Brazil wrong about Iran – Sacramento Living – Sacramento Food and Wine, Home, Health | Sacramento Bee

Posted by Matt in March 9th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Brazil, Iran, Brazil, Breaking The Rules, Food And Wine, Food Health, Food Wine, Hillary Clinton, Home Health, Inacio, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, Lula Da Silva, Nuclear Technology, Nuclear Weapons Proliferation, President Luiz Inacio Lula, President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, Sacramento Bee, Sacramento Food, Sanctions Against Iran, Secretary Of State, Wine Health

It’s not that Brazil is wrong about Iran. It’s that something else is going on that we don’t know about. For example, could Iran have something that Brazil badly wants? Nuclear technology perhaps?
Even before visiting Secretary of State Hillary Clinton could appeal for Brazil to support sanctions against Iran for breaking the rules of nuclear-weapons [...]

Why Does Brazil Need Nuclear Submarines? – U.S. Naval Institute

Posted by Matt in December 14th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Americas, Brazil, Nuclear, 17 December, Defense Strategy, Economic Factors, Global Prominence, Government Of Brazil, Grand Strategy, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, Lula Da Silva, Maritime Areas, Maritime Coast, Naval Strategy, Nuclear Program, Nuclear Submarine, Nuclear Submarines, Peaceful Country, Power Projection, President Luiz Inacio Lula, President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, Salt Layer, Submarine Project

Brazil’s developing nuclear program shows its increasing global prominence.
The National Defense Strategy the government of Brazil released on 17 December 2008 provides little plausible military justification for the recently accelerated nuclear-powered submarine project.1 The document stresses that this traditionally peaceful country has no problems with its neighbors, acknowledging that it has been difficult, therefore, to [...]

Brazil’s President Lula: ‘Father of the Poor’ Has Triggered Economic Miracle – SPIEGEL ONLINE – News – International

Posted by Matt in November 24th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Brazil, Brazil, Economic Miracle, Economic News, Economic Success Story, Faces, Hurdles, Infrastructure Projects, Lula Da Silva, News International, Oil Reserves, Online News, People, Revere, Spiegel, Spiegel Online

Brazil is seen as an economic success story and its people revere President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva like a star. He is on a mission to turn the country into one of the world’s five biggest economies through reforms, giant infrastructure projects and by tapping vast oil reserves. But he faces hurdles.
Brazil’s President Lula: [...]

AFP: US, Israel lack ‘courage’ to attack: Iran leader

Posted by Matt in November 23rd, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Afp, Courage, Dialogue, Iran Leader, Iranian President, Israel, Joint Press Conference, Luiz Inacio Lula, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, Lula Da Silva, Mahmud Ahmadinejad, Military Attacks, Military Threats, President Luiz Inacio Lula, President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, weapons

Visiting Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad said Monday that US and Israeli military threats against Iran were a thing of the past, and that, in any case, “they don’t have the courage” to attack Iran.
“The age of military attacks is over, now we’ve reached the time for dialogue and understanding. Weapons and threats are a thing [...]

President Bachelet of Chile Rides High as Term Ends – NYTimes.com

Posted by Matt in October 28th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Americas, Ambitious Program, American President, Bachelet, Billions Of Dollars, Brazil, Chile, Chile Government, Commodity Boom, Copper Sales, Economy, Financial Crisis, Global Financial Crisis, Handful, Latin American Leaders, Lula Da Silva, Money, Nytimes, Pension Reform, Pollsters, Popularity, Recession, Stunning Turnaround

Analysts and pollsters attribute her stunning turnaround to her handling of the economy during the global financial crisis and to her decision to save billions of dollars in revenues from copper sales during the last commodity boom. That aggressive saving gave the country money to spend on pension reform and Ms. Bachelet’s ambitious program of [...]

2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro: Will the City Be Safe? – TIME

Posted by Matt in October 21st, 2009 | no comment

Published in Brazil, 2016 Olympic Games, 2016 Olympics, Brazilian President, Copenhagen, Decay, Drug Gangs, Economic Advances, Elephant, Gangsters, International Olympic Committee, Lula Da Silva, Olympic Games, Police Helicopter, Police Olympics, Rio De Janeiro, Security Situation, Shoot Outs, Slums, Sobs, Vindication

Just two weeks ago, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said between delirious sobs in Copenhagen that the International Olympic Committee’s decision to award the 2016 Olympic Games to Rio de Janeiro was a vindication of Brazil’s social and economic advances. But the elephant in the room was the precarious security situation in [...]

The Brazilian challenge to the U.S. | Spero News

Posted by Matt in October 18th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Brazil, Chavez, Constituency, Contrary, Factions, Ghosts, Iran, Lula Da Silva, Lula Da Silva Brazil, President Lula, Sao Paulo, Schizophrenic, Spero News

Under President Lula Da Silva, Brazil has become a moral and political schizophrenic.
In other words, Lula’s government seems to be leaving the pragmatic road and embracing the demands of the most radical and most ideological factions within his constituency. Likewise, his astonishing policies towards Iran seem to revive the ghosts of Lula from the “Foro [...]

Brazil and China eye plan to axe dollar

Posted by Matt in May 18th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Americas, Brazil, China, Economy, Trade, Aides, Axe, Canada, Challenges, China, Currencies, Dollar, Gold, Ing, International China, International Currency, Lula Da Silva, Lula Da Silva Brazil, Maison Placements, Ounce, Reserve Currency, S Central, Speaking The Truth, Trade Transactions, Us Dollar, World Currency

Brazil and China will work towards using their own currencies in trade transactions rather than the US dollar, according to Brazil’s central bank and aides to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s president.
The move follows recent Chinese challenges to the status of the dollar as the world’s leading international currency.
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China holds sway over US$
“The [...]

The 50 Most Powerful People in the World [The Global Elite]

Posted by Matt in December 20th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Global Elite, general, 10 most powerful people in the world, 50 most powerful people, 50 Most Powerful People in the World, 50 Most Powerful People of the World, Adeboye, Al Saud, Ali Khamenei, Amr Khaled, Anwar Ibrahim, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Baitullah Mehsud, David Petraeus, Dominique Strauss Kahn, Dr Margaret Chan, Gen David Petraeus, Global Elite, Gop Governors, Hassan Nasrallah, Hu Jintao, Jacob Zuma, Jamie Dimon, John Lasseter, Katsuaki Watanabe, Khalifa Bin Zayed, Lula Da Silva, Michelle Bachelet, Most Powerful People, Most Powerful People in the World, Muqtada Al Sadr, Nuri Al Maliki, Pope Benedict Xvi, Rahm Emanuel, Rupert Murdoch, Sonia Gandhi, the most powerful people in the world, the most powerful person in the world, Timothy Geithner, Warren Buffett, who is the most powerful person in the world, world most powerful people, Zayed Al Nahyan

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Brazil proposes Latin American alliance

Posted by Matt in June 4th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Americas, Brazil, Venezuela, Acronym, American Security, Andean Community, Brasilia, Brazil, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula, European Union, Inacio, Latin American Alliance, Latin American Countries, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, Lula Da Silva, Mercosur, President Luiz Inacio Lula, President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, Security Council, Spanish Language, Trading Blocs, Unasur, Venezuela

The creation of a South American Security Council, which would include oil-rich Venezuela, Chile and Argentina, was proposed by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at a meeting of 11 Latin American countries held in Brazil’s capital, Brasilia, in May.
The security council would be part of an even larger effort led by Brazil to [...]