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I was able to get a response from the AGU
AGUOuvidoria-GeralResposta da demanda 001209/2009-37Prezado Sr. Davenport, Em resposta a sua demanda, informo-lhe que a Advocacia-Geral da União somente pode agir atendendo a pedido da Autoridade Central. Portanto, imediatamente após o recebimento de sua comunicação, contatamos a Secretaria Especial dos Direitos Humanos, a Autoridade Central brasileira, para confirmar o status de seu caso e solicitar atenção imediata a ele. Temos um Departamento especializado em conduzir assuntos de subtração internacional de crianças baseados na Convenção da Haia, Tão logo seu caso seja recebido nesta Advocacia-Geral, enviado pela Autoridade Central, que analisará os aspectos jurídicos da demanda e, não havendo obstáculos, dará início a ação judicial para aplicar o tratado ao caso, retornando a criança a seu lugar de residência habitual. Garantimos que tais casos são conduzidos com prioridade nesta instituição. Atenciosamente, ----- Dear Mr. Davenport, In response to your demand, I inform you that The Office of the Attorney-General of the Union can only act following a request from the Central Authority. Therefore, immediately after receiving your communication, we have contacted the Secretariat of Human Rights, the Brazilian Central Authority, to confirm the status of your case and asking for immediate attention to it. We have a Department specialized in conducting matters of international child abduction based on the Hague Convention. As soon as the case is received by our office, sent by the Central Authority, said Department will analyze the legal aspects of your demand and, if there is no obstacle, start a judicial law suit to apply the treaty to the situation, returning the child to her habitual residence. We assure you that these cases are handled with priority in this institution. Best regards, Ouvidoria-Geral da AGU
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I also got a response from US Consulate in Rio
Dear Mr. Davenport, Thank you for your letter and the pictures you sent of Nadia. We have forwarded all of the information to our embassy in Brasilia, which will be the central point of the search for your daughter. Once we are able to locate Nadia, then the consulate nearest to her will take next steps. As soon as we hear some news we’ll let you know. Kind regards, CarlaCarla BeniniConsular OfficerAmerican Citizen ServicesU.S. Consulate Rio de Janeiro _------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ And also a response from the US Embassy in Brasilia Mr. Davenport – My apologies for the delay in responding to your query. I had understood that the Brazilian Central Authority would be contacting you regarding this inquiry. Since I have not seen that response, I wanted to touch base to assure you that your e-mail was not lost in the ether. The Brazilian Central Authority will utilize whatever information you have provided in order to locate your daughter. Any information that you have regarding family, friends, phone numbers and addresses in Brazil will be vital information that the Authority then passes to the Brazilian Federal Police to institute a search for your child. In Hague cases, the Central Authorities will generally speak directly to each other, not to the U.S. Embassy in the country to which the child was taken, so please forgive me if my office does not always have the information that you seek. Your first point of contact should be the U.S. authority, the Office of Children’s Issues, in Washington, DC. Since they are closer to your time zone, that should be more convenient in terms of maintaining contact. Should we be notified of the location of your daughter, rest assured we will be in touch with you immediately. With best regards, Marie C. DamourConsul GeneralU.S. Embassy Brasilia WISH ME LUCK...IM ON THEM LIKE WHITE ON RICE!:cheer:
