Plano Brasil sem Miséria (Poverty-Free Brazil Plan) was launched this Thursday by the Brazilian government. It provides for 16 people to be rescued from abject poverty by 2014.
Author: Agência Brasil
Ruling of the Foreign Trade Chamber covers computer items, telecommunications items, capital goods and vaccines.
Loans granted by the World Bank to Brazil will nearly double in the next 12 months, as announced last Wednesday (1st) by the president of the institution, Robert Zoellick. He is now visiting Brazil.
The Brazilian trade balance showed a surplus of US$ 3.5 billion in May, according to the Ministry of Development.
The airports of Guarulhos, Viracopos and Brasília will be assigned to the private initiative. Enterprises will be responsible for management and new construction work.
The index dropped by 2.1% when compared with March and 1.3% when compared with April of last year, according to a survey conducted by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics.
International emissions of greenhouse gas hit an all-time high last year, posing a threat to the global warming targets.
Brazilian Minister of Finance claims that emerging countries must adopt more prudent macroeconomic policies in order to limit the capital flows. He considers the 4.5% growth rate as good for Brazil.
The Brazilian minister of Agriculture announced that the figure will be allocated to the funding of the 2011-2012 crop. He added that he intends to discuss commodities prices at a G20 meeting.
The volume of sugarcane ground in the current crop has reached 56.6 million tonnes, 40% less than the figure recorded in the same period of last year.
The excessive appreciation of the Brazilian real against the dollar will not be solved in the short term and is out of the government’s reach, says minister Fernando Pimentel.
Alexandre Padilha is favourable to the reduction of tax on medical equipment and medication. He attended the opening of the Hospitalar sector fair in São Paulo.
The Brazilian industrial output declined in April compared with March, according to the National Confederation of Industries.
In the third week of May, the Brazilian trade surplus reached US$ 286 million. Export revenues hit US$ 5.2 billion.
