Rio de Janeiro

The President of the Republic, Cavaco Silva, argued yesterday in Rio de Janeiro, before the meeting with his counterpart Lula da Silva, governments are "obliged to actively seek solutions to integrate the pressure of migration flows caused by globalisation."



Cavaco Silva launched this alert sitting in the application of paste, honorary president of the Brazilian Geographic and History Institute (of which Marcelo Caetano was vice president when was in exile), and at a time when relations between Brazil and Spain are going through a crisis due to the expulsion of eight Spaniards of the Brazilian territory. The expulsion of these people happened after the Spanish authorities detained about 20 Brazilians at the airport in Madrid. The Brazilian federal police denied it was a retaliation.

Concerned with the issue of migration, Cavaco Silva said that "it would be a mistake, and even an irresponsible because it creates tensions within each State and at international level, ignoring such concerns." Even on the problem of immigrants - which dedicates the day tomorrow - and the President reminded that it was in Brazil who lived many exiles during the nineteenth century, as Jaime Cortesão, Agostinho da Silva Monteiro and Rodolfo Young.

In the same recording, the Head of State said they have lived in Brazil successive generations of Portuguese "who came in search of a better life and are distinguished for their work and for their initiative, they added, more recently, the protagonists of a significant flow of investments that made Portugal one of the biggest investors in Brazil. " After sitting in the History and Geographic Institute, the President gave a luncheon to comment on the centenary Confectionery Colombo, whose owners are of Portuguese origin.

About manifestation of teachers, Cavaco Silva "not commented on issues of domestic policy abroad."

AND NOT CANTOU The FADO ...

The concert, Teresa Salgueiro was the high moment of the first day of the trip, Cavaco to Brazil. The singer was much applauded, but seems to have left some Portuguese disappointed. It is not that fado entered the repertoire. The President himself said he expected to hear a fado. "I have said and I repeat: I was surprised by the Brazilian repertoire of Teresa Salgueiro, thought that came to sing fado. But as a tribute to the Brazilian was also found in this repertoire. "

The truth is that it had been announced that the singer would present his last work, done in partnership with the Brazilian sextet John Cristal and based on themes Brazilians. Only two issues were sung Portuguese: a Azores, 'black eye', and one of the Cancioneiro of Avis, Galician-Portuguese language.

NOTES

CARIOCA JET SET IN WEIGHT

The high society carioca appeared in weight in the concert of Teresa Salgueiro. Fafá of Bethlehem, Carlos Pitanga and Fernanda Montenegro monopolizaram the attention of photographers present

GOVERNMENT TO THE FEAST ASSOCIA

Cavaco Silva made reference yesterday to amend the Agreement Ortográfico. He said that was "a form of the government also joining the celebrations of the arrival of bicentenário D. João VI to Rio de Janeiro "

ACTRIZ BRAZILIAN MAKES SURPRISE

Marília Pêra, one of the most famous Brazilian actresses who plays the role of 'Gioconda' in telenovela SIC 'Two Faces', was the surprise of the lunch that the President gave yesterday in a restaurant Confectionery Colombo

FIND OUT MORE

-- 258 million euros was the sum applied by investors Portuguese noBrasil between January and October 2007. The Bradesco was the main bet on investment luso.

-- EUR 509 million was the approximate value of trade conducted between Portugal and Brazil in the first five months of 2007.

DISCOVERY

Pedro Álvares Cabral is the first step to land Brazilian Portuguese in the year 1500, baptizando the new conquest of Vera Cruz.

CAPITAL

Salvador da Bahia was the first capital of Brazil, bearing the position until 1763. Brasilia is the present.

SOVEREIGNTY

The prince Portuguese D. Pedro I declared the independence of Brazil against Lisbon to September 7, 1822.