June 17, 2020
Sao Sebastião, Brazil is Fort Lauderdale’s Sister City! Learn more about this amazing city from our first Bilateral Sister Cities Virtual Meeting! Thank you, Thaís Simões of Sao Sebastião City Hall and Andrea Ituassu Faria of GFLSCI for putting together such a great event! Guest appearance by Sister Cities International President, Leroy Allala.
Brazilian Consul General – Ambassador Joáo Mendes Pereira was officially introduced to the City of Fort Lauderdale on May 7th, 2019. Mayor Dean Trantalis, Commisioners Heather Moraitis and Steve Glassman along with the Greater Fort Lauderdale Sister Cities team of Monica Ribiero, Andrea Faria, Russell Weaver and Sergio Escobar gave him a warm welcome. Fort Lauderdale has two Sister Cities in Brazil which are Sáo Sebastiao and Belo Horizonte.
