Tag: Lula da Silva

• Monday, September 12th 2011 - 03:04 UTC

  Corruption in Lula da Silva’s administration widely extended to all branches

  

  US ambassador in Brazil Thomas Shannon said the country suffered from “extended corruption” according to a diplomatic cable a year and a half ago referred to former president Lula da Silva administration and which was recently released by Wikileaks.

• Saturday, September 3rd 2011 - 08:04 UTC

  Lula da Silva says Dilma will complete eight years, steps down from 2014 election

  

  Former Brazilian president Lula da Silva and undisputed leader of the ruling Workers Party said on Friday that President Dilma Rousseff will be governing Brazil for the next eight years and announced he’s stepping down from any further presidential aspiration in 2014.

• Monday, August 15th 2011 - 01:00 UTC

  Lula da Silva: developed countries lack political initiative; need to learn from Latam

  

  Former Brazilian president Lula da Silva blasted the developed countries lack of political initiative to face the economic crisis and suggested they adopt a strategy similar to Brazil’s.

• Friday, August 5th 2011 - 19:55 UTC

  Lula da Silva comes out in strong support Celso Amorim as defence minister

  

  Brazilian former president Lula da Silva came out in full support of the latest cabinet reshuffle by President Dilma Rousseff who sacked the Minister of Defence Nelson Jobim following some derogatory remarks about the cabinet chief and the head of institutional relations (mainly with Congress).

• Saturday, July 30th 2011 - 22:33 UTC

  Cristina and Dilma reaffirm ‘strategic alliance and commitment to Mercosur

  

  Argentina and Brazil reaffirmed on Friday their strategic alliance and commitment to Mercosur and regional integration during a summit in Brasilia, where President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner together with her Brazilian peer Dilma Rousseff inaugurated the new Argentine Embassy in the Brazilian capital.

• Wednesday, July 27th 2011 - 03:59 UTC

  “Dilma is completely able of running the country”, says Lula da Silva

  

  Brazilian former president Lula da Silva criticized rich countries for their roll on the current economic crisis that has been changing the world’s economic map and once again came out forcibly in support of President Dima Rousseff.

• Saturday, July 23rd 2011 - 04:09 UTC

  Lula da Silva: forget biblical nonsense, the poor are entitled to heaven now and here

  

  Former president Lula da Silva described as ‘nonsense’ the biblical statement that the poor will be “blessed with treasure in heaven” and strongly supported the policies of his government (2003/2010) which helped millions in Brazil lift from poverty.

• Wednesday, July 20th 2011 - 22:21 UTC

  Lula da Silva again to the rescue of President Rousseff facing cabinet setback

  

  Former Brazilian leader Lula da Silva said President Dilma Rousseff managed the latest political crisis in the cabinet ‘correctly’ and is proving she has the capacity to lead “in this and in all situations”.

• Monday, July 18th 2011 - 11:40 UTC

  Lula da Silva accuses the Brazilian elite of defending ‘social inequality’

  

  Former Brazilian president Lula da Silva claimed elites defend social inequality and anticipated he would be active again in politics ahead of the 2012 municipal elections.

• Saturday, July 16th 2011 - 07:25 UTC

  Move closer to Brazil politically and economically, says US Foreign Relations Council

  

  Influential foreign policy experts at the New York based Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) think the United States should move closer to Brazil politically and economically and recommend the creation of a Brazilian affairs office at the National Security Council.