Lula to emphasize biofuels at G8 summit

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will promote alternative fuel sources during next month’s G8 summit in Germany. Despite being criticized by Fidel Castro and blamed for abuses against sugar cane cutters, Lula said that biofuels could “un-warm” the effects of global warming and should be welcomed by develop countries.

In addition, Lula said that he would not support a bill that would allow him to seek a third term in the presidency. “Any proposal to allow a third term is a joke to the Brazilian democracy,” Lula told the press yesterday.

Image- BBC News (Lula at the 2003 G8 conference)

Links- Monsters & Critics, The Latin Americanist, San Francisco Gate, Bloomberg