The president said during 2023 that he wanted to “bring Brazil back to the world”; In 2024, the focus will be on domestic travel
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) ends the first year of his third term in office after spending 62 days on international trips outside Brazil. In total, the PT member visited five continents and crossed 24 countries on a total of 15 trips abroad.
On his last international trip of the year, Lula visited Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Germany in early December. The main reason for the trip was Brazil's participation in COP28 the most important UN conference on climate.
Before the COP, he made a stop in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and another in Doha, Qatar on November 29th and 30th. During these trips, he took the opportunity to discuss the conflict between Hamas and Israel with leaders from regions close to the war.
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On the way back, Lula stopped in Berlin, Germany, where he signed around 20 bilateral agreements, most of them on the issues of the environment and inequality.
This was the president's 15th foreign trip since taking office. The repeal of the Power360 Every time Lula spends more than 12 hours outside the country, a day is taken into account, regardless of whether it is the day of embarkation or disembarkation.
More national trips
In early November, the president said that his travels had succeeded in achieving his goal of restoring Brazil's image abroad and that from 2024 he would dedicate himself to traveling through Brazilian states and visiting construction sites.
Local elections will take place next year. The PT (Workers' Party) is seeking to strengthen its local representation.
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Lula had already said that he would dedicate 2024 to traveling to Brazilian states and visiting construction sites. Lula's party is preparing to elect more mayors in the next election. The party should support the PT member's return to the Palácio do Planalto in an attempt to regain greater prominence in the municipal political scene. Lula's trips are intended to contribute to this. In the last local elections in 2020, the PT elected 183 mayors.
There are few confirmed international trips in 2024. Here's a summary of what could be on the president's agenda:
