Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Dilma Rousseff, in her first visit to the United States since becoming President of Brazil, did not make a stop in Framingham, but besides visiting the State House and the Governor, delivered a speech Tuesday night at Harvard University.
Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff continued her historic first trip to the United States Tuesday, stopping in Massachusetts. The first woman to become president of Brazil was greeted by Governor Deval Patrick, as dozens of migrant families waved the green-and-yellow-Brazilian flag along Beacon Street, and students, from Somerville, sang Brazil’s national anthem. On Monday, Rousseff met with President Barack Obama. Tuesday, in Boston, she continued her Brazil and U.S. cooperation agenda meeting at the State House with Patrick and making a visit to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the morning and Harvard University in the evening. She did not stop in Framingham, which has one of the largest Brazilian populations in Massachusetts…
Ontem ela visitou o palácio do governo em Boston e foi recebida pelo governador Deval Patrick, por dezenas de imigrantes que vestiam a camisa verde-e-amarela, e também ouviu hino do Brasil cantado por estudantes de Somerville.
Ontem ela visitou o palácio do governo em Boston e foi recebida pelo governador Deval Patrick, por dezenas de imigrantes que vestiam a camisa verde-e-amarela, e também ouviu hino do Brasil cantado por estudantes de Somerville. Dilma, que chegou ao poder depois de ser ministra da Casa Civil no governo Lula, relembrou a tradição progressivista de Massachusetts, cuja constituição de 1780 foi a primeira dos EUA a reconhecer o direito universal do ser humano. “Eu saúdo os acordos de cooperação assinados entre o Capes e pelo CNPq com a Universidade Harvard. Vislumbro desde já novos projetos, por exemplo, entre o Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica e o MIT.” Disse Dilma. Um pouco alheia aos acordos globais, Marisa Racini, mãe de uma adolescente …
Monday, April 9, 2012
Brazilian President Dilma Rouseff is making two stops in the United States, Tuesday to Massachusetts and one to Washington D.C. to meet with President Barack Obama today.
Governor Deval Patrick will welcome President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff to the State House tomorrow, April 10. The President’s visit is a direct result of Governor's 2011 trade mission to Brazil. President Rousseff’s only other stop in the United States will be to Washington, D.C. today, where part of her itinerary includes meeting with President Barack Obama. While in Massachusetts, Rousseff will make a visit to Harvard University but will not stop in Framingham. “I look forward to welcoming President Rousseff to the State House,” said Patrick in a press release. “As one of the fastest growing economies in the world, Brazil is an important commercial and cultural partner for Massachusetts and we are honored that the President will make …
Joe Rizoli
12:32 am on Friday, April 13, 2012
This comment: >>We are Brazilians regardless of where we live,” said Fausto da Rocha>> Fausto apparently isn't well read about American History. By the way Fausto claims to be a American Citizen, obviously a "hyphenated American" What is a "hyphenated American"? A good place to start would be a search on "Roosevelt + hyphenated Americans" http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2504686/posts >>… more ›