Brazil’s Lula to travel to US to meet with Trump later this week

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is expected to travel to the United States to meet with his counterpart. The planned trip was first reported by the Brazilian paper O Globo on Monday, with Reuters later confirming it, citing two anonymous Brazilian officials. The White House has yet to confirm the reports. The relationship between Lula and his counterpart has improved after an initial period of hostility, with the two leaders briefly meeting in person at the ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur in October.