President visited 8 countries this year; Janja has surpassed her husband and has 20 absences abroad – 23 more than him since 2023
The president (PT) accumulates 16 days outside Brazil in 2026, spread over 4 trips to 8 countries. The most recent one was for Europe, from April 16th to 21st: 6 days in Spain, Germany and Portugal. The agenda included the Democracy Forum, the Hannover Fair and bilateral meetings.
In his total current term, from 2023 to 2026, Lula has spent 154 days outside the country, on 44 trips to 41 nations. The year with the longest absence was 2023, with 62 days. In 2024, the number fell to 26 – during which time the president recovered from head surgery. In 2025, it rose again to 50.
On the European tour, Lula with the head of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez (Psoe, left), in Barcelona at the 1st Brazil-Spain Summit and participated in the Forum for the Defense of Democracy. 15 acts were closed, 1 of which was in critical minerals. At the forum, the PT member that the role of progressives is “unmask” who “he claims to be on the side of the people, but he governs for the richest”. It was a reference to (PL-RJ).
In Hannover, to Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU, center right) that the relationship between the 2 “It’s not ideological”. Countries signed 10 agreements on defense, AI and bioeconomy. At the opening of the Hannover Fair, he criticized European barriers to biofuels: “It is high time for Europe to overcome its ideological resistance to biofuels.”
In Lisbon, Lula discussed with the Portuguese Prime Minister, (PSD, right), the new Portuguese nationality law and be precise.”give it soon” the Nobel Peace Prize to (Republican party) for “no more war”.
The longest trip of the year, from February 17th to 25th – 8 days in which the PT member visited India, South Korea and the United Arab Emirates. Lula’s visit to the nations included state visits, the artificial intelligence summit in New Delhi, the Brazil-Korea Business Forum in Seoul and a meeting in Abu Dhabi.
In March, Lula was in Colombia for 1 day for the Celac Forum. Before that, I had spent 1 day in Panama to participate in the Latin America and Caribbean Economic Forum. The commitment lasted less than 24 hours and took place from February 27th to 28th.
Janja supera Lula no exterior
First Lady Janja Lula da Silva accumulates 20 days outside Brazil in 2026. That’s 4 days more than her husband in the same period. There were 4 trips to 6 countries.
The first was to Asia, from February 17th to 25th, when he accompanied part of Lula’s commitments in South Korea and the United Arab Emirates – eight days away. In March, Janja was in the United States, from the 8th to the 13th, to join the Brazilian mission at the 70th session of the CSW (Commission on the Status of Women), linked to the UN.
The most recent trip was to Europe, from April 15th to 22nd – 7 days in Spain, Germany and Portugal, with commitments on human rights and bilateral meetings alongside Lula.
In Madrid, Janja visited the Spanish system for monitoring cases of gender violence, VioGén, and met with the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, and the Minister of Equality, Ana Redondo.
On April 16, already in Valencia, Janja of the meeting “No to war, no to political violence: for an ecofeminist world”. The following day, in Barcelona, the first lady participated in a panel on global access to justice for women and girls by GPM (Global Progressive Mobilization). At the event, the big techs.
Since 2023, Janja has spent 177 days outside Brazil – 23 more than the president in the same period. There were 37 trips to 38 countries. Her longest absence year was also 2023, with 62 days. In 2024, he spent 41 days abroad; in 2025, 54.
METHODOLOGY
The methodology of Poder360 For Lula’s data, every absence in which the president spends most of his working hours (from 8 am to 5 pm) outside the country, starting from boarding, is counted as 1 day.
For Janja, the criterion considers any absence of more than 12 hours as 1 day, whether on the day of embarkation or disembarkation.
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