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— trip is for lula? it is an important _ trip is for lula?or lula? it is an important trip for - trip is for lula? it is an important trip for him | trip is for lula? it is an l important trip for him in trip is for lula? it is an - important trip for him in part because it is an effort to really re—establish a very strong bilateral partnership with china which suffered somewhat under the previous bolsonaro administration. it is also important trip for lula because he has been regarded for many years now and certainly during his previous presidency as one of the president of the latin american region with the strongest overall personal ties to leadership in china. it was a very remarkable relationship wolumla ford with former president hujintao wolumla ford with former president hu jintao many years ago and anyways it's a homecoming for lula and will be envisaged as such. justice was mentioned previously, this is critically important in terms of reinforcing a lot of the trade and investment ties that have been established and have underpinned

approach but lula isolationist approach but lula is now back out on global stage.on that —— brazil �*s role on that global stage? that -- brazil 's role on that global stage?— global stage? yeah, that's true. since _ global stage? yeah, that's true. since lula _ global stage? yeah, that's true. since lula took- global stage? yeah, that's| true. since lula took office global stage? yeah, that's i true. since lula took office in january this year, he and his ministers have been repeating this slogan that says more or less that brazil is back, back, of course, to the international stage. it is, of course, a criticism of the foreign policy adopted by his predecessor, jair bolsonaro, but what we are seeing now is it's sort of a continuation of lula's foreign policy during the period of 2003 and 2010 when he also led the country. because lula and his close advisors have always placing a bet on multi—lateralism as a way of a certain brazil's role on international stage considering that brazil is not military nor an economic superpower. yes, so lula has an economic superpo

we must remember that before coming to china, lula hasjust that before coming to china, lula has justear that biden's administration is watching very closely the brazilian moves towards china a few weeks ago, a senior state department official, gray—nicolls, said the united states are focused on going to latin america that the united states is the best partner for the region, especially for brazil, but for the moment there is no indication whatsoever that the united states could retaliate brazil for its recent diplomatic moves. ., moves. so we mentioned as well that a lot of _ moves. so we mentioned as well that a lot of the _ moves. so we mentioned as well that a lot of the strippers - that a lot of the strippers about economic ties and trade and we mentioned the trade between brazil and china nearly hundred $53 billion, what —— lula hope to walk away with from this trip? —— a lot of the trip. from this trip? -- a lot of the tri -. ., , from this trip? -- a lot of the tri . _ ., , ., from this trip? -- a lot of the tri. ., ,., ., trip. that is one of the most interesting _ trip. that

how important do you think this trip is for lula?— trip is for lula?or lula? well, it's an important trip _ trip is for lula? well, it's an important trip for _ trip is for lula? well, it's an important trip for memory l trip is for lula? well, it's an - important trip for memory three in part because it is an effort to really re—establish a very strong bilateral partnership with china, which suffered somewhat under the previous boss and arrow administration. it is also an important trip because lula has been regarded as one of the presidents in the latin american region with the strongest overall personal ties to leadership in china. it was really a very remarkable relationship that lula forged with the former president and in many ways this is sort of a homecoming for lula and i think will be envisioned as such. just as was mentioned previously this is also critically important in terms of reinforcing a lot of the trade and investment ties that have been established and have underpinned the relationship now for about two decades but also to seek new

, but since lula was elected, people were expecting - to have a new lula, the lula that i could bringtogether ito stand for the reforms that should | be done, to do whatever is necessary to regrow the economy, i do whatever things that's — including the environment, but other issues as well. i and what we are seeing now is a government that, - after 100 years, as you said, - have not presented a programme that could be supporting this development that we are all expecting. _ it's not dealing with the congress properly, it's not addressing - i the issues that brazil is expecting i to see from someone who has occupied the presidency twice. oliver, it was an extraordinary political comeback for president lula, even though it was a very narrow — breathtakingly narrow election victory. but it is also a new brazil, more than a decade since he was in power. what kind of brazil does he have to confront now? i think it's much more difficult to govern than it was when lula was first president. it's a more polarised... from 2003 to 2010. it's a much more polarised brazil. and i think it's an ang

brazil's president, luiz inacio lula da silva — also known as lula — is headed there right now for anhina and brazil, are top of the agenda. he's first going to shanghai then beijing to meet with china's president xijinping on friday. china is brazil's largest trading partner. trade between brazil and china was nearly $153 billion last year. lula is looking to strengthen those economic ties. i spoke to leandro prazeres, who is following lula on his trip. lula is likely to raise this idea of a peace club when it comes to negotiating a peace for the war in ukraine and he's looking to work with china on this. how viable are these peace efforts? well, diplomats i have been talking about is what brazil has presented so far is one of a statement of good intentions than a proper peace plan. what we heard from brazilian sources is that the chinese government will hear what brazil has to say about the crisis in ukraine, but they do not expect china to make a move towards this peace club that brazil — that mr lula da silva is proposing now. that's interesting. we have seen brazil in recent year

what i believe is that lula and his ministry - that lula and his ministry should _ that lula and his over the next years. - pillars for the transformation over the next years.- pillars for the transformation i over the next years. yes. it's important — over the next years. yes. it's important to _ over the next years. yes. it's important to have _ over the next years.“ it's| important to have trade—offs, absolutely, _ important to have trade—offs, absolutely, but _ important to have trade—offs, absolutely, but we _ important to have trade—offs, absolutely, but we need - important to have trade—offs, absolutely, but we need to i absolutely, but we need to understand _ absolutely, but we need to understand what _ absolutely, but we need to understand what are - absolutely, but we need to understand what are the l understand what are the critical _ understand what are the critical pillars— understand what are the critical pillars that - understand what are the critical pillars that must| understand what are the . critical pillars that must be fixed — critical pillars that must be fixed

lula is a president that recommends democracy, ——lula is a president that represents democracy, and thats on society, with a global pack but also a national political pack to come together to promote development, the pursuit of democracy, and those who have stakeholders here, this is a huge country, very important that we can recognise our diversity and difference to come together. you have sketched out the contacts, so i'm going to bring you in you say we do need permanent structures and laws, what would you advocate? i would really advocate that izabella talked about the past and then the future. one thing i think is really important is courage to look at the present, because right now, the best years together, we have been in the front of the fight for climate justice, and this was impossible for us to hold up all the destruction that was happening in the last few years because we had strong laws, strong safe words. what should lula do first, what would you say to him? regulated markets, and protect the conservation units that we still have that have not been destroyed, like the anima

lula's trip. trip been about sofar? , ,, ,., so far? this trip is 'ust about to net so far? this trip is 'ust about to get under_ so far? this trip is 'ust about to get under way, _ so far? this trip isjust about to get under way, presidentl to get under way, president lula da silva arrived in china late last night, he is currently in the country's financial capital shanghai. has agenda includes attending the inauguration of his protege and former brazilian president as the head of the bricks development bank. that is before he meets president xi jinping and other high—level chinese officials on friday. to get to your question, for lula this trip is part of his efforts to return brazil to the world's stage. his predecessor the far—rightjair world's stage. his predecessor the far—right jair bolsonaro, he pursued a more isolationist foreign policy and even adopted a bit of an anti—china rhetoric at times but not lula. since returning to power he really has been working to reclaim brazil's role in th

so if you compare lula's trip i so if you compare lula's trip to washington in february, which was quiteally huge. it takes hundreds of businessmen and women with them, lots of members, lots of politicians. and in a way, i think, the economic dependence of zeal on china will increase. already china buys about one third of brazil's exports and i think there is clearly a trend there that the relationship will deepen and lula believes we are moving towards a more as centric world and i think is also making clear that he would like to participate in the process of adapting international structures to that new reality, which explains why, for example, he insists on increasingly avoiding the use of the dollar when articulating trade between brazil and china. haifa when articulating trade between brazil and china.— brazil and china. how do you see the us — brazil and china. how do you see the us reacting - brazil and china. how do you see the us reacting to - brazil and china. how do you see the us reacting to all. brazil and china. how do you see the us reacting to all of| see the us reacting

what should lula do first, what would you say to him?ed carbon markets, and protect the conservation units that we still have that have not been destroyed, like the animal territory that has been invaded by 2000 illegal miners. we will talk about that because president lula did make his first visit to the amazon, it was hoped he might delineate those territories, but he has not yet. let me bring in marina. though it's not a party agenda and that's how it is, we are a big country, as you said, with the biggest forest, so we have a very clean mantra, so we are more sustainable than the rest of the world, we have a competitive advantage if we can compare ourselves to the rest of the world, so it is a state agenda no matter who was in power, and we want to be at the forefront of a low carbon transition because you think that there is this huge advantage but if you can have joint efforts with the federal government, that would be much easier, but of course we need more than that, we need all the institutions really in power, and we need effor

it was a stunning political come back for lula. he won the presidential election with the slimmest margin in decades, becoming the leader of a deeply polarized brazil. his priorities, boosting the economy, protecting the rain forest and tackling poverty. oh, probably. i have a lot of commitments buy a lot of tasks. but the essential one is to guarantee that every child woman, teenager, and man can have a coffee breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day. just a week after louis integration, a failed attempt to unseat him. thousands of far right extremists stormed the countries congress presidential palace and supreme court. lula vowed to punish the riotous, but the attack laid by the extent of the divide. his government would have to address on the foreign policy front lula has promised to put brazil back on the world stage after 4 years of his predecessors inward looking brazil, 1st dance. as it may pulpit out, we're going to recover the leading role and respect that brazil acquired in the world and south america in africa and in the

where mr lula da silva made a speech.ed for peace talks to bring the war in ukraine to an end. he also criticised the russian invasion of ukraine. his official visit to portugal has been marked by questions over the resignation of his top security adviser. but, first and foremost, over his stance on ukraine, lula has been strongly criticised after he claimed that both russia and ukraine are responsible for the ongoing war. 0n the recent trip to china, he also accused the us and the eu of contributing to the conflict. his remarks have been strongly condemned, and lula has been accused of parroting russian and chinese propaganda by the us and the eu. lula has now left portugal's to spain, where he's due to meet the spanish prime minister and king tomorrow. children and teenagers around the world could be at risk of rare diseases because of a fall in vaccine uptakes. but a new campaign from global health partners called the big catch—up is hoping to change that, and get shots in the arms of kids. 0ur correspondent simijolaos

lula da silva has been president _ is your assessment?fore - is your assessment? lula da silva has been president before and . is your assessment? lula da silva has been president before and it. is your assessment? lula da silva i has been president before and it was during a very different time of the country. a lot of optimism. brazil was a rising and emerging economy at this time, he inherited a very divided country, a broken country, fractured between left and right and also a very fragile economy as well because this is an economy that is still suffering the effects from the pandemic and it has the same cost of living crisis and high interest rates that we are seeing across many different countries. it is by far his biggest challenge. just a few daysin his biggest challenge. just a few days in office, we saw that there were massive protests in brasilia, with crowds breaking a lot of buildings and a lot of that came from the far right, that does not accept lula as a president. that was completely different from his first time in offic

a last year, earlier this week, lula announced plans to host a regional summit in august to renew the amazon cooperation treaty organization, to promote the sustainable development of the amazon basin. but is political will enough to end deforestation? what are the implications of the destruction of the amazon plenty to discuss. but 1st, let's take a closer look at the world's largest rain forest. well, it stretches across south america from the atlantic ocean on the east coast to the foothills of the and these mountains. it spans 9 countries, but 2 thirds of it is in brazil. it's one of the most bio diverse regions on the planet home to millions of species of insects, plants, birds, and wildlife. b, amazon absorbs more greenhouse gases than any other tropical forest. but scientists estimate that in the past 50 years, the brazilian amazon has shrunk by about 20 percent. lula is credited with reducing deforestation during his 1st presidential term in the early 2, thousands logging fell 70 percent down from its peak in 1995. when more than 29000 square kilometers were destroyed, lula ex

it wasn't just civilians in the street who were heckling lula.dent to portugal, his first official trip to europe since he was elected for a first term has triggered passion and protest, nearing the political divisions resilience have experienced over the last few years. earlier today demonstrations took place inside and outside the portuguese parliament where mr lula da silva made a speech, speaking to portuguese, lola praised the brazilian democracy and called for peace talks to bring the war in ukraine to an end. he also criticised the russian invasion of ukraine. has official visit to portugal has been marked by questions over the resignation of his top security adviser, but first and foremost over his stance on ukraine. lula has been strongly criticised after he claimed that both russia and ukraine are responsible for the ongoing was. on a recent trip to china, he also accused the us and eu of contributing to the conflict. his remarks have been strongly condemned and lula has been accused of parroting russian and chinese propaganda by the us

and president lula as decision to allow iranian warships to dock in rio de janeiro last month. also raised eyebrows among brazil's western allies foreign policy analysts. however, see these actions don't fall out of line with brazil's tradition of diplomatic non alignment. if anything, it seems to all be part of president lula desire to take a more leading role on the international stage. lula returning also to play a role in global affairs in the united nations. brazil is looking for the expansion of the security council. the number of members brazil will host the june 20 next year, is beginning to prepare for that in 2009 china surpass the u. s. s. brazil's main trading partner, president lula visit to beijing, could reposition brazil as an international power player, which many se deteriorated under rulers predecessor jade ball. so now i got to go to that. going to less. if we must remember that under lula, the bricks are found in the which is a group of emerging powers, including china, brazil, russia, india, and south africa. to create a strategic balance of power is i thi

so that you know, for or lula. this is the moment where he wants to show that brazil can be in the global arena, talking to different partners and leading emerging markets in this conversation. and it's the idea about, you know, brazil can lead latin america and other global south economies in a multi polar world that includes china and the united states as crucial partners. channels got you to reflect on that as well. and then i want to move on to the issue of a dollar the u. s. dollar dominance. and the cool for that to change 1st will just just respond to what you mean. it was just saying, yeah, for the i think definitely it is. the currency cooperation is one of the focus is for a new last visit to china. because both countries actually have the incentives to use their own currencies for trade, bilateral trade and also investments. as these days, i think i increasing number of countries actually are feeding that actually relying too much on the us dollar of or treat any investment sometimes could cause some pro

if you look at the meetings lula _ once again. if you look at the meetings lula has _ once again. the meetings lula has had on - once again. if you look at the | meetings lula has had on the message we've seen from him, do you think this trip has been a success for him?— success for him? and i think that in order _ success for him? and i think that in order to _ success for him? and i think that in order to really - that in order to really determine whether this trip is successful we really have to wait and see what comes out in terms of actual bilateral agreements. but in terms of objects we could say that resident lilla da silva's present in china is a success, he is a charismatic leader, he has just staged what is arguably a spectacular political comeback. in a matter of months turning to power his already visited the us and now china and he is clearly working to place brazil at the centre of world affairs by pursuing a prick attic and independent foreign policy. —— pragmatic and independent foreign policy. let's turn to some important news around the world. more details have b

and lula believes that we're moving towards a more asia centric world. process of adapting international structures to that new reality, which explains why, for example, he insists on increasingly avoiding the use of the dollar when articulating trade between brazil and china. yeah. how do you see the us reacting to all of this? you know, notjust the economics of it, as you were talking about there, but also the politics of it? well, the united states continues to be important, of course, in latin america. but clearly, brazil also utilises its deepening ties to china as a way to better manage a profoundly asymmetric relationship with washington. i think during the trump administration, the us has tried to reduce actively chinese influence. latin america has sought to convince other countries to stop using huawei, for example, the chinese telecommunications firm that has not worked. so there's clearly some concern because of the complementarity, economic complementarity between latin america and china. it will be, i think, quite difficult for the united s

yeah, no, the, the moves who's missing from doing the lula go over man. she really is trenton enforcement and oversight and received an amazon niece keen to tackle the for a station and destruction that you've seen in the last years, especially during the term of the former president. and the one thing that has been following is that these la to coffers, he promised to be in the, for a station to 0. he should there bunch of measures. and the good thing is that we are seeing the results of the data from the government release. very simply, for example, showed that fines for the, for a station included the more than to 200 percent. we saw like also the increase of caesar of goods related to the for a station. but of course, we cannot, can be innocent and think that all the tray of destruction from the last ears we will seize immediately in a fast way, drives the bandits from being acting for years. but the, to me, they are in the right track more i well, and the, the kind of the facts kind of bear that out on the deforestation still continuing as an alarmin

whats lula seeking? >> first of all, what lula wants, really to project brazil in a larger global role. despite the fact brazil is a democracy and china is not, it is and autocracy, brazil is trying to build a much more polar will -- much more multipolar world and in many ways, they share this vision with china, with other members of the bricks. they are trying to speak on behalf of the global south, and china and brazil have this certain affinity. lula is also there for economics. 20 agreements will supposedly be signed, mostly on economics. brazil is looking for investment. china is its largest export market for many of its raw materials, so there is a lot to be gained, but there is also a larger diplomatic ambition. >> will we be seeing off the back of this some kind of massive push to invest more in brazil? >> there are restrictions because there are concerns over china buying farmland. more likely is china will invest heavily. i will expect brazil to announce the belton road initiative. brazil is so

when more than 29000 square kilometers were destroyed, lula expanded programs for protected areas and enforced environmental laws. in 2019 enjoyable sonata took off, his deforestation skyrocketed. he opened up large parts of the amazon to business, loosen development regulations, cut spending for environmental agencies, and weakened indigenous land rights during is 4 years enough, is $45.00 and a half 1000 square kilometers of trees and plant life were raised to the ground. the. let's bring our guests into the show now have joining us from the brazilian city of bella as auntie carla mendez, an award winning investigative reporter with environment conservation. new site munger bay in south paolo, anna catalina al vinto, the brazil legal advisor at amazon watch and n geo that advocates for the protection of the rain forest and the rights of indigenous peoples in the amazon basin. and in london, we have michael jacob's professor of political economy at sheffield university. he served as a climate change adviser to former u. k. prime minister gordon brown. so a warm welcome to you, or if

power player, which many se deteriorated under lula predecessor jade ball. so now i gotta go to that, going to less, if we must remember that under lula, the bricks are found in the which is a group of emerging powers, including china, brazil, russia, india, and south africa. to create a strategic balance of the other world powers. i think, you know, michel, brazil's ministry of foreign affairs says at least 20 bilateral agreements are expect it to be signed, manuel, rap, hello al jazeera. ah, i'll just hear on these other top stories now. democratic lawmaker justin jones has been reinstated the u. s. state of tennessee who's expelled last month after leading a gun control protest following a mass shooting at a private school in nashville. 6 people including 3 children, were killed. 5 people had been shot.

brazil's president, lula da silva, is meeting the chinese leader, xi jinping at the climax of his official to china. there was a large ceremony to greet him upon his arrival. the two countries are signing a number of trade deals, as many as 20. they are also expected to discuss the war in ukraine. live now tojimena blanco, chief analyst and head of americas for the global risk intelligence company verisk maplecroft. she's in andalucia, spain. thank you so much forjoining us. take us through the agenda of this trip, what does lula want and from the chinese perspective? there are two areas of _ the chinese perspective? there are two areas of main _ the chinese perspective? there are two areas of main interest. - the chinese perspective? there are two areas of main interest. the - two areas of main interest. the first one is a commercial one. china is brazil�*s main trading partner. it is brazil�*s main trading partner. it is in competition neck and neck with the united states for market share and in numerous industries in the country. of course, agricultural commodities from brazil are cruci

certainly, lula is trying to walk the tight rope.he wants to remain friends with the united states he was in the u. s visiting with with joe biden earlier this year. obviously he's now with she the emphasis being on trade. but you know lula da silva. he does his own thing. he is a veteran leftist. leader and as far as he's concerned, he sees this as a return for brazil to the world stage. brazil is back. that is something that we heard from him when he was in shanghai yesterday, so he will try to navigate the international ah certainly, uh, this this this this you know sphere, hoping that that he can remain friends, i guess came with everybody. we'll see. thanks so much. anna coren appreciate that. all right , still to come searching for life in our solar system, the spacecraft mission to jupiter set to launch today have more details on that coming up, please statements. heart attack . do they have life insurance? no we have life insurance. john i'm trying to find sometething e can afford. fortunately in only a few minutes, select qu

lula says it ties deeply with touches right now. tensions have been intensified in beijing is looking to reduce its dependence on its largest trading partner. it’s dependence on its largest trading partner.— dependence on its largest trading partner. it's not 'ust brazil, china i trading partner. it's not 'ust brazil, china hasi trading partner. it's not 'ust brazil, china has been h trading partner. it's notjustl brazil, china has been urging other countries to settle trades with the chinese yuan. it seems to be making inroads, effective february it overtook the us dollar to become the most traded currency in russia. earlier i spoke with natwest markets and he told me although segments are increasing it's still incremental. i segments are increasing it's still incremental.— segments are increasing it's still incremental. i think from a bilateral— still incremental. i think from a bilateral standpoint - still incremental. i think from a bilateral standpoint as - still incremental. i think from a bilateral standpoint as wasl a bilate

there was a large ceremony to greet mr lula when he arrived.s the war in ukraine. let's get more from our correspondent, joao da silva, who's keeping across the story. hello to you. what can we expect from the meeting today?- hello to you. what can we expect from the meeting today? well, let me first start by — from the meeting today? well, let me first start by saying — from the meeting today? well, let me first start by saying that _ from the meeting today? well, let me first start by saying that indeed - first start by saying that indeed this meeting is a huge dealfor both sides. wejust saw this meeting is a huge dealfor both sides. we just saw those live pictures earlier of the huge welcome ceremony for president lula and the delegation, red carpet, a guard of honour and all of it. waiting for his delegation was very large group of high—level chinese officials and that signals the importance that the two sides attached to this visit. now we don't know exactly what is on the agenda for this meeting but there is at least a couple of issues th

so now, if i got a record of that going to less, then we must remember that and lula, the bricks are found, which is a group of emerging powers, including china, brazil, russia, india, and south africa to create a strategic balance of the other world. paul is, i think you click on michel, brazil's ministry of foreign affairs, says at least 20 bilateral agreements are expected to be side. manuel rap a low al jazeera, these 10 people having killed and dozens injured in the bus accident and through the double decker bus drove off a highway and turned over as it fell into a ravine. it was carrying more than 70 people from central to route to the capital . lima keepers government wants to revive the tourism sector with glossy new hotels, but families in the capital, living in aging dilapidated buildings, inflation and the u. s. blockade and mismanagement of the economy. many people are forced to choose between having food on the table or a roof over their heads. teresa by reports from the capital of anna. it's a unesco world heritage site, and it's crumbling. old of anna was founded in 15

luiz inacio lula da silva and xijinping are expected to sign trade deals. also discuss the war in ukraine. our correspondentjoao da silva has the latest from singapore. well, we don't know the exact contents of the agenda, but, as you mentioned there, there is at least a couple of issues that are likely to make it into the talks. first, of course, it is trade and investment. the brazilian side has said they expect to sign more than 20 bilateral agreements. it signals their desire to strengthen economic relations with china. president lula who was returned to power only a few months ago knows he needs brazil's largest trading partner if he is to deliver on his promises to fight poverty and to really boost brazil's stagnant economy. and china, it is also interested in consolidating trade ties with brazil. beijing is facing growing tensions with the us which is its largest trading partner, and it's really looking to boost its country's presence in other markets. and brazil, of course, being latin america's largest economy, makes it an obvious choice. now, the

that is president lula's meaning.is what china means when it says in its peace plan, we want a peace plan that respects the security interest of all parties. that is code word for saying, makepeace, end the war, but don't expand nato right up to the border. the american people have not heard an explanation of this all along. it is shocking to me because as a close observer for 30 years -- our newspapers won't even report the background to this. but this is why china, south africa, india, brazil are saying, we want peace but we don't want nato expansion as the meaning of so-called peace. we want the big superpowers to give each other some space and some distant so that the world isn't on a knife edge. that is what president lula was saying and the meaning of the chinese peace initiative is is to say, yes, absolutely makepeace, protect ukraine's sovereignty and security, but no 10 nato expansion. the biden administration won't even discuss this issue. that has been the major failing and the reason why we have not been a

president lula has perceived multilateralism.uite strong reasons for the country is to be allied, particularly from the brazilian side, which relies very heavily on china for trade. its biggest exporter things like soybeans, beef and ion, a lot of which goes to china. economically it is very tight with china. it which goes to china. economically it is very tight with china.— is very tight with china. it has been quite — is very tight with china. it has been quite some _ is very tight with china. it has been quite some time - is very tight with china. it has been quite some time since l is very tight with china. it has i been quite some time since that acronym, brics, was coined. since then, has it paled into more relevant, particularly when you consider the growing dominance of china and india surging not too far behind it. , �* ,, , behind it. yes, the brics surged in the 2000s, _ behind it. yes, the brics surged in the 2000s, but — behind it. yes, the brics surged in the 2000s, but in _ behind it. yes, the brics surged in the 2

so now i got to go to that, going to less than we must remember that under lula, the bricks are found in the which is a group of emerging powers, including china, brazil, russia, india, and south africa. to create a strategic balance of power is michel, brazil's ministry of foreign affairs says at least 20 bilateral agreements are expected to be signed. manuel rap, a low al jazeera, at least, and people have been killed and dozens injured in a bus accident in peru. the double decker bus drove off a highway and turned over as it fell into a ravine, it carrying more than 70 people from central korea to the capital lima. stevens. government wants to revise the torrison sector with glossy new hotels. but families of the capital are living in the aging dilapidated buildings, inflation, the u. s. blockade and mismanagement of the economy. when many people are forced to choose between having food on the table or roof over their heads, trees bo has more from her father. it's a unesco world heritage site and it's crumbling old of anna was founded in $1519.00 and was one of the largest sport in

well, that's not to case with lula. lula is widely regarded as a friend of china in beijing.t trip back since returning to power in january. now, lula was elected on an anti—poverty pro—growth platform. of course, he meets brazil's largest trading partner order the no —— in order to achieve these goals and that's why this objective of this trip is notjust to boost trade but diversity. —— diversity. brazil's top export to china are soy beaches and iron over. lula is expected to sign more than 20 deals in china. in sectors as varied as health care, education, science and technology. but there's a lot another stake here notjust for brazil, for china as well. china is facing growing tensions with its largest trading partner, the united states and it wants to retain access to vital markets such as brazil which has helped china meet its insatiable demand for natural resources over the last two decades. natural resources over the last two decades-— natural resources over the last two decades-_ two decades. thank you. we'll kee - two decades. thank you. we'll kee a two decades. thank

he's playing up to china — lula's... he's playing up to china this _ lula's... to keep qood — also very much wants to keep good relations with the united states — good relations with the united states. ., , ., ., , states. dave, do you agree? is this about — states. dave, do you agree? is this about business _ states. dave, do you agree? is this about business primarily . this about business primarily or is this a bigger question about us primacy as well? i about us primacy as well? i think this particular visit was very much, he brought a huge business delegation with him, right now the result china economic relationship is very much based on brazil shipping soybeans, other agricultural products to china but he wants to sort of deepen it and diversify that relationship, it seems like that is a big part of his economic agenda of course there is another message lula is trying to send which is brazil is back as a global player. he's talking about ukraine with president xi well, he has his idea of a peace club of non—aligned countries working together to bring peac

she, campaign, lula de, so are expected to sign at least 20 agreements between their countries. while right below, take a look at what's at stake in the meeting. brazil is seeking to establish stronger diplomatic ties with china and the visit by brazilian president reecy. now seal lula the seal, but to beijing, this week i will formally kick off this new phase of the bilateral relationship. well, when she died home, baffling it up, china looks forward to working with brazil to take president lola's wizard as an opportunity to hold constructive discussions. on promoting at the end of development on bilateral economic countries relations ahead of his trip, president lula expressed a desire to work closely with beijing and mediating peace talks between russia and ukraine. you know, i am committed that brussel can make an extraordinary contribution to putting an end to the war and return to peace. though brazil is not the only latin american country that's refrained from taking sides on the russia, ukraine conflict, president lula has stood apart from other western leaders when it c

stage. lula is returning also to play a role in global affairs angel. no visions. brazil is looking for the expression of the security council. ah, ah, her number of members. her brazil will host the july 20th next year is beginning to prepare for death. in 2009, china surpassed the u. s. as brazil's main trading partner resident lola's visit to beijing could reposition brazil as an international power player, which many se deteriorated under lulu predecessor jade ball sonata. is like a record of that going to less hyphen than we must remember that under lula, the bricks are founded, which is a group of emerging powers, including china, brazil, russia, india, and south africa. to create a strategic balance of the world powers. i think he put one on me go, brazil's ministry of foreign affairs says at least 20 bilateral agreements are expected to be signed. manuel rap alone al jazeera people in columbia. a being warned at the nevada del louise volcano could explode at any time putting hundreds of families at risk. but many a refusing to leave smoke has be