Lucas Mendes Campos (born 4 May 1944) is a Brazilian journalist and television presenter.

[1][2] Campos was born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais state.

During his career at Globo's New York office, he covered memorable events with stories for Jornal Nacional, Jornal da Globo, Fantástico and Globo Repórter, as the exclusive interview with Robert Gallo, one of the scientists who identified the AIDS virus, the Falklands War, John Lennon's Murder, Challenger Space Shuttle Accident, Watergate Case, and Presidential Inauguration of American Presidents Jimmy Carter (1977) and Ronald Reagan (1981).

In his resume, there are talks with filmmaker Woody Allen, boxer Muhammad Ali and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.

[citation needed] In 1993 he created the Manhattan Connection program for Globosat's GNT, where he continues today as a presenter and executive editor.