The Brazilian national newspaper O Globo reported on Monday socialist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva rejected a request from Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky to meet with him during a stopover in Brasilia this week. Lula and Zelensky have a fraught relationship, despite Brazil and Ukraine having no history of any particular conflict. Lula accused Zelensky
WATCH: Biden forgets to shake hands with president of Brazil in latest awkward gaffe
September 21, 2023 by
President Biden committed his latest awkward gaffe Wednesday when it appeared he forgot to shake the hand of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known as “Lula,” before leaving the stage after a joint event. The gaffe occurred following Biden’s speech on workers’ rights at the United Nations in New York City when he […]
Lula’s Brazil to Welcome First-of-Its-Kind Iran Navy Flotilla in Latin America
March 10, 2023 by
Brazil will be welcoming a fleet of Iranian warships to Rio de Janeiro this week, Iranian state media announced, in what will be a first-ever visit by the rogue Iranian state’s navy to the Americas. Iran’s state-run Fars News Agency reported last week that the 86th flotilla of the Iranian Navy would make an unprecedented
Brazil Election Was Rigged, ‘Cyber Guys’ Watched Race
November 4, 2022 by
Mike Lindell hinted that Brazil’s presidential election results may not be sound while detailing concerns about the country’s voting machines. In a clip shared on Twitter Wednesday, Lindell, an ally of former President Donald Trump, said on his “The Lindell Report” podcast that he had his “cyber guys” watching the election in Brazil. He did […]
Brazil Accuses Russia of Sending Vaccines Carrying Live Cold Virus
May 1, 2021 by
The top regulatory health authority of Brazil banned Sputnik V, a Chinese coronavirus vaccine candidate developed by Russia, on Wednesday citing, among other flaws, that samples it studied contained a live virus that causes respiratory illness. Brazil’s National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) also asserted that Russia’s Gamaleya Institute, which produced the vaccine candidate, did not provide…
Joe Biden Issues Travel Ban on South Africa; Reinstates Europe, Brazil Bans
January 27, 2021 by
MICHELE SPATARI/AFP via Getty Images President Joe Biden has issued a travel ban on South Africa, stopping most immigration to the United States from the country, and reinstated bans on Europe and Brazil to slow the spread of the Chinese coronavirus. Biden, who once referred to President Trump’s travel ban on China as “hysterical xenophobic,”…
Brazil Arrests Group Planning Terrorist Attacks
July 21, 2016 by
Brazilian authorities arrested a group they say were plotting “acts of terrorism.” Rio de Janeiro will play host to the 2016 Summer Olympics in just two weeks. Specifics as to what exactly was being planned or any ideology that the group subscribed to has not yet been released. However, one news source said that the […]
Biggest Brazil Protests Ever Threaten Communist Movement
March 22, 2016 by
The biggest protests in Brazil’s history took place on Sunday, with millions of outraged citizens pouring into the streets across the nation to demand the ouster of radical president Dilma Rousseff and her corrupt, communist-minded Workers’ Party (PT). Brazilians from all walks of life also called for Rousseff’s predecessor, fellow PT operative and Obama buddy […]
