Brazil and Israel have declared their intention to triple their current of trade, to more than US3 billion, during the current visit that the Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva pays to the country. “We will triple trade between Israel and Brazil by 2015” Paulo Skaf, president of the Federation of Industries of the [...]
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Brazil Elbows U.S. on the Diplomatic Stage
By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO, from The New York Times BRASÍLIA — Brazil’s ambitions to be a more important player on the global diplomatic stage are crashing headlong into the efforts of the United States and other Western powers to rein in Iran’s nuclear arms program. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Monday that the world [...]