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2010-03-10 21:37

Lula calls on Obama to resolve trade dispute (AFP)

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.


2010-03-10 21:37

Brazil leader blasted for stance on Cuba prisoners (AP)

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, speaks 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 is coming under criticism for his deference to the Cuban government regarding the island's political prisoners and hunger strikes over human rights.


2010-03-10 21:37

Brazil, Germany clash on Iran nuclear sanctions (AFP)

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.


2010-03-10 14:19

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

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.


2010-03-10 06:53

US seeks talks to avert trade war with Brazil (AFP)

US Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke (C) leaves the Brazilian Trade Ministry after meeting with the Brazilian Trade Minister Miguel Jorge, in Brasilia. Locke said Tuesday that Washington was seeking talks with Brazil before it imposes retaliatory trade tariffs for US cotton subsidies the WTO ruled as discriminatory.(AFP/Adriano Machado)AFP - Visiting US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said Tuesday that Washington was seeking talks with Brazil before it imposes retaliatory trade tariffs for US cotton subsidies the WTO ruled as discriminatory.


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