VISIT TO BRAZIL
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Rio de Janeiro
09.03.2008
YOUR MESSAGES
- Espero que a presença do Senhor Presidente na comemoração dos 200 anos da vinda da Família Real para o Brasil, que assinala o passado histórico comum aos dois países, também ajude a fazer a ponte para o futuro.
Darci Luz, Brasil
- A vinda do Senhor Presidente ao Brasil, quando completa o segundo ano de mandato, demonstra a importância que dá às Comunidades. E nós luso descendentes, queremos mostrar os exemplos de talento e empreendedorismo existentes nesta comunidade. Felicitamo-lo, Senhor Presidente.
Rosebelle da Silva, Brasil
PICTURE GALLERY
HIGHLIGHTS
Ceremony in the Imperial Palace in Rio de Janeiro
- President of the Republic attends acts commemorating the arrival of King João VI in Rio
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At the invitation of the Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, César Maia, the President of the Republic attended various commemorative acts of the bicentenary of the arrival of the Portuguese Court in Brazil.
Received wit Military Honours, the President attended, in the refurbished Church of Our Lady of Carmo, a concert performed by the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra, which played the “Mass of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception”.
This was followed, also in the same Church, by a “son et lumiere” show depicting the arrival of King João VI in Rio de Janeiro, after which Mayor César Maia hosted a dinner in honour of the President of the Republic, held in the former building of the Imperial Palace. On the occasion President Cavaco Silva delivered a speech.
Read here the speech addressed by the President of the Republic08.03.2008
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