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Brazil and Argentina to discuss common currency

This handout picture released by the Argentinian Foreign Ministry shows Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (center), accompanied by his wife Rosangela "Janja" da Silva (left) and Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero (right), during his arrival to the Jorge Newbery Aeroparque Military Air Station in Buenos Aires, on Jan...
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Lula takes over in Brazil, slams Bolsonaro’s threats

Handout picture released by Lula da Silva's official press office showing Brazil's new President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva waving at supporters next to his wife First Lady Rosangela 'Janja' da Silva on his way to Planalto Palace after his inauguration ceremony at the National Congress (background), in Brasilia, on...
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Lula returns to office in a troubled, divided Brazil

Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends the closing session of the thematic group of the transition government in Brasilia, on Dec 13, 2022. (EVARISTO SA / AFP) BRASILIA - Leftist leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will be sworn in as president of Brazil on Sunday under tightened...
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Bolsonaro challenges Brazil election he lost to Lula

In this file photo taken on Nov 1, 2022, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro makes a statement for the first time since the presidential run-off election held on Oct 30, at Alvorada Palace in Brasilia. (EVARISTO SA / AFP) BRASILIA – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has challenged the election he lost...
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Brazil election goes to runoff as Bolsonaro beats polls

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who is running for another term, leaves the polling post where he voted in the general election in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Oct 2, 2022. (ANDRE COELHO / POOL / AP) BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil's presidential election is headed for a run-off vote, electoral authorities...
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Brazil votes in tense Lula-Bolsonaro presidential contest

Brazil's former President and presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva leads a silent march, in Sao Paulo, Brazil Oct 1, 2022. (MARIANA GREIF / REUTERS) BRASILIA – Brazilians are voting on Sunday in the first round of their country's most polarized election in decades, with leftist Luiz Inacio Lula...
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Lula, Bolsonaro enter campaign season as they court voters

This combination of pictures created on August 16, 2022 shows Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro (left) speaking during the launching of his re-election campaign on August 16, 2022 and Brazilian presidential candidate for the leftist Workers Party and former President (2003-2010), Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, delivering a speech during the...
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Brazil’s Lula shores up party alliances for Oct election

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gestures during a meeting with members of the Rede Party in Brasilia, on April 28, 2022, to discuss the party's support for his candidacy in the upcoming October elections. (EVARISTO SA / AFP) BRASILIA - Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da...
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Former judge Sergio Moro seeks to unite Brazil’s center

Brazil's ex-judge and justice minister Sergio Moro speaks at the launch of his new book entitled Against the System of Corruption in Curitiba, Brazil, on Dec 2, 2021. (EDUARDO MATYSIAK / AFP) BRASILIA - Brazilian presidential candidate Sergio Moro called in an interview on Wednesday for the political center to...
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