Brazil to restore trade, political ties with Cuba, says Lula aide
Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel meets Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on the sidelines of the New Global Financing Pact Summit in Paris, France, June 22, 2023. Alejandro Azcuy/Courtesy of Cuban Presidency/Handout via Reuters/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsHAVANA, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Brazil intends to restore trade and political ties with Cuba, a top foreign policy aide to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Friday after meeting with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel in Havana.Relations between Brazil and Cuba, which were strong when Lula's leftist Workers Party governed Brazil between 2003 and 2016, deteriorated under far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro.In 2019, the first year of the Bolsonaro administration, Brazil for the first time voted again...