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President Lula hosts Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva welcomed Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly to the Planalto presidential palace on Wednesday (Jun. 28), in Brasília. The meeting focused on discussions regarding the environment, defense, trade, and investment agendas between Brazil and Canada.According to the Brazilian presidential office, Lula and Joly agreed on the importance of organizing business missions to enhance trade and investment relations between the two countries.During the meeting, Minister Joly extended an invitation to President Lula from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to visit Canada. In return, President Lula reciprocated the invitation.Mélanie Joly's visit to Brazil coincides with the fourth meeting of the Brazil-Canada Strategic Partnership Dialogue, which serves as...

Brazil resumes role as environmental leader, Norwegian minister says

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Brazil resumes role as environmental leader, Norwegian minister says

Norwegian Minister of Climate and Environment Espen Barth Eide said on Wednesday (Mar. 22) Brazil is resuming the global leadership it once had in environmental issues. The statement was made during a meeting in Brasilia with Brazilian Minister of Environment and Climate Change Marina Silva.The two ministers released a joint statement in which they reaffirmed the bilateral partnership on climate and forests, which started in 2008, with the launch of the Amazon Fund, by Brazil, and of the International Climate and Forests Initiative (NICFI), by Norway.Global LeadershipBarth Eide said to the Brazilian minister that "Brazil has shown global leadership in the past and is doing it again now." According to the Norwegian minister, the international community should spare no effort to mobili...

Brazil Justice Minister presents Democracy Package

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Brazil Justice Minister presents Democracy Package

Brazil’s Minister of Justice and Public Safety Flávio Dino presented Thursday (Jan. 26) to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva the proposals to toughen the legislation on crimes against the democratic state of law. The initiative called Democracy Package is a reaction to the terrorist acts that took place on January 8, in Brasilia.The package includes several projects that are being discussed so that "at the beginning of the legislative period, President Lula can talk to the other powers and see the destiny of the projects that were elaborated here," Dino said in an interview to the press.Next week there will be the opening of the Judicial year at the Supreme Court and the Legislative year, in the National Congress, with the inauguration of the elected and reelected members of the Hous...

Justice Minister: Federal Police investigate genocide against Yanomami

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Justice Minister: Federal Police investigate genocide against Yanomami

Brazil’s Minister of Justice and Public Security Flavio Dino confirmed Wednesday (Jan. 25) the opening of a Federal Police inquiry on the crime of genocide against the Yanomami indigenous people in the northern state of Roraima. During recent years the ethnic group has struggled under a health crisis, with deaths caused by malnutrition and the proliferation of diseases such as malaria.“We have a law on genocide in Brazil, which is very old, sanctioned by Juscelino Kubitschek in 1956. This law is still in force and covers various types of genocide practices, involving not just killing, but also violating physical and mental integrity, as well as actions and omissions that lead to the extermination of a given ethnic group. Based on what I saw, on what society saw, I have no doubt there was...