The Security Council passed a resolution lifting the authorization for Nato operations in the country.
Author: Agência Brasil
The Brazilian federal government recorded US$ 3 billion surplus in September. The volume of funds saved for paying interest on the debt was US$ 1.6 billion higher than in August.
Brazilian machinery and equipment industry revenues grew by 10.2% in the first nine months of this year when compared with the same period of 2010 and reached US$ 34.3 billion.
The Brazilian cattle herd increased by 2.1% last year as against 2009 and reached 209.5 million heads, according to a survey by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).
Brazil received a US$ 50 billion-plus inflow from January to September. Foreign spending on services and remittances, however, should result in the highest ever nominal current account deficit.
The National Transitional Council of Egypt called for the organisation to remain in the country up to late November.
A Central Bank report issued today shows that during the month, the Brazilian balance of payments ran a US$ 808 million surplus. Current transactions, on the other hand, ran a US$ 2.2 billion deficit.
Exports stood at US$ 5.277 billion and imports stood at US$ 5.581 billion, resulting in a US$ 304 million deficit.
Brazilian industrialist confidence dropped again in October, by 1.8 point as against September and 8.2 points as against October 2010, according to a National Confederation of Industries survey.
The statement is by the minister of Foreign Relations, Antonio Patriota, who is accompanying president Dilma Rousseff in her trip to Africa.
The country lost six positions in the World Bank’s ranking of ease of doing business. The survey covers 183 countries.
During the summit of the Ibsa, which comprises India, Brazil and South Africa, in Pretoria, the Brazilian president condemned repression in Syria and the armed intervention in Libya.
In September, 209,000 job openings were created in the country, according to the Ministry of Labour. In the same month of 2010, 246,800 jobs were created.
National Confederation of Industries (CNI) intends to open 34 new laboratories by 2014. The goal is to help Brazilian enterprises to innovate.
