Showing posts with label syria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label syria. Show all posts

Feb 23, 2012

Brazil to Assess Cost of Arab Uprisings

Brazil News

| BRASILIA – Between 2010 and 2011, bilateral trade between Brazil and Libya fell from $557.6 million to $102.6 million U.S. dollars – a reduction of over 80%. Brasilia now seeks to evaluate the commercial, social and economic impact to the country of the Arab Spring uprisings.

Former Brazilian President Lula visiting former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.

Lula and Gaddafi (File Photo: farmlandgrab.org)

Feb 6, 2012

Syria-Bound Cocaine Shipment Foiled

Brazil News

| CURITIBA, Brazil – A 23-year-old Venezuelan woman was arrested at Foz do Iguaçu International Airport carrying over 4 kg of cocaine. The arrest was made late Sunday afternoon by Federal Police (PF) as the woman tried to board a flight to Sao Paulo and on to Syria.

Woman busted at Iguassu Falls International Airport with over 4 kg of cocaine bound to her body. She told police the drugs came from Paraguay and was bound for Syria

Syria Bound Cocaine (Photo: PF/G1 PA)