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Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, right, and Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa, left, shake hands in front of an Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano airplane at the Embraer-OGMA aircraft manufacturer in Alverca, outside Lisbon, Monday, April 24, 2023. Lula is in Lisbon for a four day state visit to Portugal. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Brazil’s Lula visits Spain with Mercosur deal on agenda

By Jennifer O'mahony and David Biller - Associated Press

Athletes compete in a log-carrying relay race event at Peruibe beach during the Indigenous Games, near the Tapirema community of Peruibe, Brazil, Sunday, April 23, 2023. Hundreds of Indigenous athletes gather this weekend in the south of Sao Paulo state to hold their version of the Olympic Games. They will compete for medals in archery, tug of war, athletics, Indigenous wrestling and other sports. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Indigenous competitors celebrate culture and sport in Brazil

By Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva and Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa reviewing the troops during welcome ceremony outside the 16th century Jeronimos monastery in Lisbon, Saturday, April 22, 2023. Lula da Silva is in Lisbon for a four day state visit to Portugal. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Brazil’s Lula kicks off visit to European ally Portugal

By Helena Alves - Associated Press

Luis Butti, a guide with autism spectrum disorder leads a tour group at the Corinthians soccer club Neo Quimica Arena in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, April 12, 2023. Brazilian soccer clubs are increasingly opening spaces for autistic fans to watch matches, mingle and celebrate the sport, an initiative that got even higher attention in April, when Autism Speaks celebrates World Autism Awareness Month. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Autistic soccer fans can watch in comfort in Brazil stadiums

By Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

Illustration on China's efforts in South America by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Losing Latin America: U.S. retreats while China’s Communist rulers advance

By Clifford D. May

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrives to Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, April 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Russia’s Lavrov travels to Brazil, as Lula pushes for peace

By Carla Bridi and Elise Morton - Associated Press

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during his visit to the Brazilian Navy Command, in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, March 15, 2023. Brazil's President flew off to China on Tuesday to strengthen ties with his nation's biggest trade partner and win support for his long-shot push for peace in Ukraine. China and Brazil are expected to sign at least 20 bilateral agreements during Lula's two-day stay, according to the presidential palace. He will visit Shanghai and Beijing, and meet his counterpart Xi Jinping on Apr. 14. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Brazil’s Lula visits China, seeking ties and Ukraine support

By Eléonore Hughes and Carla Bridi - Associated Press

An ambulance is parked outside the private daycare center "Cantinho do Bom Pastor" after a fatal attack on children in Blumenau, Santa Catarina state, Brazil, Wednesday, April 5, 2023. A man with a hatchet jumped over a wall and invaded the daycare center, killing four children and wounding at least five others, authorities said. (Denner Ovidio/Futura Press via AP)

Brazil man kills 4 children with hatchet at daycare center

By David Biller and Lais Martins - Associated Press

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro attends the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2023, Saturday, March 4, 2023, at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Bolsonaro returns to Brazil after 3-month stint in Florida

By Eléonore Hughes and Carla Bridi - Associated Press

This photo provided by Brazil’s Federal Revenue Department shows jewelry seized by customs authorities at Guarulhos International Airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the week of March 24, 2023. The jewelry is part of an investigation into gifts received by former Brazilian President Jail Bolsonaro during his presidency. (Brazil's Federal Revenue Department via AP)

Bolsonaro’s legal woes deepen with undeclared diamond gifts

By Eleonore Hughes and Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during his visit to the Brazilian Navy Command, in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, March 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil’s Lula cancels trip to China because of pneumonia

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Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva looks up after taking having a photo taken with workers during a visit to the reconstruction works of the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, March 23, 2023. The museum and a large part of its collection were destroyed in a 2018 fire. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Brazil’s Lula contracts pneumonia, pushes back China trip

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Musk internet kits a boon for bad actors in Brazilian Amazon

By Fabiano Maissonave - Associated Press

Iran's military ship IRIS Makran floats off Arpoador beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, March 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Iranian warships in Rio de Janeiro raise alarm abroad

By David Biller - Associated Press

In this image provided by IBAMA, Brazil's Environmental Agency, an agent watches as a structure and plane belonging to miners is engulfed in flames in the Yanomami Indigenous territory, Roraima state, Brazil, Feb. 6, 2023. Brazilian authorities launched an operation to reclaim Yanomami Indigenous territory from thousands of illegal gold miners who have contaminated rivers and brought famine and disease to one of the most isolated populations of the world. (IBAMA via AP)

Brazil police target group laundering cash from illegal gold

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Former Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro, center, meets with supporters outside a vacation home where he is staying near Orlando, Fla., on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. The capital uprising by Bolsonaro's supporters on Jan. 8, 2023 failed to overthrow Brazilian democracy and Bolsonaro flew to Florida, but millions of people in Brazil believe so strongly in Brazilian-style social conservatism that the movement will persist without its namesake, according to academics who study the Bolsonarita movement and members of the movement themselves. (Skyler Swisher/Orlando Sentinel via AP, File)

Brazil’s Bolsonaro applies for 6-month U.S. visitor visa

By David Biller - Associated Press

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro attends a press conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Oct. 29, 2022. Bolsonaro said he would only leave the Brazilian presidency when he was dead, jailed or ready for his second term. But Bolsonaro’s Oct. 30 loss to Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva set off two months of relative silence for the self-styled standard-bearer of the Brazilian conservative movement. (AP Photo/Bruna Brado, File)

Dems move to strip Bolsonaro of U.S. visa, make him deportable

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, and congressional candidate Marina Silva, campaign in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. Environmentalists, Indigenous people and voters sympathetic to their causes were important to Lula's narrow victory over former President Jair Bolsonaro. Now Lula is seeking to fulfill campaign pledges he made to them on a wide range of issues, from expanding Indigenous territories to halting a surge in illegal deforestation. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, file)

Brazil’s new president works to reverse Amazon deforestation

By Fabiano Maisonnave and Diane Jeantet - Associated Press

Brazil's Dani Alves listens to a question during a press conference on the eve of the group G of World Cup soccer match between Brazil and Cameroon in Doha, Qatar, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. Brazilian soccer player Dani Alves has been arrested after being accused of sexually abusing a woman in Barcelona it was reported on Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. Police say the alleged act took place on Dec. 31 at a night club in Barcelona. Alves will now go before a judge. The judge will decide on the charges. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

Report: Alleged victim won’t seek compensation from Brazil soccer player

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Protesters, supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro, clash with police during a protest outside the Planalto Palace building in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. Other demonstrators stormed congress and the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil’s Supreme Court agrees to probe Bolsonaro for riot

By David Biller and Carla Bridi - Associated Press