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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Saturday held talks with his Portuguese counterpart, kicking off his first European tour since resuming office in January, amid tensions with the West over the war in Ukraine. The veteran left-winger is seeking to revive Brazil's diplomatic relations after four years of relative isolation under his far-right predecessor Jair Bolsonaro. In February, he travelled to Washington to meet US President Joe Biden and earlier this month visited China, Brazil's largest trading partner. Portugal is Brazil's former colonial power, from which it won independence in 1822. Lula, a 77-year-old former metalworker who previously...
