The organization wants to raise funds among Brazilians to provide humanitarian aid to 1.1 million people in a ‘dire situation.’
Author: Agência Brasil
The Brazilian balance of trade recorded a US$ 366 million surplus in the second week of August. Exports reached US$ 5.3 billion and imports reached US$ 5 billion.
Brazil shipped the equivalent of US$ 86 billion in agricultural products to foreign countries in the past 12 months, a 24% increase compared with the previous period. China is the main target market.
The amount of foreign currency in store reached an all-time high this week, according to the Central Bank.
The Economic Research Institute shows that depreciation of currencies like the US and Chinese cancel tariffs negotiated at the WTO and favour exports of these nations, harming others’, like Brazil’s.
The rate of employment in the Brazilian industrial segment declined in June when compared with May, after three months of stability.
A communiqué issued after the meeting between the Syrian government and envoys from India, Brazil and South Africa shows that the Syrian president accepts that errors were made by security forces.
The surplus represents the difference between the inflow and outflow of currency in the Brazilian economy in the first five days of August.
At the UN’s conference on sustainability, due next year in Rio, Brazil is going to speak for public policies that protect the environment and social inclusion.
The decline occurred in the first half when compared with the same period of last year and the result was lower than the performance of the industry as a whole.
According to estimates of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, the Brazilian grain crop volume should be 158.8 million tonnes, 6.2% more than in 2010.
The main index of the São Paulo Stock Exchange (Bovespa) closed down 8.08% this Monday. Analysts claim that there has been an ‘emotional’ reaction to the US’ debt rating downgrade.
To the president, the country is strong, the banks, solid, and the domestic market, robust. For the second time, according to her, the national economy is not affected by the foreign scenery.
She said force should always be a last resource. A delegation from Brazil, India and South Africa should visit Damascus to discuss an exit to the conflict between the Syrian government and opposition.
