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Brazil: new President Lula Da Silva has dismissed the ambassador to Israel
In a step that is expected to indicate a shift in his country’s policy toward Israel, new President Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva has dismissed Brazil’s Ambassador to Israel, General Gerson Menandro Garcia de Freitas. This dismissal was signed by Minister of Foreign Affairs Mauro Vieira in one of the…
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Uruguay’s Congress expresses solidarity with Palestine
The Uruguayan Congress has held a special session for Palestine to express solidarity with the Palestinian people as they stand against the ongoing aggression of Israel’s military occupation. The session followed an invitation by number of deputies who support the Palestinian cause and the Uruguay-Palestine Parliamentary Friendship Committee which was…
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‘We deeply appreciate this historic gesture to open a Chilean embassy in Palestine’, Palestinian Community in Chile president speaks to MEMO
Thirty-six-year-old Gabriel Boric, the youngest Chilean president ever to have been elected, has announced yesterday that his country will raise the level of its representation in the Palestinian territories to an embassy in order to establish bilateral relations between Palestine and Chile that are currently only represented by a the…
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Brazil´s Congress hosts second deputy speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council Hassan Khreisheh
The Human Rights Committee of the Brazilian Parliament devoted a public hearing session on Wednesday evening to the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. For the first time, the Brazilian Parliament invited a number of Palestinians to come to Brazil and speak about the systematic human rights violations…
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Brazil Ambassador visits the Gaza Strip amid a warm welcome
The Brazilian Ambassador and Head of the Representative Office of Brazil to the State of Palestine, Alessandro Candeas, visited Gaza Strip where he was received warmly by the residents of Gaza. In turn, the Brazilian Ambassador has expressed his gratitude to the people of Gaza for their hospitability and explained…
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Brazil’s Congress holds a special session for Palestine on UN Solidarity Day
The Brazilian people still keep their promise to the Palestinians and show their solidarity on 29 November every year. This date was chosen by the UN in 1977 for International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People as it was on 29 November 1947 that the General Assembly adopted Resolution…
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Argentina celebrates as it renames one of its roads ‘Palestine Street’
Scores of people waved Palestinian flags as they gathered in the city of Santa Clara del Mar, in Argentina’s Buenos Aires State. They had come together to celebrate the renaming of one of its main roads in the city to “Palestine Street” and to mark the 34th anniversary of the…
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Will we witness a new Arab Spring in Brazil after Bolsonaro’s loss?
Twelve years ago pro-democracy protests, commonly known as the Arab Spring, shook the Middle East and North Africa challenging some of the region’s entrenched authoritarian regimes. But what about Brazil, the country that experienced one of the most integrity elections in the world and was regarded widely as evidence that Brazil is indeed one of the world’s great democracies?…
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Brazilian president-elect Lula’s presence is ‘important’ for COP27
More than ninety heads of state and government are in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, for the UN’s COP27 climate summit. Brazilian president-elect Lula Da Silva, who won the run-off poll against incumbent Jair Bolsonaro on 30 October, will attend the summit at the invitation of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi,…
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Brazil’s most popular leader is president once again
“There are not two Brazils. We are one country, one people, one great nation.” With these words, Brazil’s president-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known simply as Lula, started his first speech after his victory over far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro with 50.8 per cent of the vote in the election…
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A victory for Lula in Brazil, is a victory for Palestine
After a surprisingly tight result, Brazil’s election is going into a second round in which far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro will face left-winger Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva after the latter received 48.4 per cent of the votes cast, and the incumbent obtained 43.23 per cent. Twenty-years on from his first…
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Brazilian deputy asks Palestinian community to vote for Lula
A deputy from the Workers’ Party in Brazil’s Congress, Paulo Pimenta, has called on the Palestinian community in the country to support former president Lula da Silva in the run-off vote of the presidential election on 30 October. Pimenta pointed out that Lula has done a lot for the community…
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What does Bolsonaro’s loss mean to Israel?
In 2019, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro landed at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport reciting the Hebrew phrase “Ani ohev et Israel”— “I love Israel”. During his four years in office, Bolsonaro was able to express his love for Israel in many ways. Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was right when…
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Brazil: Palestine favourite Lula and friend of Israel Bolsonaro head for presidential runoff
All eyes were on Brazil yesterday as the people went to the polls to elect a president at one of the most pivotal moments in the country’s history. For months, pollsters and analysts have been saying that the leftist Lula da Silva (known universally simply as Lula) will be the…
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Brazil’s ‘Arab Latinos’ project seeks to strengthen Arab-Latin America ties
The acceptance of difference and respect for all, regardless of race or creed, are fundamental Brazilian values which have enabled immigrants to enter Brazil and blend into society with relative ease. In the 19th and 20th centuries, Arab migrants came mainly from the Levant: Lebanon, Palestine and Syria. According to…
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Latin America´s Presidents speak loudly for Palestinian rights at the United Nations
From 20 – 26 September, the United Nations General Assembly holds the 77th Session, where heads of State and Government come together at the UN Headquarters and discuss world issues. The majority of countries´ presidents talked about their country’s political, social and economic affairs. On the other hand, some Latin…
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Chile’s Palestinians praise Boric’s cancellation of Israeli ambassador’s credential ceremony, and look forward to more
Thirty-six-year-old Gabriel Boric, the youngest Chilean president ever to have been elected, refused Thursday morning to receive Israel’s new ambassador to Chile, Gil Artzyeli, who was summoned to the Chilean Presidential Palace to present his credential papers. The news was reported by Chilean newspaper Ex-Ante, however, the Chilean government denied…
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Palestinians showcase their land in Argentina’s Festival of Immigrants
With Israeli attacks ongoing in their homeland, the Palestinians living in Argentina know that they have a duty to preserve and share their culture and identity. The Festival of Immigrants and similar initiatives in Argentina allow them to do just that, and they had a presence there for the first…
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How does Arab normalisation with Israel affect the Palestinians of Latin America?
After decades of seeing Israel as an enemy state and refusing to establish diplomatic, economic or other ties with it, Arab countries are now signing peace deals with the occupation state. In 2020 four countries agreed to normalise relations with Israel, and many more are said to have softened their…
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Brazilian hands preserve Palestinian literature
Reading can take you into different worlds, and the adventures they contain can take on another dimension when books are read in different languages. New experiences beckon when reading something in a language very different to the original. This is what Brazilian Publishing House Tabla aims to provide. It focuses…
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How did Latin America react to Israel’s latest onslaught on Gaza?
A spokesman for EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell justified the latest Israeli onslaught on Gaza by claiming, “While Israel has the right to protect its civilian population, everything must be done to prevent a broader conflict.” The reality is that, as an occupying power, Israel has no right to…
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The 1990s Argentina bombings have come back to haunt Arab and Muslim communities
The bombings which targeted Argentina’s Jewish community in the 1990s have returned to haunt Arab and Muslim communities in the South American country following a new investigation by the Israeli Mossad spy agency in which Hezbollah is accused of being responsible. The report rejects suspicions that Argentinians were complicit or…
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The Palestinians of Brazil are a relatively undiscovered treasure
There are some 70,000 Palestinian refugees living in 26 states in Brazil. They have a significant presence in southern Brazilian states such as Rio Grande de Sol, Foz do Iguaçu and Santa Caterina. Many members of the Palestinian communities there belong to the professional classes, and they play a prominent…
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What after NASA’s revealing of first Images of the unseen universe?
“Today, we present humanity with a groundbreaking new view of the cosmos from the James Webb Space Telescope – a view the world has never seen before,” said NASA Administrator, Bill Nelson. With these words, NASA has announced a new achievment to the world. After decades of waiting, the world…