By Douglas Bolivar, Caracas / Venezuela Juan Carlos Valdez served as Venezuela’s ambassador to Barbados between 2007 and 2010. He is a lawyer by profession and an economist by practice for more than 30 years. He is a member of the national leadership of the Patria Para Todos (PPT) party and organization secretary for the state of Miranda. Together with ...
Reporting from Natal, Brazil This April 10, 2023, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva completed his first 100 days of government in his third time elected. The first words of the Pernambucan president’s speech were “Brazil is back”, once again having a government that ensures care for those in greatest need among the Brazilian people. He also said that “Brazil returned ...
By Michael Roberts * Published on October 30 before the elections, Roberts’ article provides deep insight into Brazil’s economic situation and challenges. These have not changed with the election results, quite the contrary, Roberts’ article describes the landscape that President-elect Lula faces. Therefore, we consider the article of great value, UWI. The latest polls put Workers Party leader Lula de ...
By Fernando Esteche * Lula achieved, despite the very complex architecture of alliances that he developed, 2 million more votes that allowed him to maintain his minimal advantage to consecrate himself as the electoral winner. In São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro the elected president lost. In Minas Gerais there was a technical tie. The surpassing 3,300,000 votes that he ...
Brazil has completed the first round of presidential elections, with favorite candidate Lula da Silva from Workers’ Party taking the lead. On October, the second round will take place, with Lula competing solely with incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro. Ahead of the second round, we spoke with representatives of the Workers’ Party about Lula’s expected foreign policy. Our interlocutors were Daniela ...
By Rodolfo Pablo Treber * In recent days, Brazil’s presidential candidate, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, defended the creation of a single currency in Latin America as a tool to expand relations between the countries of the region and break dependence on the US dollar. This old, but still valid idea emerges to the public debate in an opportune geopolitical ...
By Gabriel Galípolo and Fernando Haddad The Brazilian former President – and candidate for the upcoming elections in October, Lula da Silva has proposed “to end the dependency on the US dollar and crate a South American common currency”. With this statement, Lula has supported a concept presented by Gabriel Galípolo and Fernando Haddad. Galípolo is former President of the ...
With contribution from Douglas Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela “We cannot depend on the US dollar. We will reestablish relations our relations with Latin America. And we will establish a common currency in Latin America.” This statement belongs to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Lula has been President of Brazil between 2003 and 2011. He is expected to announce his official candidacy ...
“The BRICS alliance is strategic for Brazil’s national and sovereign development, the coming Lula government wil definitely not support efforts to isolate Russia internationally”, said Walter Sorrentino in interview with United World International. The conflict in Ukraine is continuing, while NATO’s eastward expansion, Russia’s response and US attempts of imposing global sanctions on Moscow are being discussed on nearly every ...
Reporting from Brazil On an 18-hour bus journey, passengers who begin their journey as strangers, somewhat suspicious, and demure in behavior, end the journey stripped of formalities (and shoes), becoming more trustful with each other than with their own families. Such a long trip would be enough to cross several countries in the world, but in Brazil, the route takes ...