Agência Brasil Nova York – Continuing a tradition that began with the birth of the United Nations in 1946, Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva made the first speech at the opening of the General Assembly yesterday (21) in New York. Lula called for changes in multilateral financial organization operations in order to promote
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Agência Brasil Brasília – Speaking at the meeting of the World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization, Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva declared that the strength of globalization is not being used to solve the problems of hunger and poverty in the world. The commission is meeting at the UN in New
Agência Brasil Brasília – Negotiators from the European Union and Mercosur have decided to begin a concentrated effort to reach an agreement on free trade within the scheduled time frame which should end on October 31. The idea is that technical meetings will begin today (13) in Brussels and on September 20, specialists from both
The Syrian minister of Expatriates, Buthaina Shaaban, visited São Paulo at the beginning of last week and stated that the trade flow has improved significantly after the visit Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took to Damascus, but it may grow even further. She believes that the Arab community living in Brazil may provide an impulse in the sale of Syrian products. The trade balance between both countries is currently very negative for Syria.
Agência Brasil Brasília – The prime minister of Portugal, Pedro Santana Lopes, who is on an official visit to Brazil, says his country supports a permanent seat on the UN Security Council for Brazil. Lopes also announced that his country is willing to assist Mercosur in its negotiations with the European Union because, he declared,
From the Newsroom São Paulo – Brazil will be coordinating a world aids combat program. Health professionals, public agents and non-governmental organization (Ngos) integrants in other countries will be trained by Brazilian specialists to work combating the disease. Peter Piot, world director of The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, presented the agreement terms to President
Saudi businessmen Wahib Said Binzagr and Ali Abdulla Al Munajem are going to be honoured by the Itamaraty (the Brazilian Foreign Office) on September 7 for their contribution to the development of trade between Brazil and the Arab countries. The Brazilian ambassador in Riyadh, Luis Sérgio Gama Figueira, is going to hand the medals in to the businessmen.
Agência Brasil Brasília – Within a few weeks a mini cashew nut factory will be arriving in Haiti as a gift from Brazil as part of an international cooperation agreement signed last week when Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visited that country. The mini cashew factory was developed at one of the Brazilian
This target was stipulated yesterday (19) during a meeting between technicians and negotiators of the South American bloc, in Brazilian capital Brasília. The signing should mark the start of negotiations for a free trade agreement with the Arab country. They also finalized a proposal for a trade preference treaty to be signed with Egypt.
Agência Brasil Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) – Gathered together, yesterday (17), in Santo Domingo, presidents and heads of State from Latin America and the Caribbean signed a commitment to fight against hunger and poverty. The leaders of ten countries, who came to the Dominican Republic to attend the inauguration of President Leonel Fernández Reyna, pledged
Agência Brasil Santo Domingo – Yesterday (16) Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attended the inauguration of the president of the Dominican Republic, Leonel Fernandez Reyna, the newly elected president who governed the country in the past from 1996 to 2000. With the visit to the Dominican Republic, Lula consolidates his promise to strengthen
Ambassador Bernardo de Azevedo Brito, in charge of the Brazilian diplomatic office in Ramallah, landed in the region at the end of July and had his first meeting with the Palestinian foreign affairs minister, Nabil Shaat, last week. The initiative is part of the government strategy of improving relations between Brazil and the Middle East.
