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Brazilian President Described Obama’s Victory: “Extraordinary Event.”

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva described Obama’s victory as an “extraordinary event.” He added that the U.S. president-elect is a competent politician “Whoever doubted that a black man could be elected to be president of the United States now knows that it is possible. And it is possible because it is a democratic [...]

November 7th, 2008 | Tags: , , | Category: Brazil Politics | Leave a comment

Brazil Will Use Offshore Oil Revenue To Eradicate Poverty, Lula Says

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said, Brazil will direct future revenues from recent discoveries of deep-water crude reserves in so-called pre-salt  which lie 16,400 feet and 22,966 feet below sea level, toward education and combating poverty. Speaking in a nationally-broadcast, commemorating Brazil’s independence from Portugal in 1822, Lula said “The priority for the [...]

September 7th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Business and Economy | Leave a comment