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Brazilian President Luiz In谩cio Lula da Silva plans to discuss organized crime and tariffs with U.S. President Donald Trump, according to Brazil鈥檚 finance minister.

When President Luiz In谩cio Lula da Silva of Brazil returned to power, he had an ambitious goal: restoring his country鈥檚 image as a champion of climate action. Yet three years after returning to office, Lula heads into the world鈥檚 most important climate talks with a more checkered track record.

President Lula da Silva has called a 50% tariff on Brazilian imports to the U.S. 鈥減olitical鈥� and 鈥渋llogical.鈥� In a New York Times op-ed, Lula says his government is open to negotiation but insists Brazil's democracy and sovereignty are non-negotiable.

Tens of thousands of supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro took the streets on Brazil's Independence Day, calling out against the Supreme Court trial that is scheduled to give a verdict against their leader in an alleged coup plot this week. President Luiz In谩cio Lula da Silva said Brazil will not accept foreign influence in its domestic affairs, in yet another reference to persistent criticism and sanctions imposed on his country under U.S. President Donald Trump. Bolsonaro's allies have turned Sept. 7 in recent years into an annual show of political force.

Brazil's top prosecutor Paulo Gonet has formally charged former President Jair Bolsonaro with attempting a coup to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat.

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鈥檚 Yanomami people. The shaman, Davi Kopenawa, says he asked for papal backing for President Luiz In谩cio Lula da Silva鈥檚 efforts to reverse decades of exploitation of the Amazon and better protect its indigenous peoples.

Brazilian President Luiz In谩cio 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鈥檚 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has arrived at the Brazilian capital as Brazil鈥檚 President Luiz In谩cio Lula da Silva pushes a diplomatic approach for peace in Ukraine that has irked both Kyiv and the West.

Brazilian President Luiz In谩cio 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 鈥� but it turns out he's much like their man, Jair Bolsonaro, when it comes to not defending democracy.