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Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says that he will defend Supreme Court chief Alexandre de Moraes from potential U.S. sanctions, which U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio threatened over the ongoing trial of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro.
2025-06-3

Outgoing Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro refuses to concede the election but also announces that he will authorize a transition of power to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
2022-11-1

A federal judge orders the immediate release of former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
2019-11-8

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

Brazilian prosecutors file corruption charges against former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his wife, Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva. Federal judge Sérgio Moro will preside over his case.
2016-09-14

Brazilian police raid the home of ex-President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in relation to the Petrobras scandal. Lula is brought in for questioning.
2016-03-4

Venezuela's Hugo Chávez promises that his foreign minister will attend the inauguration of Juan Manuel Santos as Colombian president, two weeks after direct relations between the two countries were broken off, thanks to mediation efforts by President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
2010-08-6

President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva sends to Congress a bill proposing that corporal punishment, including spanking, be outlawed.
2010-07-15

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva lands in Israel at the start of his Middle East tour of Palestine and Jordan before his visit to Iran.
2010-03-14

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