President Lula

Things President Obama's Briefing Papers Can't Tell Him About Brazil

Marilia Duffles | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marilia Duffles

As you land in Rio de Janeiro with its magnificent mountains rising from the ocean, you may think you're landing in Honolulu. Next you will notice that Brazilians are truly happy.

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The Folly of Brazil's Exceptionalism

Daniel Wagner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreign Aid, Gdp, Foreign-Diplomacy, Brazil, President Lula Da Silva, BRIC Countries, China, President Lula, Barack Obama, World News
Daniel Wagner

Brazil has achieved its status based more on potential than economic performance and while President Lula has earned his popularity in Brazil, on the global political stage, he has made a mess of things.

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Dear President Lula of Brazil: Please Ask, in My Name, for My Right to Travel

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Freedom to Travel, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, Human Rights, Dado Galvao, Cuba, President of Brazil, President Lula, World News
Yoani Sanchez

In theory, I meet all the existing requirements to temporarily leave Cuba, but I am still emitting critical opinions and this turns me into a special kind of criminal. I have been denied permission to travel six times in two years.

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Brazil: Futebol Before Politics

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Italy, Dunga, Brazil, World Cup, Luis Inacio Lula Da Silva, World Cup 2010, President Lula, Nfl, Npt, Iran, Hillary Clinton, Sports News
Eric Ehrmann

Brazil has won the world's most prestigious sports event five times. But the individualism promoted by globalist sports marketing with its high salaries and endorsement deals is starting to erode national culture.

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Lula Must Not Undermine Brazil's Chance to Be the Next "Indispensable Nation"

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Clemons

As it sits at a clear breakout point in its global ascendance -- and just before President Lula's upcoming trip to Tehran -- Brazil faces fundamental choices about the type of nation it wants to be.

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Brazil's Charmingly Un-PC President

Marilia Duffles | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Charles Dickens, Economy, England, Brazil, Racism, G-20, London, Political Correctness, President Lula, World News
Marilia Duffles

Like President Lula, I am also Brazilian and occasionally engage in cross-cultural communication with a Brit. My husband.

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Challenging the Dogma of Yesterday's Men

Ann Pettifor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alternative Economists, Washington-Concensus, Larry Summers, Imf, President-Lula, Liberal Economists, Tim Geithner, Economy, Business News
Ann Pettifor

If white bankers and economists have angered US citizens and roiled Congress, we should have the humility to understand how much more they have angered people in far away countries.

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Brazil's President Lula: 'White, Blue-Eyed Bankers Have Brought World Economy To Its Knees'

Mail Online | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gordon Brown's efforts to broker an £80billion bailout for world trade on a trip to Brazil hit a stumbling block tonight when the country's President...

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