Brazil and UK launch cultural partnership programme
20 November 2009
The Pontos de Contato/Points of Contact
partnership, currently in its first phase, is set to
become an ongoing cultural exchange programme.
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Brazilian government delegation concludes successful visit to London
06 November 2009
President Lula participated in the Financial Times
Investing in Brazil Summit in London on 5 November with
a delegation including chief of staff Dilma Rousseff,
finance minister Guido Mantega, social communication
minister Franklin Martins, central bank governor
Henrique Meirelles and deputy foreign minister Antonio
Patriota. He also received the Chatham House Prize
2009, met British prime minister Gordon Brown at 10
Downing Street and had an audience with the Queen at
Buckingham Palace.
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Global Fellowship students travel to Brazil
16 July 2009
A group of UK school and college leavers will be
spending six weeks in Brazil as part of the second year
of the Prime Minister's Global Fellowship programme.
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Gordon Brown visits Brazil
26 March 2009
On 26 March the British prime minister had wide-ranging
discussions with President Lula in Brasília ahead of
the G20 summit in London on 2 April. Read
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São Paulo to host JETCO meeting
28 August 2008
The third meeting of the UK-Brazil Joint Economic and
Trade Committee (JETCO) will be taking place in São
Paulo on 1 September. Read
more
Brazil-UK joint statement on world trade
10 July 2008
At the G8 summit in Japan, Brazil and the UK have
issued a joint statement on the current world trade
negotiations.
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Minister for Development, Industry and Trade in London for JETCO
18 September 2007
Minister Miguel Jorge attended meetings of the
UK-Brazil Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO) on
19 and 20 September.
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Congratulations from Celso Amorim to David Miliband
29 June 2007
Message of congratulations sent by the Brazilian
foreign minister, Celso Amorim, to David Miliband, on
his appointment as Foreign Secretary.
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Congratulations from President Lula da Silva to Gordon Brown
28 June 2007
Message of congratulations sent by President Luiz
Inácio Lula da Silva to Gordon Brown on his becoming
Prime Minister.
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UK-Brazilian partnership in science and technology
18 April 2007
A delegation of British scientists today visited
Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE)
and the Brazilian aircraft manufacturing company
EMBRAER, one of the largest in the world.
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Chief scientific adviser to British government visits Brazil
30 March 2007
The official visit by Sir David King includes meetings
with representatives of the Brazilian government and
scientific community.
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University of London seminar discusses education in Brazil
16 November 2006
The agenda of the International Seminar on Education,
Equality and Social Justice will include Brazilian
government initiatives aimed at widening access to
education.
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UK sports minister visits Rio de Janeiro social project
15 September 2006
British sports minister Richard Caborn will today visit
an innovative sports and social centre in a Rio de
Janeiro favela. The British government made a
financial donation to help with the construction of the
centre, which opened last year.
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Brazil and United Kingdom sign sports cooperation treaty
11 September 2006
A bilateral cooperation agreement will be signed
tomorrow by the Brazilian sports minister, Orlando
Silva, and the British sports minister, Richard Caborn,
in São Paulo.
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British Trade and Industry Secretary visits Brazil
07 September 2006
Alistair Darling’s three-day trip includes the first
meeting of the Joint Economic and Trade Committee
(JETCO), aimed at further improving economic relations
between the UK and Brazil.
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