Distrito Federal (Brazil)

Ahmadinejad in Brazil to Erase Images of Iran's Suspected Election Fraud

The president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, arrives this weekend in Brazilian capital Brasília accompanied by a group of 300 people, most of them business men. But more than just doing business, the Iranian leader would love to...

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Palestinian Leader Abbas in Brazil Right After Peres and Just Before Ahmadinejad

Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) has arrived in Brazil this Wednesday night. He already had dinner with Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and starting today should be received...

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Argentina makes deal to buy 20 aircraft manufactured by Embraer

Renata Giraldi e Mariana Jungmann Brasília - Brasilia - The Brazilian Aeronautics Company (Embraer) will sell 20 Embraer 190 AR to the Argentine government. The purchase involves about $ 700 million. Part of the funding, about...

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Brazil court backs Battisti extradition, but Lula has final say

BRASILIA - Brazil's supreme court Wednesday authorized the extradition of Italian ex-militant Cesare Battisti, wanted for murders dating from the 1970s, but left President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva with final say in the case.

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Ahmadinejad's Visit to Brazil: Congress Divided, New Protests Planned

Brazilian president's special adviser for International Affairs, Marco Aurélio Garcia, told reporters this Tuesday, November 17, in Brazilian capital Brasília, that the visit of Iran president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to...

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Movie about President Lula opens Brasilia film festival

BRASILIA, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- The 42nd Brasilia Festival of the Brazilian Cinema opened Tuesday with a screening of Bruno Barreto's "Lula, O Filho do Brasil"(Lula, the Son of Brazil), a biographical movie about President Luiz...

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Argentina's president will visit Brazil on Wednesday

BRASILIA, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- The president of Argentina, Cristina Kirchner, will pay an official visit to Brasilia on Wednesday, where she will discuss a solution to the growing commercial differences between both countries...

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Guardian, Chr. Sci. Monitor, Wires, etc: Brazil’s forest ministers say Amazon burning, clearing...

What’s this? Stories spurred by what looks like good news from Brazil’s Amazon about the rate of deforestation? In advance of next month’s post-Kyoto summit meeting in Copenhagen, Brazil’s President Lula and his ministers...

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AMERICA/BRAZIL - 102nd training course for missionaries working in Brazil ends; 23 missionaries ...

Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – The closing celebration of the 102nd course sponsored by the Center for Intellectual Education (Cenfi) was recently held in the Missionary Cultural Center of Brasilia. The Cenfi organizes courses to...

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Brazil Gets Drones from Israel to Fight Crime in Preparation for Olympics

In preparation for the World Cup and the Olympics, that will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil has signed a US$ 350 million contract with Israel Aerospace Industries this week to get drones to the Brazilian police - the...

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