By Philip M. Fearnside The mounting pressure on Brazil’s federal environmental agency (IBAMA) to approve the disastrous project to extract oil from the mouth of the Amazon River (see here and here) should be interpreted as evidence that President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (known as “Lula”) fails to comprehend both the climate crisis and the

By Sarah Brown Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is pushing to approve exploratory oil drilling at the mouth of the Amazon River before November’s U.N. COP30, an initiative which clashes with his image as a climate leader.

The President said Brazil can’t ignore the wealth beneath its feet and choose not to explore it. View on euronews

Despite presiding over a major cut-down of Amazon deforestation, Brazil's left-wing president has raised environmentalists' concerns by greenlighting expanded oil exploration in the crucial rainforest

President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva Tuesday pledged to expand the indigenous ... indigenous territories was a necessity to preserve the Amazon. Lula made those remarks at the 52nd Assembly ...

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva dismissed Nisia Trindade as health minister, tapping Alexandre Padilha for the job, a statement from the presidential palace said on Tuesday. Padilha, who is currently Lula's institutional relations minister,