Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva
A woman walks outside of a shantytown in Brazil in 2003. Some 700,000 poor families have joined Brazil's social welfare program over the past year, President Dilma Rousseff said.
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Washington had clearly hoped that, under Rousseff, Brazil would move much closer to the US on a wide array of global and regional issues than had been the case under her charismatic predecessor, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
I'm certain that the policy of racial quotas, which the Supreme Court unanimously endorsed, will help make access to higher education more just
The impulse Lula gave his government to reach out to Africa continuesMore quotes »
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Top judge accuses Brazil ex-president of pressure
BRASILIA, Brazil -- A judge on Brazil's high court is accusing former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of pressuring him to set aside a planned trial of the biggest scandal of his administration. The accusation by Judge Gilmar Mendes of the Supreme Fe from Miami Herald Read more »
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Africa: African Governments Reach Out to Emerging Partners
The global recession has had a twin impact on Africa. While trade dropped and some investors are holding back, the continent's engagement with other emerging economies has accelerated. Brazil's president, Dilma Rousseff, building on her predecessor Luiz from AllAfrica.com Read more »
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Oposición brasileña quiere que Lula aclare si presionó a un juez del Supremo
Brasilia – La oposición brasileña anunció hoy que pedirá investigar si el exjefe de Estado Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ejerció presiones sobre un juez del Supremo Tribunal para intentar postergar un juicio sobre el mayor escándalo de corrupción ocurrido du from Fox News Latino Read more »
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Brazil-Africa: Interview with Marco Farani, Director of Brazilian Agency of Cooperation
“Technical cooperation for development is new for Brazil, but since the second term of former President Lula aid development has become a pivotal tool for Brazil’s foreign policy” says . In this interview released to Sud Quotidien (Senegal), Les Echos (M from Afronline Read more »
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Eric Ehrmann: Brazil Amps Up Human Rights as Spike Joints in to Chill Favela Fever
Dilma doing a cameo in a Spike Lee joint, and spotlighting human rights violations . Lula rolls out a new Facebook page and gets tagged at an arts crawl with Dilma. It's all part of the cultural public diplomacy designed to make those who say "they don't from The Huffington Post Read more »
