Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Brazil toughens environmental regulations RIO DE JANEIRO, July 22 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signed Tuesday a decree aiming to toughen the country's environmental law.
Democratic Underground (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Source: [b]Brazzil Magazine[/b] Brazil Appeals to Neighbors to Cut Dependency on the US and EU Written by Newsroom Monday, 21 July 2008 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Alvaro Uribe, the presidents of Brazil and Colombia, respectively, vowed Saturday, July 19, to boost trade and in...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
The presidents of Brazil and Colombia vowed Saturday to boost trade and investment between their nations ahead of crucial world trade talks next week. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva urged Colombia and other South American countries to increase...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL (MARKET WIRE) As reported by one of the most respected Brazilian newspapers, O Estado de São Paulo, yesterday night, the President of Brazil, Mr. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, hosted a meeting with the President of the Supreme Court, Chief Justice Gilmar Mendes, and also with the Minister of Justice and the Defense Minister, Messrs. Tarso Genro and Nelson Jobim. The first page of...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
Brasilia - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Monday he is hopeful for a happy ending to the Doha Round of talks at the World Trade Organization (WTO). What happens is that rich countries say the chance for a deal is in Brazil's ha...
i On Global Trends (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva have agreed on bilateral cooperation in a number of areas including biofuel, climate change and education. After their meeting at Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, both leaders witnessed the signing of the memorandum of understanding on technical cooperation for ethanol production by Indonesian Agriculture Minister...
Latin America News Review (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva (2nd L) meets former Vietnamese General Vo Nguyen Giap (R) at Giap's residence in Hanoi July 10, 2008. REUTERS/Stringer (VIETNAM) TOP STORY - Lula: "The Vietnamese can be proud of being the people that defeated the French and the Americans in the same century" (Agence France Press) Peru - Peru’s Economic Model and Poverty Reduction: Is It Working? (Council...
France24 (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
The leaders of Indonesia and Brazil signed an agreement on Saturday to cooperate on biofuels. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva defended the biofuel sector and said that richer countries should do more to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
ABS CBN (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
JAKARTA - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his Indonesian counterpart pledged cooperation on biofuels during talks here Saturday in a bid to take advantage of surging oil prices.
Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Viet Nam and Brazil should create and grasp at opportunities for cooperation to realise their target of 1 billion USD in trade turnover by 2010. The idea was shared by both the visiting Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his Vietnamese host, Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai, at a seminar on the two countries’ partnership development in Hanoi on July 10. Brazilian President
Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Banco do Brasil SA, Latin America's biggest bank by assets, signed an agreement with Viet Nam Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development (Agribank) to develop transfer and payment systems between the two banks. The accord was signed during a visit to Hanoi by Brazilian President Inacio Lula da Silva, in which he met Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet and Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Hanoi, - In a bid to boost trade with the emerging communist country, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the first Brazilian president to visit Vietnam, arrived in Hanoi Thursday. This visit will help lift the relations between the two countries t...
Thaindian News (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Sao Paulo, July 10 (IANS) Former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt has called on Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to mediate disputes pitting her homeland against Venezuela and Ecuador, EFE news agency reported Thursday. In an interview with Brazilian TV Globo, Betancourt said Wednesday that the Brazilian leader was the most-suited person to [...]
Florida Sun Sentinel (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil clasped hands here at a summit late last month as employees of Venezuela's state-controlled oil company raised their fists and shouted Cuban-inspired socialist slogans before the cameras.
Council on Hemispheric Affairs (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Criticism of President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva’s handling of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest by many foreign observers does not consider the severity of Brazil’s need to develop the region’s economy. There is, however, considerable substance to critics’ arguments that his administration repeatedly favors an infrastructural and economic development strategy over a conservationist [...]
