The organisation, which brings together 22 Arab nations, called an emergency meeting to discuss the crisis that is affecting at least 12 Muslim countries.
Author: Agência Brasil
The government of Brazil discussed on Monday (14) with representative of the private sector a set of measures to recover exports of manufactured goods.
The country is going to manage the Maritime Task Force in Lebanon, which is living political turmoil. The commander will be the Brazilian counter admiral Luiz Henrique Caroli.
Brazilian exports in the second week of February totalled US$ 4.226 billion and imports, US$ 3.678 billion. In the month, the accumulated balance rose to US$ 980 million.
A press statement published by the Brazilian Foreign Office shows that Brazil hopes for transition in the government of Egypt to take place in a peaceful and calm environment.
After 18 days of civil unrest, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak resigned on Friday. The Armed Forces are going to take over until elections, in September.
Micro and small companies in São Paulo had growth of 9.6% in revenues in 2010 as against the previous year. Micro and small companies of the state represented one third of those in Brazil.
The Brazilian Agriculture and Livestock Confederation forecasts exports of 2 million tonnes of beef in 2011, growth of 25% over last year.
The balance between the inflow and outflow of dollars in the Brazilian economy was US$ 15.513 billion positive, the largest value since June 2007, according to figures disclosed by the Central Bank.
The Brazilian Foreign Office has stated its support to the result of the elections in Sudan. The country’s territory should be divided into two, a decision approved by 98.83% of the voters.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, arrival on the market of the summer crop should help contain food prices. Higher prices are contributing to tension in Middle East and North Africa.
According to the Ibram, the sector should have private investment of US$ 64.8 billion between 2011 and 2015. Most of the funds will be domestic.
Brazilian car production dropped 9.1% in January over December, but advanced 6.4% over the same period in 2010. Exports grew 18.2%.
The Brazilian trade balance registered a trade surplus of US$ 432 million in the first four working days of the month. Exports totalled US$ 3.5 billion.
