Lula's comments during a nationally televised speech were the latest in series of tense exchanges between the leaders, with the US president launching especially blistering attacks on the government in Brasilia.

RIO DE JANEIRO -- A bill to overhaul environmental regulations in Brazil was passed by the country's lower house Thursday, drawing criticism by the environmental minister who floated the possibility of a presidential veto.

If implemented, the sanctions against supreme court justice Alexandre de Moraes would dramatically escalate a widening feud between the United States and Brazil.

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil's highest court on Wednesday upheld most of a controversial presidential decree raising the country's Financial Operations Tax (IOF), handing a revenue-boosting win to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government.

Brazil's Congress has passed legislation easing environmental licensing rules, impacting President Lula's efforts to enhance Brazil's environmental image ahead of the COP30 global climate summit. The bill,

The Brazil Treasury's outlook for the country's gross public debt has worsened, with a forecast rise by 10.6 percentage points during President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's current term, 0.6 point higher than its previous estimate in December.

A US trade probe suddenly ordered by President Donald Trump on Brazil sent shockwaves through President Luiz Inacio da Silva’s government, according to a senior Brazilian diplomat who described it as an unwarranted threat that has helped to plunge relations to their lowest point in over a century.