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"Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas wants Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to convince Iran to put an end to its support for the radical Palestinian movement Hamas . "Iran supports Hamas with money. Hamas' decisions are in the hands of Tehran," Abbas said Friday in an interview with the Brazilian daily Folha de Sao Paulo. Abbas' remarks were clearly aimed at Lula's...
As South America continues to head South, David Bor writes me with this deeply disturbing update from Brazil. David writes: Yesterday,Friday (11-20) while receiving Mahmoud Abbas in Bahia one of the Brazilian States (the governor is a Jew),leftist president Lula da Silva said that Israel has to stop building in the "palestinian capital" meaning of course Jerusalem, and that Israel is the...
Brazilian President Luiz Incio Lula da Silva said Friday after meeting the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) President Mahmoud Abbas that peace in Middle East depends on establishing a Palestinian state. "Fair and lasting peace in the region depends on establishing a prosperous, cohesive and unfettered Palestinian state," Lula emphasized. Both leaders held a work meeting at noon Friday...
By Iuri Dantas and Fabiola Moura Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. is responsible for the crisis in the Middle East and shouldn’t be coordinating peace talks for the region, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said. Negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians ought to be managed by the United Nations, Lula said in an interview today with two local radio stations
Salvador, Brazil — Brazil’s President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday joined visiting Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in calling on Israel to stop building new settlements in areas claimed by Palestinians. Bogota, Colombia — Six people, including two children, were killed when suspected Colombian FARC guerrillas stopped and set fire to a bus traveling in the south...
Brazil's President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva is joining his Palestinian counterpart in calling on Israel to stop building new settlements in areas claimed by Palestinians.
Salvador, Brazil - Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas wants Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to convince Iran to put an end to its support for the radical Palestinian movement Hamas. Iran supports Hamas with money. H...
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday received Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas here Thursday for the first in a series of discussions on forging peace in the Middle East, the foreign ministry said Thursday. Abbas' travels here come as Brazil steps up its peacemaker role in the Middle East. Brazil last week hosted Israeli President Shimon Peres for a four-day visit, and next week...
Brasilia - It's up to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to decide whether leftist Cesare Battisti, a suspect in four murders in the 1970s, is to be extradited to Italy. The Supreme Court approved the extradition on Wednesday. It then rule...
Audiences wept at the first screening of a movie charting the rise of Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from a childhood of poverty to a union leader on the verge of glittering political career. "Lula, Son of Brazil" will be officially released in January 2010, just before he stands down, but an audience that included a political luminaries got a special preview at Brasilia's...
Brazil's top court rules to extradite former Italian guerrilla Cesare Battisti on murder charges but leaves the final decision to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who granted him refugee status early this year
Brazil's supreme court has decided to grant the extradition of an Italian ex-militant wanted for multiple murders, Cesare Battisti. The court will decide whether or not President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will have the final say in the case.
Brazil's supreme court on Wednesday voted to extradite an Italian ex-militant wanted for multiple murders dating from the 1970s, Cesare Battisti, despite a government order granting him political asylum. The court was continuing constitutional deliberations to decide whether its verdict was final, or whether President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva could have the final say in the case. Chief justice Gilmar...
The premiere of a new movie about the early life of Brazil's phenomenally popular president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left an audience in tears -- and some critics on Wednesday predicting Oscar glory. "Lula, O Filho do Brasil" (Lula, Son of Brazil) was shown late Tuesday in a Brasilia film festival to a 1,300-seat theater dangerously packed well beyond capacity.
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