Several singers and actors from Brazil will be featured in the TV show ‘Embracing Beirut,’ to air on Brazil’s TV Cultura and Lebanon’s LBCI next Sunday as a fundraiser to help the victims of the August blast at the Port of Beirut. The Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce is supporting the initiative.
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In an interview with ANBA, the dean of the Council of Arab Ambassadors in Brazil, Ibrahim Alzeben, stressed the role of Brazil in supplying aid to Lebanon in the wake of the disaster that struck on August 4. He thanked the Arab Brazilian Chamber for its work.
Damages stemming from the Port of Beirut blast earlier this month are expected to amount to between USD 6.7 billion and USD 8.1 billion according to a Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment made available by the World Bank this Monday (31). A new prime minister has been appointed after Hassan Diab stepped down.
Former Brazilian president Michel Temer will look back on his recent trip to Beirut and ponder upcoming steps in a free online event next Monday (24) at 10 am.
A delegation led by former Brazilian president Michel Temer and six tons’ worth of donated items landed this Thursday afternoon (13) in Lebanon, where they were welcomed by president Michel Aoun.
The Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (ABCC) will supply medication, PPE and food on board a Brazilian government plane next week. The items were purchased using the organization’s own resources as well as cash donations from a fundraiser in tandem with other associations and groups. Donors can still contribute to upcoming shipments.
Government, organizations, businesses and the Lebanese-Brazilian community all have expressed sympathy over the tragic events on Tuesday (4) in Beirut. Brazil is home to the biggest Lebanese diaspora in the world.
The Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce released a statement this Wednesday (5) expressing solidarity to the people of Lebanon and the Lebanese descendants in Brazil, after a blast killed and wounded scores of people in Beirut on Tuesday (4).
The Brazilian president said he reached out on the phone to Lebanon’s ambassador to Brazil, Joseph Sayah, to express his solidarity to the Arab country, where dozens of lives were claimed by a blast on Tuesday. During a public solemnity, Bolsonaro said Brazil will take action to help.
The Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a statement addressing the people and government of Lebanon over the blast that claimed at least 73 lives this Tuesday (4).
