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08/02/2004:
"Brazilian president wraps up African trip"
July 29, 2004Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ended his visit to Africa Thursday by kicking off a business seminar in Cape Verde attended by executives from both countries.
Portuguese radio and television stations said Lula, who was on a one-day visit to Cape Verde, met Thursday with that nation's prime minister, Jose Maria Neves.
The day before, the Brazilian leader praised Cape Verde President Pedro Pires as a "worthy successor" to Amilcar Cabral, an independence hero both in Cape Verde and Guinea Bissau, where he was assassinated Jan. 20, 1973.
Full Article : africana.com
