During a visit to Brasília by Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega, President Lula said that progressive democratic reforms in Central America merited greater attention from the United Nations.
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The Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries, meeting this week in Luanda, has a combined population of over 230 million. Portuguese ranks third among the European languages in terms of the number of native speakers around the world.
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Brazil calling – The Economist – 28/7
Amazon deforestation in dramatic decline, official figures show – Guardian – 23/7
World Cup handover puts spotlight on Africa-Brazil ties – BBC – 10/7
Brazil gears up for close presidential contest – BBC – 6/7
In Lula's footsteps – The Economist – 1/7

Climate change, the world trade negotiations and the reform of international financial institutions were among the subjects discussed at the Brazil-European Union summit in Brasília on 14 July. Read the Brazil-EU joint statement (Portuguese followed by English).

The Embassy of Brazil in London announces selection procedures for the position of Assistant Cook. For further details click here.
A Embaixada do Brasil em Londres inicia processo seletivo para vaga de Assistente de Cozinha. Para maiores informações clique aqui.

The Southbank Centre in London is hosting a summer-long Brazilian arts festival featuring musical icons such as Gilberto Gil, Maria Bethânia, Os Mutantes and Tom Zé; Brazilian visual arts in the Hayward Gallery; design from the Campana brothers; and talks with writer Milton Hatoum and ex-footballer Socrates. For further information visit www.southbankcentre.co.uk/brazil

25 June - 11 August 2010
Gallery 32, 32 Green Street, London W1K 7AT
Part of the International Showcase of the London Festival of Architecture, the exhibition explores how innovation in design can be arise from collaboration and creative exchange. With Brazil set to host major international events such as the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games, its cities are coming under intense scrutiny. Designers, politicians, communities, businesses and visitors are part of a swarm of interests and possibilities that will shape those cities, and the lives of their inhabitants, in the near future. Read more

Life Rio de Janeiro’s favelas, now home to more than a quarter of the city’s population, is explored by American sociologist Janice Perlman in this new book. In the early 1970s Perlman conducted a study of 750 favela residents, publishing her findings in The Myth of Marginality (1976). More than 30 years later she returned to Rio to track down these original participants and see what the changes in their lives revealed about the prospects for social mobility in Brazil.
Favela: Four Decades of Living on the Edge in Rio De Janeiro
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