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Former President Jair Bolsonaro poses for a selfie with a supporter upon arriving at a protest against his Supreme Court trial, in which he is accused of involvement in a 2022 coup attempt, in Sao Paulo, Sunday, June, 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Ettore Chiereguini)

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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks as she holds up a letter from President Donald Trump to South Korea's President Lee Jae-myung during a press briefing at the White House, Monday, July 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Cranes and shipping containers are seen at a port in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Tuesday, July 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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President Donald Trump signs an executive order on birthright citizenship in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

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Social movements and supporters of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva gathered for a demonstration on Thursday in Sao Paulo against U.S. President Donald Trump and in favor of taxing the super-rich. (AP video: Thiago Mostazo and Maycron Abade)
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President Donald Trump, left, speaks as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott listens during a roundtable discussion with first responders and local officials at Hill Country Youth Event Center in Kerrville, Texas, during a tour to observe flood damage, Friday, July 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Protesters hold up an effigy of U.S. President Donald Trump in response to Trump's announcement of 50% tariffs on Brazilian goods, in Sao Paulo, Thursday, July 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

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President Donald Trump speaks during a lunch with African leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House, Wednesday, July 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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President Donald Trump speaks at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Sept. 1, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

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Former President Jair Bolsonaro speaks during a protest against his Supreme Court trial, in which he is accused of involvement in a 2022 coup attempt, in Sao Paulo, Sunday, June, 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Ettore Chiereguini)

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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, second from right, chats with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during the 17th annual BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, July 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

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Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva leaves the home of former President Cristina Fernandez, who is under house arrest and serving a six-year prison sentence for corruption, after visiting her while in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for the Mercosur Summit, Thursday, July 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Brazil’s Lula visits Fernández de Kirchner under house arrest in Argentina

 
First lady Rosangela da Silva waits for the start of a ministerial swearing-in ceremony at Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

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Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends a decree-signing ceremony marking Environment Day at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

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Lady Justice statue, depicting a seated, blindfolded woman holding a sword, stands outside the Supreme Court in Brasilia, Brazil, Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Brazil confronts military officers accused of plotting a coup in historic trial

 

Hot-air balloon in Brazil catches fire and falls from the sky, killing 8 and injuring 13

 
Abortion rights activists march in a ‘A Child Is Not a Mother’ rally against an anti-abortion congressional bill, along Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo, June 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Ettore Chiereguini, File)

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Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro shows his cell phone during his Supreme Court trial as he and others face charges for an alleged coup plot to keep him in office after his 2022 election defeat, in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil’s Bolsonaro used intelligence agency to spy on judges, lawmakers and journalists, police say

 
An Indigenous man protests against the auction of dozens of oil blocks, including blocks near the mouth of the Amazon River, in Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Brazil auctions off several Amazon oil sites despite environmentalists and Indigenous protests

 
Japan's Princess Kako of Akishino arrives to Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Japan’s Princess Kako addresses Brazil’s Congress, meets with Lula in presidential palace

 
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro talks with his lawyer during his Supreme Court trial as he and others face charges for an alleged coup plot to keep him in office after his 2022 election defeat, in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

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Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro shows his cell phone during his Supreme Court trial as he and others face charges for an alleged coup plot to keep him in office after his 2022 election defeat, in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil’s Bolsonaro testifies before the Supreme Court over alleged coup plot, calls rioters ‘crazy’

 
A person walks on the BR-319 highway through smoke from a forest fire that reaches Careiro Castanho in Brazil's Amazonas state, Sept. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File)

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Japan's Princess Kako of Akishino is welcomed to the Bunkyo Brazilian Society of Japanese Culture in Sao Paulo, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Japan’s Princess Kako receives medal in Brazil as she starts 11-day trip

 
The Trans-Amazon Highway crosses a deforested area near Humaita Amazonas state, Brazil, July 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

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Niède Guidon, the archaeologist who discovered hundreds of cave paintings in Brazil, dies at 92

 
Brazil'sl President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping (not pictured) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (Tingshu Wang/Pool Photo via AP)

Brazil’s Lula signs law to expand affirmative action, boosting quotas for Blacks in government jobs

 
This book cover provided by Chelsea Green Publishing, shows “How to Save the Amazon” by British journalist Dom Phillips with contributors. (Chelsea Green Publishing via AP)

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A drug addict smokes crack cocaine in a downtown area popularly known as "Crackland" in Sao Paulo, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Sao Paulo moves to end area known as Crackland as residents scatter and cry foul against police

 
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends a joint press conference with Chinese President Xi Jinping (not pictured) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (Tingshu Wang/Pool Photo via AP)

Brazilian leader Lula hospitalized with inner ear ailment, then released

 
Director Jafar Panahi, winner of the Palme d'Or for the film 'It Was Just an Accident', poses for photographers at the awards ceremony photo call at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Cannes awards Palme d’Or to Iranian revenge drama ‘It Was Just an Accident’

 
Photographer Sebastiao Salgado waves to photographers during the presentation of his exhibition, 'Kuwait: A Desert on Fire', at the Galleria Meravigli, in Milan, Italy, Oct. 20, 2017. Salgado, known for his long-term projects and images of nature and humanity, died at age 81, the Instituto Terra confirmed on Friday, May 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)

Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado dies at 81, leaving behind a monumental legacy

 
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva kisses Lucia Topolansky, widow of former Uruguayan President Jose Mujica, during funeral ceremonies for the late leader at the Legislative Palace in Montevideo, Uruguay, Thursday, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

Latin America’s leftist leaders remember Uruguay’s ‘Pepe’ Mujica as generous, charismatic leader

 
Supporters walk behind the casket of Uruguay's former President Jose Mujica during his funeral procession from the presidential palace to the National Assembly in Montevideo, Uruguay, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Santiago Mazzarovich)

Mourners from all corners of Uruguay bid farewell to iconic former President José Mujica

 
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends a joint press conference with Chinese President Xi Jinping (not pictured) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (Tingshu Wang/Pool Photo via AP)

Brazil’s Lula says he would try to urge Putin to ‘go to Istanbul and negotiate’ with Zelenskyy

 
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