The leaders of Brazil, India and South Africa solidified their ties Wednesday at a summit that highlighted the regional powers’ role as reprasentatives for the developing world. The leaders pressed for United Nations reform, urged richer nations to yield on heated trade talks and agreed to boost their cooperation on energy.
Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Saturday accepted his nomination by the leftist Worker’s Party (PT) to run for a second term in October elections. ”I’m here today to tell you that the dream has not ended and that hope has not died,” Lula (60) said at a national PT convention in Brasilia.
More gang violence rocked São Paulo, Brazil’s biggest city, on Tuesday as assailants continued attacks against police and other targets, which now have left at least 99 people dead. Overnight attacks left up to 19 dead.
