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Brazil’s Lula to travel to US for talks with Trump this week, sources say

By Thomson Reuters May 4, 2026 | 10:45 AM

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BRASILIA, May 4 (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ​will travel to the ‌United States in the coming days to meet with his counterpart Donald Trump, two ‌sources ​in the Brazilian ⁠government told ⁠Reuters on Monday.

Lula will travel on Wednesday and meet with Trump on Thursday, ​according to one of the sources.

Newspaper O Globo ⁠reported the ⁠plans earlier in the ​day.

The White House did not ​immediately respond to a ‌request for comment.

The two leaders had agreed on a visit by the ⁠Brazilian president to Washington during a phone call earlier this year, ⁠with ‌initial expectations that ⁠the meeting would take ​place ‌in March, which ultimately ​did ⁠not take place.

(Reporting by Lisandra Paraguassu in BrasiliaAdditional reporting by Trevor Hunnicutt in WashingtonWriting by Isabel TelesEditing by ​Nick Zieminski)