Brazil’s Lula Wants UN to Help Immigrants Send Money Back Home

After participating in the opening ceremony of a United Nations (UN) Security Council meeting, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva spoke at a parallel meeting on development financing.

He based his remarks on the war on hunger and recalled the Action Against Hunger and Poverty, led by Brazil, France, Spain, and Chile, in September, 2004. “Sixty heads of State and government and over 100 delegations gave a positive response,” he said.


Lula affirmed that various countries plan to present the UN General Assembly with a proposal that was discussed last year to favor money remittances by immigrants.


The idea was presented last year to reduce the charges on remittances sent by immigrants to their countries of origin, so that the amounts arrive intact to their recipients.


According to President Lula, this will help generate income and employment for families that left their homes in search of opportunities.


The idea presented last year is for no immigrant to have to pay heavy taxes when transferring money to his (her) country of origin.


ABr

Tags:

You May Also Like

Brazil Joins South America in United Front Against Drugs Patents

The Ministers of Health of ten South American countries have issued a joint declaration ...

Brazil Keeps Sending Aid to Tsunami Victims

In the next few days, Brazil’s humanitarian aid to the countries victimized by the ...

Brazilians in Argentina for the Anti-Bush Counter Summit of the Americas

Social movements, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), figures associated with the human rights struggle, and intellectuals ...

Brazil’s Indianist Missionary Council Keeps Its Leader

The missionaries gathered at the 17th Assembly of the Indianist Missionary Council (Cimi), in ...

World Discusses in Brazil How to Curb Use of Pesticides in Food

Representatives of 158 countries are meeting in Fortaleza, capital of the Brazilian northeastern state of ...

Brazilian company Fris Moldu Car

Late Wages Lead Brazil Workers to Take Over Factory Where Lula Once Worked

Workers at the Fris-Moldu-Car plant outside of São Paulo have occupied the factory since ...

For US Brazilian Plan for Iran Nukes Is Just a Ploy to Avoid Sanctions

US Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, in China for strategic and economic negotiations, ...

By Not Acting, Brazil’s Chief Blew His Credibility, Says Lula’s Ex-Minister

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s national address today was not well received ...

Brazil Congress Scolds Chí¡vez But Opens Door to Venezuela’s Mercosur Entry

The Brazilian Lower House Constitution and Justice Committee passed on Wednesday, November 21, a ...

Brazil and India Join Forces to Build Railroad Wagons

The city of Santa Maria, in the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do ...