Brazilian Prez to undergo tests after health scare: Aides

Last Updated: Saturday, January 30, 2010, 09:36

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will undergo health tests in a cardiac clinic this weekend, after a brief hospitalisation for high blood pressure, aides said on Friday.

Brazil`s Silva hospitalised with hypertension

Last Updated: Thursday, January 28, 2010, 21:40

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva suffered an attack of high blood pressure just before he was to leave for Switzerland and was hospitalised overnight, officials said. He was released early on Thursday.

Brazilian President hospitalised, cancels Davos trip

Last Updated: Thursday, January 28, 2010, 16:46

An "exhausted" Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was hospitalized in the northeastern city of Recife after suffering hypertension, the President`s office said early Thursday.

Brazil`s Lula signs law cutting CO2 emissions

Last Updated: Thursday, December 31, 2009, 00:29

Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday signed a law requiring that Brazil cut greenhouse gas emissions by 39 per cent by 2020, meeting a commitment made at the Copenhagen climate change summit.

Lula inaugurates new Rio subway station -- 20 years late

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 22, 2009, 09:16

Brazil`s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has inaugurated a long-awaited subway station at Rio`s Ipanema beach that links to the neighbourhood where most of the 2016 Summer Olympics will be held.

Abbas, Lula hold talks on Middle East

Last Updated: Friday, November 20, 2009, 08:50

Brazil`s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva received Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas here for the first in a series of discussions on forging peace in the Middle East, the Foreign Ministry has said.

Brazil blackout cause uncertain: President

Last Updated: Saturday, November 14, 2009, 12:13

Brazil`s President suggested that bad weather may not have caused a massive blackout that left nearly a third of the population without electricity, saying he`ll wait for an investigation to conclude how the outage happened.

Brazil seeks closer trade ties with Iran

Last Updated: Sunday, September 27, 2009, 10:05

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said his country wants increased trade relations and dialogue with Iran, despite confirmation that Tehran has built a second nuclear-enrichment plant.

Lula and Obama compete for Olympic host pick

Last Updated: Saturday, September 26, 2009, 10:00

A sporting duel between US President Barack Obama and his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva heated up on Friday over who -- if either of them -- gets to host the 2016 Summer Olympics.