<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva: News &amp; Videos about Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Luiz_Inacio_Lula_da_Silva</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:21:12 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva: News &amp; Videos about Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Luiz_Inacio_Lula_da_Silva</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Ahmadinejad's visit to Brazil draws criticism</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/11/23/iran.south.america/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/11/23/iran.south.america/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signed a series of agreements Monday after the controversial Iranian leader arrived at the first of three Latin American nations he will visit this week.</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Brazilians celebrate Olympics bid in Rio de Janeiro</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/10/02/rio.celebration/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/10/02/rio.celebration/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Thousands of people celebrated Friday on crowded Copacabana beach as the announcement that Brazil had been chosen as the 2016 Olympics host played live over huge screens erected above the sand.</description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 03:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rio's victory is a victory for Lula da Silva, too</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/10/02/brazil.lula.olympics/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/10/02/brazil.lula.olympics/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The 63-year-old bearded fireplug of a man erupted in tears, pulled a white handkerchief from his back pocket, carefully unfolded it and pressed it into his eyes, pulled it away, pressed it again to his eyes, this time with more force, pulled it away again just long enough to take a sip of water, then rubbed them again.</description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 03:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rio de Janeiro to host 2016 Olympics</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/02/olympics.2016/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/10/02/olympics.2016/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee announced Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Biden meets leaders ahead of G-20 summit</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/27/biden.chile.g20.london/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/27/biden.chile.g20.london/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Five days before world leaders meet in England for the G-20 Summit, Vice President Joe Biden is attending a two-day conference in Chile that includes seven Latin American and European heads of state.</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:54:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Brazilian president seeks more clout for countries like his</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/25/zakaria.gps.lula/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/25/zakaria.gps.lula/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says emerging industrialized nations like Brazil, China and India should have a greater say in world affairs.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Brazil gets bruised by Wall Street</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/20/news/international/brazil_economy.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/20/news/international/brazil_economy.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>It was not a week for celebration for President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil, even though on March 14 he did become the first Latin American leader to be received by President Obama in the White House. First there was the embarassment reported by the New York Times of the Americans changing the date of the White House meeting, allegedly because of the St. Patrick's Day holiday, and then there was that slight misspelling of President da Silva's name in the White House press release. 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</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1735644,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1735644,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>As food prices soar, the world is looking askance at biofuels. Brazil's  President Lula wants to change that
</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Amazon Gets Less and Less Green</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1707121,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1707121,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The demands of the global food and energy market may literally be eating away at the world's largest single natural absorber of carbon dioxide</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Brazil leader's ex-aide to face corruption trial</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/08/28/brazil.scandal.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/08/28/brazil.scandal.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Brazil's Supreme Court has agreed to rule on corruption charges against former Cabinet members in a bribes-for-votes scandal that severely damaged the reputation of the president's party.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Brazil high court agrees to government bribery trial</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/08/24/brazil.court.reut/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/08/24/brazil.court.reut/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Brazil's Supreme Court voted Friday to put on trial the first of 40 people accused of operating an illegal fundraising scheme by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's ruling party and allies in Congress.</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 07:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pilot in Brazilian crash tried to abort landing, official says</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/07/18/brazil.plane.crash/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/07/18/brazil.plane.crash/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>An initial probe of a Brazilian plane crash that killed nearly 200 people suggests the airliner's pilot tried to abort a landing, an official said Wednesday. </description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Healing World Bank won't be easy: Zoellick</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/06/18/news/international/bc.worldbank.zoellick.reut/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/06/18/news/international/bc.worldbank.zoellick.reut/index.htm</guid><description>Healing the wounds and conflicts at the World Bank will be a difficult task in the aftermath of an ethics scandal, Robert Zoellick, the bank's likely next president, said on Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Brazil to Subsidize Birth Control</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1625886,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1625886,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Da Silva announced a new program Monday to sharply decrease unwanted pregnancies in Latin America's largest nation by subsidizing birth control pills</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2007 12:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>THE WORLD AT RISK</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/04/02/8403452/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/04/02/8403452/index.htm</guid><description>1. Brazil </description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2007 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Detained Britons say crew 'intruded' in Iran's waters</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/01/iran.sailors/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/01/iran.sailors/index.html</guid><description>New video on Iranian government-run TV networks Sunday showed two of the 15 British detainees being held in Iran.</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2007 16:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ethanol tops U.S.-Brazil talks</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/04/01/bush.lula/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/04/01/bush.lula/index.html</guid><description>President Bush and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Saturday discussed global warming, ethanol and trade, as well as poverty, hunger, disease and peace in the Middle East, the leaders said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2007 05:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Brazil may send troops to quell Rio gangs</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/01/02/brazil.violence/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/01/02/brazil.violence/index.html</guid><description>Rio de Janeiro's new government said it was meeting Tuesday with Brazil's top security official to discuss its request for federal troops to combat a wave of gang violence that President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has called "terrorism."</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2007 17:57:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The world at risk</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/11/27/8394460/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/11/27/8394460/index.htm</guid><description>1. Mexico The Fox administration will resolve much of the political crisis in Oaxaca before incoming President Felipe Calderón takes power, but the social malaise from which the conflict arose will... </description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2006 22:28:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The world at risk</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/10/30/8391856/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/10/30/8391856/index.htm</guid><description>1. 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