Spanish league 'belongs to racists' as Vinicius incident attracts international criticism
Real Madrid star Vinícius Júnior was subjected to racist abuse yet again on Sunday with the Brazilian saying the Spanish league "now belongs to racists."
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Brazil's Lula Condemns Racist Abuse Of Vinicius Jr.
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday condemned the racist abuse of Real Madrid star Vinicius Junior after his fellow Brazilian was targeted during a Spanish league match at Valencia. Speaking at a news conference at the close of the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan, Lula said he wanted to send a message of "solidarity" to the 22-year-old forward. "He was attacked. He was called a 'monkey,'" Lula said.
US authorities brace for surge of illegal immigration as Title 42 expires
Meanwhile in Brazil, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has signed a decree stipulating a quota of 30 percent of Black people in high-level "positions of trust" in the civil service. In Brazil, where Black people represent more than 50 percent of the population, Lula says that despite the nation's status as the second most Black nation on the planet, the country has not settled its accounts with 350 years of slavery. Our correspondents report.
Angola's Lourenco: 'I don't believe we will have a war between Rwanda and DR Congo'
Lourenco said Angola was ready to send 500 troops to the region to accomplish this task. He stressed that what was needed now was to speed up the process, indicating that the Congolese authorities still had to fully prepare for that stage. He said Rwanda's President Paul Kagame had been helpful in putting Angolan officials in contact with the M23 leadership. As such, he said this showed Kagame was keen to help find a solution rather than fuelling violence, as per the claims of Congolese authorities.
Volleyball-Olympic champion surprised by five-year ban after post threatening Brazilian president
Olympic volleyball champion Wallace de Souza, who was banned for five years after writing a post on social media in which he appeared to endorse violence against President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, said on Friday his punishment was disproportionate.
Russia has to 'find a way out of' its own mess, Portugal's foreign minister says
On Lula's pitch for a negotiated solution, Cravinho says: "Unfortunately, this is not a moment when we can be optimistic about any negotiations. But it is important that countries such as Brazil, such as China, such as India, that have an ongoing dialogue with Russia, engage with Russia in order to explain that Russia is going to have to find a way out of the mess it has created. This was very much part of our conversation with President Lula (of Brazil) when he was in Portugal."
The second coming of Lula: Brazil's president in superpower balancing act
We ask about Brazil's Ukraine stance, and about Lula's claim that Brazil is back after four years of the far right’s Jair Bolsonaro. Portugal, the former colonial power, is happy to welcome the return of a leader who was at the helm during Brazil's boom years of the early 2000s… but the world has changed.
Lula speaks on Ukraine war: 'I know what an invasion is'
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Saturday made a plea for an end to the conflict in Ukraine for the sake of global harmony during a visit to Portugal.