Brasília – The Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) announced today (24th) that in May, 2.94 million new mobile lines were activated, representing growth of 1.63% over April. This year, the number of new mobile lines in the first five months was the highest since the year 2000. The total number of mobile subscribers in Brazil
Author: Agência Brasil
According to Brazilian Strategic Affairs minister Pinheiro Guimarães, the country will have eliminated extreme poverty in 12 years time. The contributing factors will include educational inclusion.
Petrobras issued a statement yesterday informing that the potential for light oil in reservoirs at the Tupi area, located in ultra-deep waters in the pre-salt region of the Santos Basin.
In May, nearly 9 million tonnes of cargo passed through the largest sea terminal in Brazil. It was the highest monthly turnover since September of last year.
The comparison, by the Central Bank of Brazil, is between April this year and the same month in 2009. The figure is used in the formulation of interest policies.
The funds, allocated to the productive sector of the economy, totalled US$ 3.5 billion, a figure higher than the Brazilian Central Bank’s projection, which was US$ 1.6 billion.
The negative balance is greater than that registered in the same period last year. In May alone, the result was over US$ 2 billion.
The Brazilian state-owned oil company’s 2010-2014 business plan provides for average investment of US$ 44.8 billion per year.
Brazilian exports totalled US$ 4.075 billion and imports, US$ 3.269 billion in the third week of the month.
The Brazilian economy’s rate of growth should be 7.06% this year, according to financial analysts’ projections. This is the 14th consecutive month of increase in the estimate.
In South Africa, the country has Casa Brasil, a facility for events and promotion of products such as coffee, wine, meat and software. Exports to the continent totalled US$ 8.7 billion in 2009.
The 2010/2011 Crop Plan for the sector was announced today by president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The funds exceed the total for the previous program by US$ 559 million.
The statement was made by the Brazilian minister of Finance, Guido Mantega. According to him, the country will continue to grow, and will have its lowest unemployment ever in 2010.
Such is the total of dividends state-owned companies should pay to the government. Bank of Brazil, the Development and Federal Savings banks, the Post Office, Eletrobras and Petrobras account for 97%.
