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Topic: Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
General Assembly is held at the United Nations in New York
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, president of Brazil, addresses to the 63rd session of the General Assembly of the United Nations at the UN on September 23, 2008 in New York City.
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Brazil opposes potential Bolivian coup
BRASILIA, Brazil, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- The Brazilian government is against any attempt to overthrow the government in Bolivia, a foreign policy official says.
Analysis: Brazil debates oil fortune
Brazil has just tapped into the first of its newfound pre-salt oil discoveries, and already lawmakers are looking for ways to spend the expected multibillion-dollar windfall.
Brazil starts rain forest protection fund
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- Brazil is soliciting $21 billion in international donations to finance its efforts to protect the Amazon rain forest, government leaders say.
Analysis: Brazil's leader defends ethanol
MIAMI, June 11 (UPI) -- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said the world's oil companies are behind the bad press regarding his country's ethanol sector, denying claims by some that the industry uses slave labor and is responsible for deforestation in the Amazon.
Analysis: Brazil strikes oil ... again
MIAMI, June 4 (UPI) -- Brazil's oil bounty apparently continues to grow with the discovery of a new deposit of sweet crude off the coast of Sao Paulo state, according to energy officials.
Poll: Spaniards dislike Venezuela's Chavez
MADRID, May 30 (UPI) -- Spaniards dislike Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez most among world leaders, including U.S. President George W. Bush, a poll indicated.
Brazil, Germany, to work on renewables
BRASILIA, Brazil, May 19 (UPI) -- Brazil and Germany have signed a deal on energy cooperation.
Brazil: Mayors and judge nabbed in scandal
RIO DE JANEIRO, April 10 (UPI) -- More than a dozen Brazilian mayors and a judge were arrested in an alleged scheme to abscond with funds from the social security plan, federal officials said.
Lula: Brazil, Spain rift will be solved
RIO DE JANEIRO, March 20 (UPI) -- Brazil's president says he is certain his country's dispute with Spain regarding the deportation of Brazilian citizens could be resolved.
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