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Rio de Janeiro
09.03.2008

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Como cidadão Lusobrasileiro quero felicitar o Presidente da República por esta visita tão bem sucedida ao Rio de Janeiro, sobretudo nas homenagens a D.João VI fundador do Estado moderno no Brasil, que como disse o Presidente Cavaco foi primeiro Carioca.Viva o Brasil e Viva Portugal.

Mario Marques Trilha, Portugal

«Portugal deu um contributo decisivo [...] em que assenta o universalismo do Brasil, como o Brasil deu um contributo decisivo para o universalismo de Portugal.» Sobre o contributo para o universalismo de Portugal, prefiro falar do Brasil que hoje reside e trabalha no nosso país e do seu contributo maior que é, creio -...

Manuel Rebelo, Portugal

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AGENDA

7 March 2008

11:30 | Ceremony awarding the President of the Republic with the Honorary Presidency of the Brazilian Historical and Geographical Institute
               - Ceremony of awarding the Collar of Honorary President of the Brazilian Historical and Geographical Institute
               - Address by the President of the Republic
               - Visit to the Musem of the Institute and view of the Guanabara Bay

13:00 | Luncheon hosted by the President of the Republic and Mrs. Cavaco Silva for their retinue and Brazilian cultural guests
               - Location: Confeitaria Colombo

15:30 | Audience granted by the President of the Republic and Mrs. Cavaco Silva to the Mayor of the City of Rio de Janeiro and to the Brazilian Committee for the Commemorations of the 200 Years of the Arrival of the Court in Brazil
               - Location: Palace of São Clemente

18:00 | National History Museum
               - Reception hosted by the President of the Federal Republic of Brazil and Mrs. Lula da Silva
               - Military Honours
               - National Anthems played by the Brazilian Army Band and raising of the standards by Army soldiers dressed in the uniforms of the Joanine era

18:30 | Meeting between the President of the Republic and the President of the Federal Republic of Brazil, Luis Inácio Lula da Silva
               - Location: Reception Room 3 of Casa do Trem

19:00 | Launching ceremony of the Commemorative Medal of the 200 Years of the Arrival of the Court in Brazil by the Medal Club/Brazilian Mint, breakage of dies, and cancellation of the stamps allusive to the event issued by the Posts & Telegraphs Company of
               - Address by the Director of National History Museum, Dr. Vera Tostes
               - Address by the President of the Federal Republic of Brazil
               - Address by the President of the Republic
               - Location: Minerva Patio

19:50 | Visit of the Presidents of the Portuguese Republic and of the Federal Republic of Brazil and their respective Ladies, to the Exhibition “A New World, A New Empire – The Portuguese Court in Brazil”

20:30 | Official Dinner hosted by the President of the Federal Republic of Brazil and Mrs. Lula da Silva in honour of the President of the Portuguese Republic and Mrs. Cavaco Silva
               - Location: Laranjeiras Palace