Jose Sarney

Brazilian Representative Wants to Bar Ahmadinejad from Visiting Congress

The Brazilian Congress is scheduled to receive the official visit of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, this Monday, November 23. The presidents of the Lower House, Michel Temer and of the Senate,...

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Top Chinese political advisor leaves for visits to the Philippines, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil

BEIJING, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- Jia Qinglin, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), left here Thursday for official visits to the Philippines, Peru, Ecuador and...

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Manufacturers unfazed by Latin arms row

Rio De Janeiro (UPI) Nov 11, 2009 - State and private manufacturers of weapons in Latin America are going ahead with military regeneration plans despite concerns over arms spending and a continent-wide campaign by Peru to halt...

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S. American arms manufacturers unfazed by Latin arms row

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Visiting Peruvian Minister of Transport and Communications Enrique Cornejo Tuesday conveyed his country's proposal for a regional pact aimed at cutting armaments among the members of the Union...

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Background Note: Brazil

Geography Area: 8,511,965 sq. km. (3,290,000 sq. mi.); slightly smaller than the U.S. Cities: Capital--Brasilia (pop. 2.5 million). Other cities--Sao Paulo (10.9 million), Rio de Janeiro (6.1 million), Belo Horizonte (2.4...

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Peru proposes arms reduction in South America

BRASILIA, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Peruvian Minister of Transport and Communications Enrique Cornejo Tuesday conveyed his country's proposal for a regional pact aimed at cutting armaments among the members of the Union of...

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Chavez's statements may hinder vote on Venezuela's accession to Mercosur: Brazilian senators

BRASILIA, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- The call by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to the country's military on preparing for a war against Colombia may hinder the Brazilian Senate's vote on the Protocol of Venezuela Accession to...

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Brazil Opposition Wants OAS Mission to Check on Venezuela's Political Prisoners

Venezuela will have to wait a little longer for Brazilian approval to get inside the Mercosur. Brazil's opposition announced it will attempt to delay as much as possible the Senate vote on the incorporation of Venezuela to...

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Lula Wins, Brazil's Senate Committee Says Yes to Venezuela in Mercosur

Brazil's Senate Foreign Relations Committee gave its green light this Thursday, October 25, to Venezuela to become a full member of Mercosur. Together with Brazilian business leaders Lula had been lobbying Congress to get it to...

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Brazil's Senate President Vows to Help Venezuela's Political Prisoner

Former Brazilian president and current President of the Brazilian Senate, José Sarney, met this Friday, October 23, Robert Amsterdam, a Canadian international lawyer representing the Venezuelan political prisoner Eligio...

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