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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...
The American car manufacturer Ford announced Friday that it would invest 4 billion reais (2.3 billion U.S. dollars) in Brazil over the next five years. The factory in Bahia, northeastern Brazil, will be the destination for most of the investment, according to a source from the automotive sector. It is the largest investment program since the company started operating in the South American country....
“Brazil is seeking a broader role in the Middle East after hosting Israeli President Shimon Peres last week and Abbas today. Lula is scheduled to welcome Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Nov. 23 in Brasilia for talks built around trade with the wider objective of engaging the Persian country in political discussions.”
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
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was invited by Lula to visit Brazil last May. Following protests in all major cities in the country by Christian, Jewish, candomblé, gay rights, women’s, and human rights groups, Brazil’s Foreign Office announced that the trip had been canceled. The Foreign Office claimed that Ahmadinejad had requested that the visit be postponed [...]
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.
Directed by Roberto Berliner Lula in 2008. Charles, Zuleide, Gilberto, Cleide, Rogério, Claudio and Lobão are the seven dwarfs, all of them sons of the mythical Pindoba, the smallest and funniest clown in the world. Together, they form the Pindorama Circus, going from town to town in the North of Brazil. An exemplary place of simplicity [...]
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...
[JURIST] The Brazilian Supreme Court on Wednesday voted 5-to-4 to extradite former Italian guerrilla Cesare Battisti back to Italy, but left the final decision to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who granted him asylum earlier this year. The high court has yet to decide if the order mandates Lula to extradite Battisti or merely authorizes him to do so. Early in the week, Battisti sent a letter...
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