Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

The southern Brazilian states of Rio Grande do Sul and neighboring Santa Catarina are reeling after a devastating cyclone killed 27 people and displaced thousands.

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived at the Brazilian capital as Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva pushes a diplomatic approach for peace in Ukraine that has irked both Kyiv and the West.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is in Shanghai as he looks to boost ties with his country's biggest trade partner. He is due to meet with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing on Friday.

COMMENTARY Conservative Brazilians feared Lula's new presidency — but it turns out he's much like their man, Jair Bolsonaro, when it comes to not defending democracy.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva finishes the first 100 days of his third term as Brazil’s president and his return to power has been marked by efforts to reinstate his past social policies and undo his predecessor’s legacy.

COMMENTARY Brazil's president once steered between left and right. Likening Venezuela's democratic opposition to Russia's Ukraine invasion suggests he's crashed.

Brazil is widening its investigations into how thousands of supporters of former president ransacked government buildings. But with Jair Bolsonaro still in Florida, Democratic lawmakers want him out.

Brazil’s capital Brasilia is bracing for the possibility of more violent demonstrations by people seeking to overturn the presidential election. Local security officials are blocking access to buildings trashed on Sunday by rioters.

Brazil's far-right ex-president was lying low in Orlando, Fla., as a mob of his supporters stormed government buildings this weekend. Analysts say the move insulates him from possible legal jeopardy.

UPDATE: As Brazil reels from mobs of rioters swarming its seats of power, its former leader Jair Bolsonaro has decamped to a Florida resort. Some blame him for the attack, but here droves of supporters flock to cheer on their ousted president. (Updated at 6 p.m. on Jan. 9)

Supporters of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro, who are calling on the military to take control of the country, broke into three government buildings in Brazil's capital on Sunday.

Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has appointed Amazon activist Marina Silva as environment minister. It's the reaapointment of a woman who carried Brazil's most effective strategy for reducing deforestation.