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Brazil and Namibia established diplomatic relations in 1990. Both nations are members of the Group of 77 and the United Nations.
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Brazil and Namibia established diplomatic relations in 1990. Both nations are members of the Group of 77 and the United Nations.
In 1966, the South African Border War began between the South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO) fighting for South West African (present day Namibia) independence against South Africa who occupied the territory since 1915 as a province and had imposed Apartheid policies in the country. In the early 1980s, Brazil established relations with SWAPO. In March 1987, Sam Nujoma, as head of SWAPO, paid a visit to Brazil seeking international support and met with Brazilian President José Sarney. [1] Two years later, Brazil opened a consulate in Windhoek. Within the United Nations, Brazil supported the negotiating process that led to Namibia's independence in 1990. That same year, the two nations established diplomatic relations. [1]
In September 1991, Brazilian President, Fernando Collor de Mello, paid a visit to Namibia and opened the Brazilian embassy in Windhoek. [1] In November 1995, Sam Nujoma paid his first official visit to Brazil as President of Namibia. He would later visit Brazil on two further occasions (in 1999 and 2004). In 2003, Namibia opened an embassy in Brasília. [1] In November 2003, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva paid a visit to Namibia and in February 2009, Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba paid a visit to Brazil. [2]
Naval cooperations between both nations began in 1994, when Walvis Bay was returned to Namibia by South Africa. That same year, the Naval Mission of Brazil in Namibia was created, an institution that has been deepening the mutual knowledge of the Navies of both countries. From 2001 to 2011, approximately 1,179 Namibian military personnel (90% of the Navy's personnel) were trained in Brazilian schools, which represents the largest contingent of trained foreign officers in the country. [1] Brazil has also provided Namibia with Naval ships.
Since 2009, Brazilian multinational company, Petrobras, has operated in Namibia. [3] Other Brazilian companies such as Grupo OAS and Queiroz Galvão operate in the country. In 2017, Namibian company, Walvis Bay Corridor Group, opened an office in São Paulo with the aim to facilitate a direct shipping line between Brazil and Walvis Bay, therefore deepening relations between both nations. [4]
High-level visits from Brazil to Namibia
High-level visits from Namibia to Brazil
Both nations have signed a few agreements such as an Agreement for Naval Cooperation (1994); Agreement for Technical Cooperation (1995); Agreement for Cultural and Educational Cooperation (1995) and an Agreement on Defense Cooperation (2009). [1]
Samuel Shafiishuna Daniel Nujoma, is a Namibian revolutionary, anti-apartheid activist and politician who served three terms as the first President of Namibia, from 1990 to 2005. Nujoma was a founding member and the first president of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) in 1960. Before 1960, SWAPO was known as the Ovambo People's Organisation (OPO). He played an important role as leader of the national liberation movement in campaigning for Namibia's political independence from South African rule. He established the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) in 1962 and launched a guerrilla war against the apartheid government of South Africa in August 1966 at Omugulugwombashe, beginning after the United Nations withdrew the mandate for South Africa to govern the territory. Nujoma led SWAPO during the lengthy Namibian War of Independence, which lasted from 1966 to 1989.
Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba is a Namibian politician who served as the second president of Namibia from 21 March 2005 to 21 March 2015. He won the 2004 presidential election overwhelmingly as the candidate of SWAPO and was reelected in 2009. Pohamba was the president of SWAPO from 2007 until his retirement in 2015. He is a recipient of the Ibrahim Prize.
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