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Ahmadinejad in Brazil: Why Lula Defies the U.S.

By Andrew Downie, from Time.com Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, and Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva wave to journalists at the Itamaraty palace in Brasilia Eraldo Peres / AP   A swing through Latin America this week by … Continue reading

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Brazil is ‘dancing through the crisis’, reports FT

Financial Times published yesterday a special report about Brazil. In its front page, the correspondent in Sao Paulo Jonathan Wheatley stated that Brazil is ‘dancing through the economic crisis’. The publication starts from a personal focus on the owners of a Brazilian … Continue reading

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The Crafty Superpower

From Newsweek – Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is on a roll. In recent weeks he’s shared a dais with Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy, and drew effusive praise (“My man!”) from Barack Obama at the G20 summit … Continue reading

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