2008年11月1日星期六

Yahoo! News: Brazil

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Brazil

Brazil inks deal to hunt for, produce oil in Cuba (AP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2008 10:24 PM CDT

Brazil's President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, left, shakes hands with Cuba's President Raul Castro during a meeting in Havana, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008.  Brazil's state-run oil company plans to sign an agreement with its Cuban counterpart for deep-water exploration that would allow it to produce oil on the communist-run island. (AP Photo/Adalberto Roque, Pool)AP - Brazil's state-run oil company signed an agreement Friday to explore for oil in deep Caribbean waters north of Cuba that officials in Havana say could contain 20 billion barrels of crude.


Lula discusses economic crisis with 'lucid' Fidel Castro (AFP)

Posted: 31 Oct 2008 07:25 PM CDT

Chile's President Michelle Bachelet (left) embraces Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in San Salvador. Leaders from Spain, Portugal and Latin America on Friday called for an emergency world summit overseen by the United Nations to tackle the financial crisis, as recession fears rose(AFP/Yuri Cortez)AFP - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said that he agreed "100 percent" with former Cuban leader Fidel Castro on the responsibility of rich countries for the world economic crisis after a two-hour meeting with him in Havana.


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