Visitas de Outubro 2009 – Colômbia, Mali, Guiné Equatorial, Togo e Emirados Árabes Unidos
Por Daniel C. T.
Fontes: MRE, TopNews.in, C.I.A.,
Presidente da Colômbia Visitará o Brasil (dia 19)
O presidente da Colômbia, Álvaro Uribe, acompanhado de comitiva empresarial, realizará visita a São Paulo no dia 19 deste mês. Lula e ele encerrarão o Encontro Empresarial Brasil – Colômbia, realizado pela FIESP. Em reunião, analisarão a pauta bilateral, cooperação em defesa e energia, integração física e assuntos regionais, incluindo a situação em Honduras.
"Em 2008, Brasil e Colômbia registraram intercâmbio comercial de US$ 3,1 bilhões, dos quais US$ 2,3 bilhões corresponderam a exportações brasileiras."
Colombia was one of the three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Ecuador and Venezuela). A four-decade long conflict between government forces and anti-government insurgent groups, principally the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) heavily funded by the drug trade, escalated during the 1990s. The insurgents lack the military or popular support necessary to overthrow the government and violence has been decreasing since about 2002, but insurgents continue attacks against civilians and large areas of the countryside are under guerrilla influence or are contested by security forces. More than 31,000 former paramilitaries had demobilized by the end of 2006 and the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) as a formal organization had ceased to function. In the wake of the paramilitary demobilization, emerging criminal groups arose, whose members include some former paramilitaries. The Colombian Government has stepped up efforts to reassert government control throughout the country, and now has a presence in every one of its administrative departments. However, neighboring countries worry about the violence spilling over their borders.
Xeque Abdallah bin Zayed al Nahyan, Ministro dos Negócios Estrangeiros dos Emirados Árabes Unidos, Visitará o Brasil (dias 19 e 20)
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Ele visitará o Brasil acompanhado de comitiva de empresários. Os encontros serão em Brasília, com Amorim, e no Rio de Janeiro e São Paulo, com os respectivos governadores.
"Os Emirados Árabes Unidos são o segundo principal destino das exportações brasileiras para o mercado médio-oriental, atrás apenas da Arábia Saudita. Em 2008, o comércio bilateral atingiu mais de US$ 1,9 bilhão, com superávit de US$ 730 milhões a favor do Brasil."
The Trucial States of the Persian Gulf coast granted the UK control of their defense and foreign affairs in 19th century treaties. In 1971, six of these states – Abu Zaby, ‘Ajman, Al Fujayrah, Ash Shariqah, Dubayy, and Umm al Qaywayn – merged to form the United Arab Emirates (UAE). They were joined in 1972 by Ra’s al Khaymah. The UAE’s per capita GDP is on par with those of leading West European nations. Its generosity with oil revenues and its moderate foreign policy stance have allowed the UAE to play a vital role in the affairs of the region.
Visita de Celso Amorim ao Mali, à Guiné Equatorial e ao Togo (dias 22, 23 e 24)
Representantes de diferentes órgãos envolvidos na cooperação Brasil-África e empresários acompanharão o ministro Celso Amorim em visita ao Mali, à Guiné Equatorial e ao Togo.
Nos dois primeiros, será a primeira visita de um Chanceler brasileiro. No caso de Togo as visitas não acontecem há 37 anos. No Mali o ministro participará da abertura de seminário empresarial bilateral e visitará a fazenda-modelo de produção de algodão, iniciativa brasileira, e participará da primeira colheita de algodão, lançando, também, a pedra fundamental do Laboratório e Centro de Capacitação. Na Guiné Equatorial os empresários darão sequência a contatos comerciais iniciados pelo MDIC e no Togo ocorrerá novo encontro empresarial. Naturalmente, serão assinados acordos que eu resumirei aqui para vocês.
Mali
The Sudanese Republic and Senegal became independent of France in 1960 as the Mali Federation. When Senegal withdrew after only a few months, what formerly made up the Sudanese Republic was renamed Mali. Rule by dictatorship was brought to a close in 1991 by a military coup – led by the current president Amadou TOURE – enabling Mali’s emergence as one of the strongest democracies on the continent. President Alpha KONARE won Mali’s first democratic presidential election in 1992 and was reelected in 1997. In keeping with Mali’s two-term constitutional limit, KONARE stepped down in 2002 and was succeeded by Amadou TOURE, who was subsequently elected to a second term in 2007. The elections were widely judged to be free and fair.
Guiné Equatorial
Equatorial Guinea gained independence in 1968 after 190 years of Spanish rule. This tiny country, composed of a mainland portion plus five inhabited islands, is one of the smallest on the African continent. President Teodoro OBIANG NGUEMA MBASOGO has ruled the country since 1979 when he seized power in a coup. Although nominally a constitutional democracy since 1991, the 1996 and 2002 presidential elections – as well as the 1999 and 2004 legislative elections – were widely seen as flawed. The president exerts almost total control over the political system and has discouraged political opposition. Equatorial Guinea has experienced rapid economic growth due to the discovery of large offshore oil reserves, and in the last decade has become Sub-Saharan Africa’s third largest oil exporter. Despite the country’s economic windfall from oil production resulting in a massive increase in government revenue in recent years, there have been few improvements in the population’s living standards.
Togo
French Togoland became Togo in 1960. Gen. Gnassingbe EYADEMA, installed as military ruler in 1967, ruled Togo with a heavy hand for almost four decades. Despite the facade of multiparty elections instituted in the early 1990s, the government was largely dominated by President EYADEMA, whose Rally of the Togolese People (RPT) party has maintained power almost continually since 1967 and maintains a majority of seats in today’s legislature. Upon EYADEMA’s death in February 2005, the military installed the president’s son, Faure GNASSINGBE, and then engineered his formal election two months later. Democratic gains since then allowed Togo to hold its first relatively free and fair legislative elections in October 2007. After years of political unrest and fire from international organizations for human rights abuses, Togo is finally being re-welcomed into the international community
Ps.: Sobre a falta de fotos na primeira: nada contra a Colômbia, mas acho que todos já a conhecem bem o suficiente, não?
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