Tag: Lula da Silva

Monday, December 13th 2010 - 22:48 UTC
Argentina lifts trade blockade: Paraguay will attend Mercosur summit

Paraguayan president Fernando Lugo will be attending the Mercosur summit this week following on Argentina’s guarantee that the blockade on Paraguayan goods and merchandise imposed by an Argentine maritime union will be lifted, effective Monday.
Friday, December 10th 2010 - 05:54 UTC
Lula da Silva supports Assange and asks what about freedom of expression?

Brazilian President Lula da Silva defended Julian Assange, founder of the WikiLeaks.org website that published more than 250,000 of U.S. diplomatic cables sent to or from embassies around the world and asked where are those rabid defenders of freedom of expression.
Tuesday, December 7th 2010 - 19:27 UTC
Lula da Silva promises to veto bill on oil royalties sharing plan

Brazilian President Lula da Silva said on Tuesday he would veto a plan to change the distribution of oil royalties among state governments, paving the way for the implementation of a legal overhaul of Brazil's oil sector.
Monday, December 6th 2010 - 05:35 UTC
Lula da Silva praised the Argentina/Brazil strategic alliance Kirchner helped forge

Brazilian president Lula da Silva praised the late Argentine president Nestor Kirchner saying he was the leader who helped Argentines recover their self-esteem and marked a historic change in relations between Brazil and Argentina.
Sunday, December 5th 2010 - 23:54 UTC
“All is possible” regarding President Lula da Silva comeback in 2014

Brazilian president Lula da Silva who steps down next January first could run for a third mandate in 2014, according to cabinet Secretary general Gilberto Carvalho.
Saturday, December 4th 2010 - 01:31 UTC
Lula da Silva and Obama, best evaluated leaders in Western Hemisphere

Brazil’s Lula da Silva and US Barack Obama are the Western hemisphere leaders best evaluated and most respected, according to a paper based on a public opinion poll and which was released Friday by the NGO Latinobarometro.
Tuesday, November 30th 2010 - 01:25 UTC
New Brazilian government ratifies Lula da Silva’s regional foreign policy

Brazilian president-elect Dilma Rousseff has confirmed President Lula da Silva’s international affairs special advisor Marco Aurelio García in his post, another clear signal that the incoming administration wants to continue with the “good neighbour” policy towards Latinamerica and such organizations as Mercosur and Unasur.
Friday, November 26th 2010 - 14:55 UTC
Lula da Silva promises energy, communications and trade aid for Guyana

Brazilian President Lula da Silva announced Friday an ambitious integration program for its northern neighbor Guyana, on the sidelines of a regional presidential summit taking place in Georgetown.
Wednesday, November 24th 2010 - 21:02 UTC
Promoting trade and political links with Africa, Lula da Silva’s next job

A Lula da Silva Institute will be fully involved in Africa, the world’s poorest continent, and (Brazilian) President Lula will be fully dedicated to that task when he steps down from office next January first, announced a top Brazilian official.
Monday, November 22nd 2010 - 00:12 UTC
Brazilian navy plans a fleet of 20 subs, six nuclear powered

The Brazilian navy is planning to build and incorporate in the next decades a fleet of six nuclear powered and 20 conventional submersibles (15 new and five refurbished), making it the most dissuasive fleet of South America.