Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

In a statement released early Friday evening, the presidential palace said Lula considers the keeping the minister in his position to be unsustainable considering the nature of the accusations.

Pope Francis has met with a leader of Brazil’s Yanomami people. The shaman, Davi Kopenawa, says he asked for papal backing for President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s efforts to reverse decades of exploitation of the Amazon and better protect its indigenous peoples.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva likes to boast he had a good first year after returning to the job. The economy is improving, Congress passed a long overdue tax reform bill, rioters who wanted to oust him are now in jail and his predecessor and foe Jair Bolsonaro is barred from running for office until 2030.

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.