With less than two weeks to go before the 121st International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session in Copenhagen, one the Rio 2016 bid’s most prominent supporters – President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva – was honoured with the Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service at a dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria ho...
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will be in Copenhagen on 2 October to support Rio de Janeiro’s bid to host the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Lula will participate in Rio 2016’s last presentation to the International Olympic Committee, at the IOC Session in the Danish capital, directly be...
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been awarded the 2008 Félix Houphouët-Boigny Prize for his activities in support of world peace. The event was held at the headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris. Created 20 years ago, ...
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been chosen to receive the 2008 Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize. Many of the winners in previous years also went on to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. The award ceremony will take place in July.The UNESCO award was created in 1989 and is given to ...
In an interview with CNN’s Spanish TV channel, US President Barack Obama said that Brazil “is an economic power and a key player in the international scenario.” Obama went on to say that he and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva “should be partners.”The good relationship between Obama an...
Rio de Janeiro hosted the Latin America World Economic Forum from 14 to 16 April. During the meeting of heads of state, government officials and business leaders, confidence in the strength of the Brazilian economy was reaffirmed. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who hosted the meeting, took ...