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Brazilian Tall Ships

The Brazilian Naval Attaché in Washington, Rear Admiral José Fernandes Nunes, invites you and your family to visit the Brazilian Tall Ship "Cisne Branco" during her stay in Baltimore, MD.

The "Cisne Branco" will be open to public visitation between April 25 to April 29, from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.For more information call (202) 238-2816.

Interview with Brazil's President

From "The Economist": Interview with Brazil's President, Igancio Lula da Silva. February 24th, 2006 Download LulaInterview.pdf

Comments on the Interview on "THe Economist"

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Lula's Lament

Hilary Wainwright; ZNet; September 23, 2005

'When there is such an overwhelming disaster and you see yourself as part of this disaster, you begin to question your whole life. Why so many years of sacrifice and struggle?' Congressman Fernando Gabeira expresses the feelings of many petistas - members or supporters of the Brazilian Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) - when they heard that the party they built or supported as an instrument of democratic, ethical politics, was governing on the basis of systematic corruption.

Inequality - the Root Cause of Poverty in Latin America

Mario Osava; Inter Press Service; September 12, 2005

RIO DE JANEIRO, Sep 12 (IPS) - The unequal distribution of wealth remains the underlying cause of poverty throughout Latin America, although the region's countries have made widely varying degrees of progress towards meeting the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

Brazil's problem is the neoliberal model

Joao Pedro Stedile interviewed by Angelica Gutierrez; ZNet; September 9, 2005

In recent weeks, a corruption scandal has engulfed the government of Luis Ignacio ‘Lula’ da Silva in Brazil, with demonstrations from both the Left and the Right against the president and the current regime.

Joao Pedro Stedile, who spoke in Vancouver in the fall of 2003, is an economist and a central leader of the Landless Workers Movement (MST), one of the world’s largest and most dynamic social movements. On September 7, Brazil’s Independence Day, the MST is organizing mass mobilizations as part of its efforts to put forward a popular political project in opposition to neo-liberalism.

Stedile was interviewed last month on America Latina al Dia (ALAD), a programme that airs every Saturday from noon to 2p.m. on 102.7FM Cooperative Radio, about the corruption crisis and the overall state of political struggle in Brazil. The interview was conducted by ALAD host Angelica Gutierrez, with interpretation by Steve Stewart of Latin American Connexions, a bilingual, tri-annual newspaper.