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    Brazil's Lula takes heat on oil plans at UN climate talks, a turnaround after hero status last year

    by Peter Prengaman and Fabiano Maisonnave Dec 09, 2023 4 minutes
    Source: Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

    Fresh off election victory, a year ago Brazilian President-elect Inacio Lula da Silva was the star of the annual U.N. climate talks.

    Lula promised to crack down on deforestation and turn Brazil into an environmental leader, a complete turnaround after President Jair Bolsonaro rolled back regulations and encouraged land-grabbing in the Amazon.

    “Lula! Lula! Lula!” many onlookers screamed during Lula’s many events at COP27 in Egypt.

    What a difference a year makes.

    Just as Lula addressed world leaders at COP28 in Dubai, it was announced that Brazil would join OPEC+, a group of big oil-exporting countries, including Russia. At one event during is focused on further oil exploration. Lula later clarified that Brazil would be an OPEC observer, not a full member.

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