{"id":16063,"date":"2025-11-25T08:22:52","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T06:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/brazilian-president-visits-mozambique-to-boost-co-operation\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:31:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:31:23","slug":"brazilian-president-visits-mozambique-to-boost-co-operation","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/brazilian-president-visits-mozambique-to-boost-co-operation\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazilian President visits Mozambique to boost co-operation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brazilian President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva is in Mozambique at the invitation of President Daniel Chapo, following his attendance at the G20 Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The visit builds on discussions earlier this month at COP30, where both leaders agreed to strengthen collaboration in agriculture, education, health, entrepreneurship, and efforts against organised crime.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Upon arriving in Maputo, Lula da Silva emphasised Brazil\u2019s willingness to support Mozambique in areas such as pharmaceutical manufacturing, bio-fuel projects, food security, and skills training.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This marks his fourth visit to Mozambique and comes as the two Portuguese-speaking nations celebrate 50 years of diplomatic relations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Wilker Diaz, Executive Director of Democracy and Development in Mozambique, said the visit could open doors for new investment and development opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLula\u2019s visit highlights the strong ties between our countries and the potential for co-operation in sectors that can directly benefit the people of Mozambique,\u201d Diaz said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16064,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-16063","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Brazilian President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva is in Mozambique at the invitation of President Daniel Chapo","published_date":"2025-11-25 10:22:40","news_description":"Brazilian President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva is in Mozambique at the invitation of President Daniel Chapo","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/16063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/16063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20034,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/16063\/revisions\/20034"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=16063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}