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  • Thursday, 8 June, 2023
    Brazilian politics
    Brazil divided over oil drilling proposal off Amazon delta

    ‘A big fight’: potential new fossil fuel source causes rift in Lula government after green pledges

  • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
    Brazilian politics
    Brazil’s Speaker vows to stop Lula going ‘backward’ on reform

    Powerful leader of Brazil’s lower house tells FT he will defend market-friendly laws

  • Monday, 8 May, 2023
    Brazil
    Lula ally picked for Brazil central bank post

    Former bank executive Gabriel Galípolo will serve as monetary policy director

  • Sunday, 7 May, 2023
    Brazilian politics
    Lula’s move to scrap spending cap sparks fears of debt build-up

    Government says push to expand the role of the state will be accompanied by commitments for balanced budgets

  • Monday, 17 April, 2023
    Global InsightBryan Harris
    ‘Anxious and frustrated’ Lula takes swerve to the left in Brazil

    President has in effect abandoned his ‘big tent’ coalition only a few months into his third term

  • Thursday, 13 April, 2023
    Brazilian politics
    Brazil’s Lula calls for end to dollar trade dominance

    Leftist president lends his voice to Beijing’s efforts to boost renminbi’s role in global commerce

  • Thursday, 2 March, 2023
    Brazil fourth-quarter GDP declines as economic challenges mount for Lula

    Weak investment and slowdown in industry and services end five consecutive quarters of growth

  • Saturday, 11 February, 2023
    Brazil
    Lula’s attacks on Brazil central bank alarm investors

    President questions independent monetary policy and bank’s continuing independence

  • Sunday, 22 January, 2023
    News in-depthNatura Cosmeticos SA
    Cosmetics group Natura embarks on makeover

    Body Shop and Avon owner is concentrating on revamping its brands during consumer spending squeeze

  • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
    Brazil seeks to tackle deficit with ambitious economic programme

    Lula administration announces package of tax rises and spending cuts

  • Friday, 6 January, 2023
    Brazil
    Investors fret over Lula’s approach to Brazil’s state companies

    Petrobras and Banco de Brasil shares hit by volatility in new president’s first week

  • Wednesday, 4 January, 2023
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Brazil’s Lula can only succeed through pragmatism

    The veteran leftist’s best chance of fulfilling campaign pledges is to harness the power of investment and trade

  • Sunday, 1 January, 2023
    Brazilian politics
    Lula sworn in as Brazil’s new president amid tight security

    Alleged bomb plot adds to tensions surrounding return to leftwing rule in divided nation

  • Tuesday, 27 December, 2022
    News in-depth
    Brazil faces economic headwinds as Lula prepares to take office

    High interest rates and fiscal uncertainty challenge leftwing leader’s pledge that ‘good times’ will return

  • Tuesday, 6 December, 2022
    Petrobras
    Petrobras CEO to leave as Lula prepares to take office in Brazil

    President-elect has called for a change in strategy at the state-controlled oil producer

  • Friday, 11 November, 2022
    Brazil
    Lula seeks Brazil constitutional change to fund campaign pledges

    President-elect faces his first big political test as he tries to sidestep spending caps

  • Monday, 7 November, 2022
    Markets InsightMichael Stott
    Will international investors like Lula more than Bolsonaro?

    Leftist president-elect has strong green credentials but there are concerns over economic policy

  • Thursday, 29 September, 2022
    News in-depthFT Film25 min
    Brazil: a nation divided | FT Film

    Rivals Lula and Bolsonaro vie to lead Latin America's largest country

  • Sunday, 7 August, 2022
    Bolsonaro bets improving Brazilian economy will be election boon

    Voters rank economy above crime and corruption as the most important issue

  • Thursday, 14 July, 2022
    Brazilian politics
    Brazil to turn on spending taps in run-up to presidential vote

    Extra welfare payments worth billions could boost Bolsonaro’s re-election prospects

  • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
    Nubank
    Brazil’s Nubank plots consolidation in Latin America’s booming fintech sector

    Chief executive says digital lender is on the hunt for bargain acquisitions

  • Thursday, 9 June, 2022
    Brazilian politics
    Lula would scrap Brazil’s public spending cap, says draft manifesto

    Leftwing ex-president to give state a bigger role in investment if he beats Bolsonaro in October election

  • Thursday, 2 June, 2022
    Weak economic outlook clouds Bolsonaro’s election prospects in Brazil

    Economists warn strong first-quarter growth unlikely to continue

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    Global inflation
    Inflation returns to haunt Brazilians

    Memories of the 1980s and 1990s loom as prices rise at the fastest pace in two decades

  • Thursday, 21 April, 2022
    JBS SA
    Meatpacker JBS comes under fire over 50% emissions rise

    Environmental study finds Brazilian company’s carbon footprint is larger than all of Italy

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