Tag: Lula da Silva

• Monday, March 28th 2011 - 01:15 UTC

  Rousseff and Lula da Silva together in Portugal ‘day-after’ Iran vote

  

  Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff and her predecessor Lula da Silva will be meeting this week for an international event in Portugal, just a few days after the new government abandoned a pro-dialogue with Iran position for a more neutral stance.

• Saturday, March 26th 2011 - 08:20 UTC

  Brazil’s UN vote on Iran marks first great difference between Dilma and Lula da Silva

  

  Brazil’s vote in the UN Human Rights Council in support of a rapporteur to monitor human rights in Iran, proposed by the US, signals the first great divergence in foreign policy between the current administration of President Dilma Rousseff and her predecessor and mentor Lula da Silva.

• Friday, March 25th 2011 - 16:50 UTC

  Uruguay celebrates 40 years of the ruling coalition with Lula da Silva

  

  Uruguay’s ruling coalition is celebrating its fortieth anniversary with a massive political rally in downtown Montevideo where the main speaker will be the former Brazilian president Lula da Silva.

• Thursday, March 10th 2011 - 22:35 UTC

  Petrobras abandons oil exploration in Cuba; all eyes set on Repsol-YPF

  

  Brazilian oil giant Petrobras has withdrawn from an offshore oil exploration block in Cuba's waters that it leased amid great fanfare in 2008, a Brazilian official said on Thursday, citing poor prospects.

• Wednesday, March 9th 2011 - 00:59 UTC

  Half the world consider Brazil has a positive influence on global affairs, says BBC poll

  

  The number of people who see Brazil as having a positive influence in the world is rising rapidly, according to a BBC World Service poll of 27 countries. The country is regarded positively by 49%, compared with 40% last year - the largest jump by any of the 16 nations respondents are asked to comment on.

• Thursday, March 3rd 2011 - 18:46 UTC

  Brazilian economy expanded 7.5% in 2010; government applies ‘cooling’ measures

  

  Brazil grew at its fastest pace in 24 years in 2010, expanding 7.5% on strong consumer demand but other complementary data also showed the economy is feeling the strains of overheating.

• Wednesday, January 19th 2011 - 22:56 UTC

  Brazil Created a Record 2.52 Million New Jobs in 2010

  

  Figures in Brazil show that 2.52 million new jobs were created last year, the Brazilian Labour Ministry reported.

• Thursday, January 6th 2011 - 11:00 UTC

  Super Real and imports surge behind Brazil’s smallest trade surplus in eight years

  

  Brazil’s trade surplus fell 19.8% in 2010 to 20.28 billion USD, the smallest in eight years. Exports grew 31.4% to 201.9 billion, a new record, but imports surged 41.6% to 181.64 billion, the Ministry of Development, Industry and Commerce said this week.

• Thursday, December 30th 2010 - 08:12 UTC

  Lula da Silva has his own oil field according to Petrobras

  

  Brazilian state-controlled energy giant Petrobras on Wednesday confirmed the commercial viability of two massive offshore oil and gas fields located deep beneath the ocean floor, announcing that one of them will now be known as “Lula.”

• Wednesday, December 29th 2010 - 07:09 UTC

  Brazil: Lula disappointed with Obama's LatAm policy

  

  Relations between the United States and Latin America have not changed in any meaningful way under President Barack Obama, Brazilian head of state Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said.