Brazil president accused of faking injury as tensions rise

An official Brazilian source had said that Lula canceled his trip to Kazan on doctors' advice after injuring his head in an accident at home. Three days later, he was declared fit to return to work.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro during a press conference about the presidential election at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas on August 2, 2024, and Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during the inauguration ceremony of the IMPA Tech, a mathematics university led by the Brazilian Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IMPA) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on April 2, 2024. - The Venezuelan government denounced on October 24, 2024 that Brazil vetoed its entry into the BRICS during the summit held in the Russian city of Kazan, an act considered an "aggression" and "hostile gesture" against the country. (AFP photo)