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  • Sunday, 19 February, 2023
    Brazil rules out amnesty for rioters who stormed centres of power

    Justice minister Flávio Dino says insurrection by Bolsonaro supporters was coup attempt

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

    President questions independent monetary policy and bank’s continuing independence

  • Thursday, 9 February, 2023
    Lula and Biden seek to reset Brazil-US relations at White House meeting

    Talks on Friday to focus on environmental protection and how to tackle far-right extremism

  • Wednesday, 8 February, 2023
    Interview
    How Lula’s government plans to boost racial equality in Brazil

    Minister Anielle Franco, sister of murdered Rio politician, aims to tackle prejudices that harm country’s non-white population

  • Monday, 30 January, 2023
    Brazil
    Bolsonaro seeks six-month US tourist visa to extend Florida stay

    Former Brazilian president is facing multiple investigations at home

  • Saturday, 21 January, 2023
    Brazil’s Lula dismisses army chief in aftermath of Brasília riots

    Leftist president has been critical of armed forces since Bolsonaro supporters stormed government buildings

  • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
    Jair Bolsonaro
    Bolsonaro in Florida: KFC, a McMansion and trips to the supermarket

    Supporters gather outside house where former Brazilian president is staying amid chaos at home

  • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
    Interview
    Lula to recalibrate pace of reforms after pro-Bolsonaro riots, finance minister says

    Implementing leftist president’s programme ‘to be considered very carefully’, Fernando Haddad tells FT in Davos

  • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
    News in-depth
    Isolated Bolsonaro faces mounting investigations over Brazil riots

    Threat of prosecution hangs over far-right former president, whose support has dwindled since election loss

  • Friday, 13 January, 2023
    The Big Read
    Can Lula put Brazilian democracy back together again?

    Many of the country’s institutions, from the military to the Supreme Court, are creaking under accusations of divided loyalties

  • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
    Brazil’s political crisis gives Lula chance to solidify his support

    New president gets popularity boost in short term but faces long-term challenges in governing

  • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
    Lula deploys security forces after Bolsonaro questions election result in video

    Brazilian government warns of demonstrations on Wednesday by ex-president’s supporters aimed at ‘takeover of power’

  • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
    News in-depth
    Brazil’s Congress riot: how Bolsonaro supporters stormed the capital

    Timeline of protesters’ shortlived attempt to take over Brasília’s institutions of power

  • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
    Bolsonaro plans return to Brazil as prosecutors seek to seize assets

    Former president has faced calls for expulsion from Florida after riots by his supporters

  • Monday, 9 January, 2023
    White House under pressure to expel Bolsonaro after Brazil riots

    Former president hospitalised in Florida where he has been living in self-imposed exile since leaving office

  • Monday, 9 January, 2023
    Brazilian police dismantle anti-government protest camps

    Move comes day after supporters of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro raided Congress, Supreme Court and palace

  • Monday, 9 January, 2023
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Brazil’s dangerous insurrection

    There are echoes of Washington’s January 6 riot in events in Brasília

  • Monday, 9 January, 2023
    Instant InsightMichael Stott
    Insurrection in Brazil raises questions over loyalty of security forces

    Sunday’s storming of government buildings was their first big test under Lula. More will follow

  • Monday, 9 January, 2023
    FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
    Bolsonaro supporters storm Brazil’s capital

    America’s biggest banks are set to report another quarter of bumper profits this week

  • Monday, 9 January, 2023
    Explainer
    Who are the rioters who stormed Brazil’s government offices?

    Jair Bolsonaro has fomented bitter distrust in the electoral system among his supporters

  • Monday, 9 January, 2023
    Brazil police arrest 300 after pro-Bolsonaro rioters storm Congress

    Authorities regain control after supporters overrun complex in protest against incumbent’s election loss

  • 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

  • Monday, 2 January, 2023
    Lula tightens Brazil’s gun controls and curbs gold mining in Amazon

    Newly elected president takes aim at Jair Bolsonaro’s legacy in first decrees

  • Sunday, 1 January, 2023
    Lula launches stinging attack on Bolsonaro in inaugural address

    Leftwing leader returns to power for third term in divided South American nation

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