Brazilian President to miss BRICS summit due to head injury

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was hospitalized in Brasilia after sustaining a bruise to the head in an accident at home. As a result, he cancelled his planned trip to Russia for the upcoming BRICS Summit, the Brazil president’s office announced yesterday.

His office said in a press release, that Lula da



Silva will be participating in the summit via video conference from Brasilia.

The Brazilian government further said in a post on X that Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira has been designated to lead the delegation at the BRICS summit. The delegation departed yesterday.