Dilma Rousseff and Lula
In response to a proposal by Brazilian former Environment minister and senator Marina Silva, minister Dilma Rousseff, president Lula’s chief of staff and the head of the Brazilian delegation at the COP-15 in Copenhagen, said that such a contribution of 1 billion reais (US$ 571 million) as suggested by Silva for an international climate fund wouldn’t mean a thing.
Rousseff used the Brazilian expression “nem faz cosquinha,” which means literally it doesn’t even tickle. Marina Silva is among the 700 Brazilians in Copenhagen, making for the world’s largest delegation at the global warming meeting. (more…)
The Brazilian Federal Supreme Court, the highest ranking court in Brazil, ruled against an appeal filed by O Estado de S. Paulo, among the three most important daily newspapers in the country, requesting the reversal of a lower court decision that prevents it from publishing information relating to a federal police investigation.
The enquiry in question dealt with the actions of businessman Fernando Sarney, who is the son of Senate President and former president of Brazil José Sarney. (more…)
