Helping hand makes homeowners of poor

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Brazil Institute

Jonathan Wheatley-Financial Times, 07/02/2009
Alberto Silva da Cruz, a 28-year-old security guard, and his wife Genilsa, a 32-year-old cleaner, have just joined a queue about 200 metres long outside an annual housing fair held by Caixa Econômica Federal, Brazil’s government-owned savings and mortgage bank.
It is not yet 9am, more than an hour before opening time, by [...]

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Lula promises to help African countries with “green revolution”

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Brazil Institute

France Presse-Folha de São Paulo, 07/01/2009
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva spoke as an official guest at the opening ceremony of the 13th Summit of the African Union (AU), a gathering of all the African heads of state in Sirte, Libya, this Wednesday.
In keeping with an official theme of the summit, agricultural development, Lula pledged [...]

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