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Commander of the Brazilian Army Júlio César de Arruda is fired by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the aftermath of the January 8 Congress attack and is replaced by Tomás Miguel Ribeiro Paiva.
2023-01-21

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is sworn in as President of Brazil for the third time in his political career.
2023-01-1

Former President Lula da Silva is nominated by the Workers' Party to run in the upcoming presidential election.
2022-07-21

The Superior Electoral Court of Brazil rules that former President and Workers' Party (PT) presidential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva cannot run in the election because he does not qualify under the Clean Slate law. The Court also ruled that PT cannot run political ads featuring Lula.
2018-08-31

The Brazil Workers' Party (PT) insists that former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will be their candidate for the upcoming presidential election even as a conviction for corruption bars him from participating. The São Paulo stock market hits new highs and the value of the Brazilian real strengthens.
2018-01-25

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Gilmar Mendes rules Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva should be stripped of a ministerial role in President Dilma Rousseff's Cabinet so he can be investigated in connection with the state oil company Petrobras's alleged kickback scheme. Earlier today, injunctions suspending Lula's appointment as chief of staff were overturned at Attorney General José Eduardo Cardozo's request for a Supreme Court ruling on the motions.
2016-03-18

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signs a decree promising Brazil's co-operation with United Nations sanctions against Iran.
2010-08-11

President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva takes his last tour of Africa as president.
2010-07-4

Rescue workers continue the search for hundreds of people who have disappeared during floods in Brazil.
2010-06-24

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva tours Haiti to monitor the destruction caused by the recent earthquake and meets President René Préval.
2010-02-25