Agência Brasil Brasília – The United States is open to discussions about multilateral agreements that also involve agricultural subsidies granted by the American government to its farmers. This is what the president of the US House of Representatives, Dennis Haster, conceded following a meeting with the Minister of Agriculture, Roberto Rodrigues. The meeting lasted around
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Agência Brasil Brasília – Yesterday president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and the president of the United States, George W. Bush, talked on the telephone for 15 minutes. Bush wanted the conversation in order to compliment Lula on his first year in office and successes domestically and on the international scene. Lula told Bush that
Agência Brasil Brasilia – The Brazilian Foreign Ministry (Itamaraty) has released the following note on the capture of Saddam Hussein: "Brazil considers the capture of Saddam Hussein a moment for reflection on the situation in Iraq and hopes that it will contribute to speeding up the transition process to self-government by the Iraqi people. Brazil
In his third radio talk to the nation, Lula also talked about his recent visit to the Arab countries. "Instead of sitting around here waiting for things to happen, I went to the Middle East and Africa to make them happen. Brazil has to be bolder in fighting for its rights," he said.
Agência Brasil Brasília – President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva declared that the G-20 could create its own free trade area and open it to other countries in development. Speaking to ministerial level representatives of the G-20 who were in Brasilia for a meeting, Lula said that a number of countries are already moving, individually
Agência Brasil Brasilia – President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva declared that he supports the so-called Geneva Accord for a peaceful solution to the situation in Israel and Palestine reached by unofficial Israeli and Palestinian negotiators. At the moment, Lula is on an eight day tour of the region, but will not visit the area
Agência Brasil Damascus – President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has arrived in Syria to begin his Middle East trip. According to minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, there are excellent chances for Brazil to boost exports to the Syria, especially in the areas of automobiles and food, such as juices. Furlan admitted that
Agência Brasil Damascus – During his two-day visit to Syria, president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will sign cooperation agreements dealing with culture (exchange programs for artists), tourism (which could include regularly scheduled air traffic between the two country) and sports (Syrian soccer coaches will come to Brazil for study). As for trade, the two
President Lula states that lack of social worries open space for terrorism: "We are very worried about peace, and believe that if the whole world were currently considering misery and hunger, there would be no worry with war and terrorism."
