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Worst G20 in years ends with whimper as host cancels final press conference
“This G20 summit will go down in the history books,” one official told the Bloomberg news service. “But definitely not as a shining example.”
- by David Crowe
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Macron embraces Lula, and the memes poking fun at their ‘wedding’
Running through the forest, looking into each other’s eyes on a boat, and hugging a lot, the French and Brazilian leaders looked to be on a honeymoon.
- by David Biller
‘I promised to come to your forest’: Macron honours tribal chief, reveals $1.6b plan to protect the Amazon
The French and Brazilian governments have launched a four-year plan to protect the Amazon rainforest, in the process reviving their bilateral relationship.
- by Mauricio Savarese and Sylvie Corbet
Amid coup probe, Bolsonaro calls on supporters to show strength
Thousands turned out to see the former Brazilian president, who is under investigation for a coup attempt.
- by Leonardo Benassatto, Lais Morais and Ricardo Brito
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What to expect around the world in 2024
Amid hope for less war and a better year, our correspondents take a look at the major issues they will be watching in their patch.
- by Eryk Bagshaw, Chris Barrett, Lucy Cormack, Rob Harris, Farrah Tomazin, Lia Timson and Matt Wade
Brazil militarises key ports and borders to ‘suffocate’ organised crime
The decision comes days after members of a criminal gang set fire to dozens of buses in Rio de Janeiro, apparently in retaliation for the police slaying their leader’s nephew.
- by Diane Jeantet
‘Coup author’: Bolsonaro found to have plotted uprising that led to riots
The congressional investigation recommended the former Brazilian president face criminal charges over the insurrection attempt in Brasilia on January 8.
- by Daniel Carvalho
Confrontation hangs in the air at BRICS summit after China, Russia addresses
Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin’s words to the opening of the three-day summit in South Africa were combative and had one particular other country in mind.
- by S'thembile Cele
Maduro’s isolation ends with visit to Brazil despite $23m US reward for his arrest
The Venezuelan leader has been shunned by many countries since Donald Trump sanctioned Venezuela and promoted an alternative president.
- by Andrew Rosati and Simone Iglesias
‘Parroting propaganda’: US blasts Brazil for welcoming Putin envoy
Washington is very unhappy about new President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva’s diplomatic overtures towards China and Russia.
- by Carla Bridi and Aamer Madhani
In Beijing, Lula endorses Xi’s position on Ukraine, Taiwan
The Brazilian president is trying to play peacemaker in Europe, while not wanting to upset his big trading partners, China and Russia.
- by Keith Bradsher and André Spigariol
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