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unusual facts about Brazilian President



Amazon Surveillance System

Brazilian police wiretapped a telephone conversation between a special advisor to the Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso, and Raytheon's operative in Brazil, Jose Afonso Assumpcão.

United Nations Security Council Resolution 940

Brazilian President Itamar Franco strongly opposed the UN decision, saying "The Security Council's special powers should not be invoked in an indiscriminate manner in the name of a 'search for more rapid means' to respond to attacks on democracy, because it violates the basic principles of peaceful co-existence between nations and normal UN legal procedures."


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Amir Peretz

For his movement in latter years towards "third way" positions, as well as for his earthy and warm personality, Peretz has been compared to Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Augusto Farias

He is a brother of the murdered businessman Paulo Cesar Farias, who was the campaign treasurer of Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello.

Edward A. Lacey

Throughout his career he worked as a translator and taught literature and English as a second language in Mexico, Trinidad, Brazil, Greece and Thailand, including a stint as a private tutor to former Brazilian president Juscelino Kubitschek.

Ford Y-block engine

A new building was opened on November 21, 1958 by the Brazilian President, Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, to produce the first Ford engine in South America.

Julio Ximenes Senior

He had also served as a Captain in São Paulo during the Revolution of 1930-1932, which ultimately brought twice-Brazilian President, Getúlio Vargas, into power for the first time.

Maria das Graças Silva Foster

On February 9, 2012, Foster was elected to serve as a member of the Petrobras Board of Directors and after a nomination by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, she was chosen to take over the helm of the company as the Chief Executive Officer, replacing José Sérgio Gabrielli, who had served as the head of the company for seven years.

Milhem Cortaz

In 2009 he starred as Cazé on Record's Chamas da Vida and played the deceased father of current Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Fábio Barreto's Lula, o filho do Brasil.

Paulo Cesar Farias

He was released in December 1995 by an indult from the Brazilian president Fernando Henrique Cardoso.

Walter Moreira Salles

Known for his discretion, amicable character and charm, the ambassador had many famous friends, including the rock musician Mick Jagger, former Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso, and the actress Greta Garbo.