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by teleSUR The measure was taken at the request of a group of lawmakers who denounced that the Brazilian State lost US$48.6 million due to the waste of medical materials. On Thursday, the Court of Accounts of the Union (TCU) decided to launch an investigation into the waste of millions of COVID-19 vaccines during the administration of Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2023). RELATED: Policies in Favor of Women Return to Brazil: Lula The TCU created a special commission to investigate irregularities in the storage of vaccines, medicines, supplies, and diagnostic tests that had a specific expiration date. The measure was taken at the request of a group of lawmakers who denounced that the Brazilian State lost some US$48.6 million due to the waste of medical materials. Accor...

South America’s largest economy is aiming for more cooperation with Gazprom, according to its ambassador © Getty Images / Christian Adams Brazil is seeking investment in its energy sector from Russian gas major Gazprom, the country's ambassador to Russia, Rodrigo de Lima Baena Soares, has revealed. “We have a new legal framework for the Brazilian gas sector, we expect investments from Gazprom in Brazil so that we have a serious presence of a large Russian company,” he told RIA Novosti at the Prodexpo exhibition on Thursday. According to Brazil's National Confederation of Industry, foreign investment in the country could reach about $29 billion by 2030 thanks to the new law. Both BRICS member states, Brazil and Russia have been strengthening energy relatio...

Party for Socialism and Liberation January Download PDF flyer Photo: Lula celebrates with a massive crowd of supporters on election night, October 2022. Credit: @ptbrasil/Ricardo Stuckert The Party for Socialism and Liberation joins with countless progressive people and organizations around the world in expressing our outrage over the coup attempt underway in Brazil by supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro. Today, a far-right mob numbering in the thousands stormed the headquarters of the Supreme Court, Presidency, and Congress of Brazil in the capital and ransacked them. They are calling for military intervention against the government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the progressive Workers Party, who defeated Bolsonaro in democratic elections held las...

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks during the formal launch of his reelection campaign on July 24, 2022 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  (Photo: Buda Mendes/Getty Images) "The insurrection in Brazil can be directly tied to Trump and the Republicans' emboldening of fascism and violent extremism," said one progressive U.S. lawmaker. JULIA CONLEY This is a developing story. Please check back for updates... Brazil on Sunday faced "its own January 6," one progressive journalist said as thousands of supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed the presidential offices and the nation's Congress in Brasilia a week after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, commonly known as Lula, was sworn in. Lula was in São Paulo at the time of...

Brazil's President President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva [FEPAL] Eman Abusidu Lula da Silva, the most famous politician leader in Latin America, has triumphantly returned as Brazil´s President for the third time in a ceremony held at the National Congress in Brasília. Just one day after left-wing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office in January, Brazil has announced a fundamental shift in its diplomacy toward the Palestinian cause, where it has topped again at the forefront of Brazil's political scene, after years of absence due to Bolsonaro's pro-Israel policy. Since the beginnings of Lula´s election campaign, he has declared that "Palestinians deserve Brazil´s full attention and solidarity". He stressed that the Palestinian people have the right to live in a "fr...

Brazil's new President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva waves at supporters at Planalto Palace after his inauguration ceremony at the National Congress, in Brasilia, on January 1, 2023  (Photo by Evaristo Sa/AFP via Getty Images) "Our message to Brazil is one of hope and reconstruction," declared newly sworn-in president as hundreds of thousands took to the streets to welcome the leftist leader back. JON QUEALLY Hundreds of thousands took to the streets across Brazil on Sunday to celebrate the inauguration of leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, whose return to the nation's highest office also marked the exit of far-right Jair Bolsonaro who left his country and arrived in the U.S. state of Florida ahead of the weekend's transfer of power. After being sworn in during a ...

Much has changed since Lula’s first presidency. While the economic situation is far more difficult, international shifts could work in the country’s favour. In another victory for the ‘pink tide’ of leftist election victories once more sweeping Latin America, Luiz Inácio ‘Lula’ da Silva has been re-elected as President in Brazil, ousting the extreme-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. Lula won by a narrow margin of 50.9 percent to 49.1 percent, ahead by only 2 million out of the total 118 million votes that were cast – a reflection of the fact that a prolonged and persistent media and lawfare campaign by imperialist-backed right-wing oligarchs has branded him a ‘criminal’ in the eyes of significant numbers of Brazilians. Lula’s victory was greeted with an outpouring of joy by...

Much has changed since Lula’s first presidency. While the economic situation is far more difficult, international shifts could work in the country’s favour. Proletarian writers While capitalist production relations continue to operate in the country, the global economic crisis will severely hamper the efforts of Brazil’s new government to tip the social scales in favour of the poor. In another victory for the ‘pink tide’ of leftist election victories once more sweeping Latin America, Luiz Inácio ‘Lula’ da Silva has been re-elected as president in Brazil, ousting the extreme-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. Lula won by a narrow margin of 50.9 percent to 49.1 percent, ahead by only 2 million out of the total 118 million votes that were cast – a reflection of the fact th...