2010年3月10日星期三

Yahoo! News: Brazil

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Brazil


Brazil leader rapped for stance on Cuba dissidents (AP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 05:36 PM PST

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, gestures during an interview with The Associated Press, in Brasilia, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Lula da Silva warned that U.S.-proposed sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program could lead to war in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)AP - Brazil's president came under withering criticism Wednesday at home and in Cuba for his deference to the island's communist government over political prisoners and hunger strikes for human rights.


Brazil, Germany clash on Iran nuclear sanctions (AFP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 12:25 PM PST

Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim (R), chats with his German counterpart Guido Westerwelle, during a meeting at the Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia, Brazil. Brazil and Germany differed sharply Wednesday on whether to threaten Iran with fresh United Nations sanctions in a bid to rein in its disputed nuclear program.(AFP/Adriano Machado)AFP - Brazil and Germany differed sharply Wednesday on whether to threaten Iran with fresh United Nations sanctions in a bid to rein in its disputed nuclear program.


Lula calls on Obama to resolve trade dispute (AFP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 10:39 AM PST

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, pictured in February 2010, called Wednesday on President Barack Obama to put his weight behind a quick resolution to a US-Brazilian trade dispute.(AFP/File/Jose Cabezas)AFP - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called Wednesday on President Barack Obama to put his weight behind a quick resolution to a US-Brazilian trade dispute.


Brazil's Silva: A Rousseff win would KO machismo (AP)

Posted: 10 Mar 2010 01:24 AM PST

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvia, second right, talks to young athletes during the opening ceremony of a sports complex at the Rocinha slum in Rio de Janeiro, accompanied by Brazil's Chief of Staff Dilma Rousseff, second left, Monday, March 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)AP - Brazil's president said his hand-picked candidate to succeed him in October's election would help do away with machismo by becoming the first female president of Latin America's largest and most influential nation.


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