledged on Sunday to increase defense investment if he wins October's elections, as his re-election bid was formalized at the Workers' Party national convention held at the Expo Center Norte in São Paulo.
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Friday, July 31st 2026 - 18:35 UTC
Brazil's top court authorizes influence-peddling probe into Lula's eldest son

Brazilian Supreme Federal Court Justice André Mendonça authorized the Federal Police on Thursday to open an investigation into Fábio Luís Lula da Silva, the eldest son of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, over indications of influence-peddling and corruption.
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Thursday, July 30th 2026 - 16:26 UTC
Brazil confirms its ambassador will return to Buenos Aires but sets no date

The Brazilian government confirmed that its ambassador to Argentina, Julio Glinternick Bitelli, will return to Buenos Aires after being recalled for consultations, without specifying when, in the first sign of de-escalation in the most serious diplomatic crisis between the two countries in decades.
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Thursday, July 30th 2026 - 01:40 UTC
Lula says Paraguay chose to invade Brazil; Paraguayan Congress accuses him of distorting history

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva invoked the War of the Triple Alliance (1864-1870) to defend increased defense spending, in remarks that drew formal rejection this week from both chambers of Paraguay's Congress.
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Tuesday, July 28th 2026 - 10:55 UTC
“Who is that guy?”: Lula's response to Milei's remarks in São Paulo

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva addressed for the first time the remarks made against him by Argentine President Javier Milei, with a brief and ironic response that avoided escalating the controversy. Asked by reporters while preparing to receive South Korean President Lee Jae-myung, he replied: “Who is that guy?”
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Monday, July 27th 2026 - 09:14 UTC
Mercosur's two largest partners in their worst diplomatic crisis as Brazil recalls its envoy

Brazil on Sunday recalled its ambassador in Buenos Aires, Julio Bitelli, for consultations and summoned Argentina's ambassador in Brasília, Daniel Raimondi, to provide explanations at the Foreign Ministry, in the sharpest diplomatic response between the two countries in years. The measures, taken by Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira, follow the speech Argentine President Javier Milei delivered on Saturday in São Paulo at the convention that formalized Flávio Bolsonaro's presidential candidacy.
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Sunday, July 26th 2026 - 23:16 UTC
Cristina Kirchner expands her international legal team to take the Vialidad case abroad

Former Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has added Brazilian jurist Rafael Valim to the team preparing a filing before international bodies to challenge her conviction in the Vialidad case, according to sources close to her cited by the Argentine press. Those sources did not specify when he will begin working or what the first procedural steps will be, and the information has not been officially confirmed by her defense.
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Sunday, July 26th 2026 - 22:24 UTC
Milei backs Flávio Bolsonaro's candidacy, drawing a rebuke from Brazil's governing party

Argentine President Javier Milei on Saturday endorsed the presidential candidacy of Senator Flávio Bolsonaro at the Liberal Party (PL) National Convention in São Paulo, in a speech with sharp criticism of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva that drew rejection from Brazil's governing party and a response from the judiciary.
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Sunday, July 26th 2026 - 22:20 UTC
“Brazil bows to no one”: the official reaction to Milei's speech in São Paulo

Brazil's government and the leadership of its judiciary responded on Saturday to the speech by Argentine President Javier Milei at the convention that formalized Flávio Bolsonaro's presidential candidacy, in which he sharply criticized Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and disparaged a Supreme Federal Court (STF) justice.
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Saturday, July 25th 2026 - 12:39 UTC
Brazilian industry estimates nearly half its US exports will face additional tariffs

Some 48.7% of Brazilian exports bound for the United States will be subject to some form of additional tariff following the entry into force of the new forced-labor levy, according to a study by the National Confederation of Industry (CNI), the country's main industrial employers' body.
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