Lula brings a membership upgrade request, and a pork problem, to ASEAN

Nov 13, 2026

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President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva arrives at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Manila with one formal request…

or to participate

Nov 13, 2026

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A fiscal adjustment plan could be a dress rehearsal for the planning minister. Lula's ASEAN trip. A new legal setback for Jair Bolsonaro.

Nov 12, 2026

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Renewables will hold 94% of Brazil’s grid in 2036, but 76% of the decade’s energy investment goes to oil and gas.

Nov 12, 2026

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Lula takes a pragmatic line on Venezuela. Inflation looks tamer than it is. Bolsonaro's Liberal Party can't keep its lawmakers in line.

Nov 11, 2026

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CSN sells Brazil’s second-largest cement maker to China’s Huaxin — the clearest sign of distressed firms deleveraging into foreign hands.