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Closer Ties With Brazil

September 2007 | Ratings Update

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva made his first official visit to Honduras in August - the first by a Brazilian president in 100 years of diplomatic relations between the two states. Although the visit was brief (at just one day), we believe it augurs well for regional integration, and offers a further diplomatic tie to salve the sometimes testy relationship between Honduras and Nicaragua: Lula has ties to Nicaraguan President Manuel Ortega stretching back to

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