Lula in Algeria as part of tour in Africa

-Contributed by Erwin Cifuentes. On Wednesday, Brazil’s president started a four-nation tour of Africa in order to improve business ties and lobby for a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council. "We want to build cooperation in (economic) sectors and prove to Algerians that in choosing Brazil they have made a good choice," Lula told the Algerian press. (CNN)

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