Below you can read the details of Brazil’s former president Luiz Inácio
Lula da Silva international trips in 2011. For details about trips in
other years click here.
TRIPS AND ACTIVITIES IN 2014
- Country: Senegal (Dakar) Date: February 6-7, 2011
Activities:
– Participation in the IX World Social Forum (07/02/11)
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2011/feb/09/world-social-forum-senegal
– Meeting with the President of Senegal, Abdoulaye Wade (07/02/11) – photo
– Meeting with the Secretary General of the French Socialist Party, Martine Aubry. (07/02/11)
- Country: Guinea (Conarky) Date: February 21-22, 2011
Activities:
– Meeting with the President of the Republic of Guinea, Alpha Condé (February 21, 2011)
– Ceremony for laying the Cornerstone for the reconstruction of the railroad
Conakry / Kankan (February 22, 2011)
http: // www.bbc.com/africa/region com / afrique / region /
2011/02 / 110224_guinea_new_rail.shtml
- Country: Qatar (Doha) Date: March 11-13, 2011
Activities:
– Panel discussion: “The Arab World in Transition: Has The Future Arrived?” For the TV Al Jazeera Forum.
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/03/2011313842452274.html
– Interview given by President Lula in Doha
http://www.bbc.com/portuguese/notias/2011/03/110314_lula_ji.shtml
– Discussion of Democracy in Brazil with 50 young Egyptians and Tunisians that participanted in the Arab Spring who were invited
- Country: Paraguay (Asunción)/Uruguay (Montevideo) Date: March 23-25, 2011
Activities:
Asunción
– Conference on the commencement of the national plan for improving Technical and Professional Education in Paraguay (Paraguay Ministry of Education) (3/23/11)
http://noticias.terra.com.br/educacao/no-Paraguay-lula-highlights-importance-to-invest-in-educacao, c8681a4045cea310VgnCLD200000bbcceb0aRCRD.html
– Meeting with Republic of Paraguay Minister of Education Luis Alberto Riart Montaner (23/03/11)
– Meeting with President of the Republic of Paraguay Fernando Lugo Méndez (3/23/11)
– Dinner with President Lugo and members of the Guazu Front (3/23/11)
– Meeting with the Ambassador of Brazil in Doha, Anuar Nahes
Montevideo
– Celebration of the 40 years of the Frente Ampla. (25/03/11)
http://noticias.uol.com.br/ultimas-News/Reuters/2011/03/26/squid-steals-the-scene-in-40-aniversarioda-front-wide-at-jhtm.
Image: Website
frentegrandelaplata.blogspot.com.br
image: montevideo.com.uy Website
– Meeting with President of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay, Jose Pepe Mujica (3/25/11)
– Meeting with President of the Frente Ampla, Jorge Brovetto (3/25/11)
– Meeting with Ex-President of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay, Tabaré Vázquez (3/25/11)
– Meeting with the Ambassador of Brazil in Montevideo, João Carlos de Souza Gomes
– Meeting with the leaders of the Frente Ampla. (25/03/11)
- Country: Portugal (Lisbon and Coimbra) Date: March 27-31, 2011
Activities:
Lisbon
– Meeting with the former President and the former Prime Minister of Portugal Mário Soares, professor Boaventura de Sousa Santos and
The Secretaries-General of the Portuguese Trade Union Central, Manuel Carvalho da Silva (CGTP) and João Proenca (UGT) (3/28/11)
– Meeting with the Prime Minister of Portugal, José Sócrates (28/03/11)
– Meeting with the President of the Republic of Portugal, Aníbal Cavaco Silva. (29/03/11)
– Meeting with the Ambassador of Brazil in Lisbon, Mario Nasim
-Ceremony for receiving the North-South Award (offered the Center for Global Interdependence and Solidarity – North-South Center of the Council of Europe, an institution of the European Union) (3/29/11)
Coimbra
-Award ceremony of the title of Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Coimbra to the former President Lula (President Rousseff participated in the ceremony) (3/30/11)
http://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2011/03/lula-dedica-titulo-honoris-causa-jose-alencar.html
- Country: Mexico (Acapulco) Date: April 4-9, 2011
Activities:
– Meeting with President of the Republic of Mexico, Felipe Calderón (4/7/11)
– Meeting with the Ambassador of Brazil in Mexico City, Marcos Raposo
- Countries: England (London)/Spain (Madrid and Cádiz) Date: April 13-14, 2011
Activities:
London
– Meeting with Barbara Stocking and Phil Bloomer, leaders of OXFAM (Oxford Committee for Famine Relief-brings together 17 NGOs in more than 100 countries, To search for solutions to poverty and injustice, campaigns, programs and emergency actions) (13/04/11)
– Meeting with Brazil’s Ambassador in London, Roberto Jaguaribe
https://www.oxfam.org/en/pressroom/pressreleases/2011-05-31/broken-food-system-and-environmental-crises-spell-hunger-millions
– Meeting with historian Erick Hobsbawn (4/13/11)
http://noticias.uol.com.br/internacional/ultimas-noticias/2011/04/13/lula-ajudou-a-mudar-o-equilibrio-do-mundo-avalia-historiador-eric-hobsbawm.htm
Madrid
– Meeting with the Ambassador of Brazil in Madrid Paulo Campos (4/14/11)
Cadiz
– Ceremony for the Libertad Award Of Cádiz (15/4/11)
Madrid
– Lunch with the President of Spain, José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (16/4/11)
http://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2011/04/lula-e-recebido-por-zapatero-na-espanha.html
- Countries: Nicaragua (Managua)/Panama (Panama City) Date: May 18-20, 2011
Activities:
Managua
– XVII São Paulo Forum (Conference) (19/05/11)
http://g1.globo.com/mundo/noticia/2011/05/lula-fara-discurso-no-forum-sao-paulo-na-nicaragua.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1456joMic4
– Lunch with Nicaragua’s President, Daniel Ortega (5/19/11)
Panama City
– Visit to the Curundu Housing and Social Inclusion Project (5/20/11)
http://g1.globo.com/mundo/noticia/2011/05/presidente-do-panama-diz-que-lula-deveria-ser-presidente-do-mundo.html
– Visit to the Cinta Costera projects 1 and 2 where the order of service to the Cinta Costera 3 was celebrated (the principal urban design project of Panama City). (20/05/11)
– Dinner with the President of Panama, Ricardo Martinelli. (20/05/11)
- Countries: Bahamas (Nassau)/Cuba (Havana)/Venezuela (Caracas) Date: May 30, to June 3, 2011
Activities:
Nassau
– Meeting with Ricardo Salinas (TV Azteca) (31/5/2011)
Havana
-Dinner hosted by General of the Army of Cuba, Raúl Castro Ruz, President of the Councils of State and Ministers (5/31/11)
-Visit to the Mariel Integral Development zone (6/1/11)
http://www.mobilizacaobr.com.br/profiles/blogs/lula-se-encontra-com-raul-e
-Visit to the Mariel Port Complex (01/06/11)
– Meeting with the Brazilian community in Havana (01/06/11)
– Meeting with the Brazilian Ambassador in Havana, José Eduardo M. Felicio (01/06/11)
Caracas
– Meeting with the President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez (02/06/11)
- Country: Mexico (Mexico City) Date: June 20-22, 2011
Activities:
-interview with Sergio Sarmiento, Tv Azteca.
– Meeting with the Brazilian Ambassador in Mexico City, Marcos Raposo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?ZZJS5BJOF84
- Countries: Equatorial Guinea (Malabo)/Angola (Luanda) Date:June 29 to July 1, 2011
Activities:
Malabo
– Meeting with President of Guinea Equatorial, Teodoro Obiang.(29/06/11)
-Participation as a representative the Brazilian Government at the opening of the 17th Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government the African Union (30/06/11)
http://www.guineaecuatorialpress.com/noticia.php?id=1713
– Meeting with the Brazilian delegation of diplomats in African countries. June 30, 2011
– Meeting with President of the Bank African Development Bank, Donald Kaberuka (30/06/11)
– Meeting with President of Congo, Sassou-Nguesso (30/06/11)
– Meeting with President of Guinea, Alpha Condé (30/06/11)
– Meeting with the President of Mali, Amadou Toumani Touré (30/06/11)
Luanda
– Visit to the PRP projects (the Populaçôes relocation program) and Kilamba Kiaxi, project urban development of Luanda. (01/07/11)
– Meeting with the President of Angola, José Eduardo dos Santos. (01/07/11)
– Meeting with the Ambassador of Brazil in Luanda, Ana Lucy Cabral
- Country: Chile (Viña del Mar, Valparaiso and Santiago) Date: July 4-5, 2011
Activities:
Valparaíso
-Opening of the seminar on “the challenges of Integral Development”, organized by the Senate Chilean celebrating 200 years the National Congress of Chile (7/4/11)
Viña del Mar
-Lunch offered by the President of the Chile, Sebastián Piñera. (04/07/11)
Santiago
– Meeting with the Presidents of Chile, Patricio Alwyn, Eduardo Frei and Ricardo Lagos Riz-Tagle (04/07/11)
– Meeting with Group of miners rescued in San Jose Mine and Minister of mines and energy Laurence Golborne (05/07/11)
– Meeting with the Ambassador of Brazil in Santiago, Frederick Ahmad
- Country: Colombia (Bogotá) Date: August 3-8, 2011
Activities:
– inter-American Development Bank Opening of the Conference: “Brazil-Colombia Trade and Integration”
Together with the President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos and the Director and President of the IDB Luis Alberto Moreno (8/5/11)
– Receipt of Title Citizen of Bogotano (City Hall) (05/08/11)
– Meeting with Secretary General of UNASUR and the former Chancellor of Colombia, Maria Emma Mejia (8/5/11)
– Meeting with Vice President of Colombia, Angelino Garzon (05/08/11)
– Meeting with the Vice-President of Colombia, Angelino Garzon, and leaders of the three Trade Unions: CTC (Central de los Trabajadores de Colombia), CUT (Central Unica de los Trabajadores) and CGT (Central General de los Trabajadores) (05/08/11)
– Dinner with President Juan Manuel Santos. (05/08/11)
– Award of the Child Nutrition Success Foundation Prize (06/08/11)
- Countries: Bolivia (Santa Cruz de la Sierra)/Costa (San Jose)/El Salvador (San Salvador) Date: August 29 to September 1, 2011
Activities:
Santa Cruz de la Sierra
– Meeting with thousands of militants of Bolivian social movements (29/08/2011)
– Meeting with the President of Bolivia, Evo Morales (29/08/2011)
San Jose
– Conversation with BCIE Bank President Nick Riesbeth (30/08/11)
– Meeting with the President of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla. (30/08/11)
http://institutolula.org/laura-chinchilla-e-lula-se-reunem-na-costa-rica
– Meeting with former President of Costa Rica, Óscar Arias. (31/08/11)
El Salvador
– Meeting with the President of El Salvador, Mauricio Funes (31/08/11)
– Visit to “Ciudad Mujer” (Government program that calls attention to women) along with the first lady of El Salvador Vanda Pignato
-Inauguration of the project “Territories of “Citizenship” (accompanied by President Mauricio Funes) (01/09/11)
- Country: Portugal (Lisbon) Date: August 5-9, 2011
Activities:
– Meeting with the Prime Minister of Portugal, Pedro Passos Coelho (6/9/11)
– Brazil’s Independence Day Celebration at the Embassy of Brazil in Lisbon (7/911)
– Receipt of the Leonardo da Vinci Medal at the Embassy (8/9/11)
http://www.institutolula.org/instituto-de-engenharia-de-lisboa-faz-homenagem-a-lula/
– Visit to Benfica Stadium (8/911)
– Meeting with the Ambassador of Brazil in Lisbon, Mario Vilalva
- Countries: USA (Washington) /France (Paris) /Poland (Gdansk) / England (London) Date: 9/23/11 to 9/30/11
Activities:
- Washington
– Meeting with AFLCIO-the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations:
Richard Trumka, President; Damon Silvers, Director of Public Policy; and Cathy Feingold, Head of the International Department. (24/09/11)
– Meeting with Brazilian Ambassador in to the US, Mauro Vieira (24/09/11)
Paris
– Meeting with President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy (26/09/11)
– Dinner with authorities and guests of the organisers of the ceremony granting the title of Doctor Honoris Causa of the Institut d ‘ Études Politiques de Paris to former President Lula
http://www.institutolula.org/instituto-de-engenharia-de-lisboa-faz-homenagem-a-lula/
-Ceremony of granting of the title of Doctor Honoris Causa of the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris, SciencesPo, to former President Lula with the participation of students and teachers (27/09/11)
– Meeting with the Brazilian Ambassador in Paris, José Maurício Bustani
http://politica.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,aclamado-por-estudantes-lula-recebe-honoris-causa-em-paris,778277
http://www.sciencespo.fr/newsletter/actu/?id=610
– Dinner with directors of the Institut d ‘ Études Politiques de Paris. (27/09/11)
– Meeting with the acting First Secretary of the French PS, Harlem Désir (28/09/11)
– Interview with the newspaper Le Monde (28/09/11)
Gdansk
– Visit the historic sites of the solidarity movement (28/09/11)
– Dinner with former President of Poland Lech Walesa, (28/09/11)
– Meeting with the Brazilian Ambassador in Warsaw, Carlos Simas
– Ceremony of theaward of the Lech Walesa Prize to former President Lula. (29/09/11)
http://g1.globo.com/mundo/noticia/2011/09/lula-recebe-na-polonia-premio-lech-walesa-1.html
– Press Conference (29/09/11)
– Meeting with Group of young European activists at the Lech Walesa Institute 29/09/11)
London
-Dinner with Formula 1 drivers, Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso (29/09/11)
– Lunch with Brazil’s Ambassador in London, Roberto Jaguaribe. (30/09/11)
– Participation in The Economist magazine Conference (30/09/11)
- Country: USA (New York, NY) Date: October 5-6 2011
Activities:
– Lunch with former President Bill Clinton (10/6/11)
– Meeting with the Brazilian Ambassador to the US, Mauro Vieira
http://www.valor.com.br/politica/1040202/lula-faz-palestra-investidores-e-se-encontracom-clinton-em-ny
- Country: USA (Des Moines, IA) Date: October 12 to 14, 2011
Activities:
– Meeting with the President of the World Food Prize Foundation, Kenneth Quinn (October 13, 2011)
– Award ceremony for former President Lula and other laureates by the World Food Prize (October 13, 2011)
http://www.worldfoodprize.org/index.cfm/24667/13371/&
– Meeting with the former President of Ghana, John Kufuor, also awarded the World Food Prize (October 13, 2011)
– Meeting with Prime Minister of Tanzania, Mizengo Pinda (October 13, 2011)
– Meeting with former President of Mozambique, Joaquim Chissano (October 13, 2011)
– Conference discussion led by former President Lula on the theme: “The Brazilian experience in Combating Hunger and Poverty” (October 14, 2011)
– Meeting with the Brazilian Ambassador in Washington, Mauro Vieira
- Country: Spain (Madrid) Date: October 17-20, 2011
Activities:
– Interview with Juan Luis Cebrián (El País) (October 18, 2011)
– Meeting with Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) candidate, Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba (October 18, 2011)
– Meeting with writer and philosopher, Xavier Rubert de Ventós (President of the jury for the Catalonia international Prize) (October 18, 2011)
– Meeting with Former Prime Minister of Denmark and President of the European Socialists party, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (October 18, 2011)
– Participation in the Marcelino Botín Foundation Trends Observatory colloquium (October 19, 2011)
– Participation at the event “A future of Progress,” Global Progress Foundation (October 19, 2011)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ujox01bBZHQ
– Lunch hosted by the Prime Minister of Spain, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (October 19, 2011)
– Meeting with President of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS), Massimo d’Alema and Pier Luigi Bersani, Italian Democratic Party (PD) (October 19, 2011)
– Meeting with the former President of Spain, Felipe Gonzalez (October 19, 2011)
– Meeting with French Presidential candidate, François Hollande,
http://noticias.band.uol.com.br/mundo/noticia/?id=100000462977
– Meeting with Popular Party candidate Mariano Rajoy (October 20, 2011)
– Meeting with the Brazilian Ambassador in Madrid, Paulo Campos
- Country: Mexico (Querétaro and Mexico City) Date: October 24 – 25, 2011
Activities:
Querétaro
– Meeting with the leaders of the PRI, Alemán Velasco and Alemán Magnani (October 24, 2011)
– Dinner hosted by the Governor of Queretaro, Jose Calzada Rovirosa (October 24, 2011)
Mexico City
– The ceremony for the Amalia Solórzano de Cárdenas Award to former President Lula (October 25, 2011)
http://www.institutolula.org/lula-recebe-no-mexico-o-premio-amalia-solorzano/
– Meeting with PRD leaders: Dolores Padierna Luna (Secretary General) and 6 other guests and Party members (October 25,2011)
– Meeting with the Ambassador of Brazil in Mexico City, Marcos Raposo
