Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

...in a constructive dialogue. On Friday, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announced his intention to bring Uribe and Chavez together for a November 26 summit in the Brazilian city of Manaus. However, in order for talks to...

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...chance to solidify its position as a legitimate world power. Arguably, da Silva has overtaken Venezuela's Hugo Chavez as the most influential leader in South America. But Brazil seeks to become a global leader. Its leaders are already...

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...an ally, a proxy who could substitute for him. His first choice was Brazil, but Lula [Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva] has at times defended Chavez, for mostly economic reasons. All the big public works in Venezuela, the...

In this article: Hugo Chavez, Colombia, Caracas, Latin America, Barack Obama, Venezuela, U.S., and Inflation

...Pernambuco. Lula and Chavez in May 2009 had expressed their concern over the delay in the negotiations and ordered Brazilian energy company Petrobras and Venezuela's Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) to expedite the talks. The project had...

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...put nuclear warheads in Ecuador and declare them to be a matter of national security?'' Presidents Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil and Michelle Bachelet of Chile initially echoed the Chavez and Correa concerns but toned down their...

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...scored a major victory. After years of refusing to do so and behaving as a responsible international citizen, Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has not only sided with Iran on the issue of nuclear power, but has agreed to meet with...

In this article: Hugo Chavez, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Carlos the Jackal, Jackel, Brazil, Iran, and Israel

...diplomatic profile. Last month, Rio de Janeiro won designation as host of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games after a Lula-led lobbying campaign involving dozens of Third World countries on the Olympic voting committee. The Ahmadinejad visit,...

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...Brazil and Venezuela. The Iranian leader's call for Israel's annihilation hasn't stopped Chavez and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from asserting their own strategic interests in close ties with Iran, which Israel views as a...

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...program. During Ahmadinejad's trip to Brazil on Monday, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva urged Western nations to drop threats of punishment over Tehran's nuclear ambitions and negotiate a fair solution with Iran. Silva also put...

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