Sandra Carvalho, a lawyer, sociologist and director of non-governmental organization Global Justice, won the Annual Human Rights Award granted by Human Rights First (HRF), for her social action.
Author: Agência Brasil
The investment of foreigners in shares in Brazil totalled US$ 8.7 billion. The value, from early this year to last week, is the highest since 1947, according to the Central Bank.
The higher volume of biodiesel, forecasted for 2013, should be compulsory in 2010. The measure, announced by president Lula, should expand biodiesel production in the country by 2.4 billion litres.
The volume of foreigners investing in Brazilian treasury bonds was record in September. They had 7.15% of the total, or 95.96 billion Brazilian reals.
The average production of the Brazilian state-owned oil company was 2 million barrels a day in September. The volume represents growth of 5.6% over the same period last year.
In 2010, a television channel for Brazilians abroad will begin broadcasting. The initiative is of state-owned company Empresa Brasil de Comunicação, and Africa should be the first to have access.
Brasília – Brazil was elected today (15th) by the United Nations General Assembly as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council. The term will last two years – from January 1st, 2010 to December 31st, 2011. In all, 182 ballots were cast by 183 voting countries. This is the tenth time that Brazil is
The Bank of Brazil has collected US$ 1.5 billion abroad. The operation was promoted on Tuesday (13th).
According to figures supplied by the Ministry of Labour, the sector showed the best performance in terms of job generation in Brazil in September.
In the past ten years, the rate of Brazilian youths enrolled in higher education institutions has doubled, from 6.9% to 13.9%.
According to a study by the Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics, of the total number of foreigners who live in Brazil, 70.3% are in the Southeast.
According to Petrobras president José Sergio Gabrielli, the growth in consumption of LPG in the country should be 1.7% a year up to 2020 and, for this reason, Brazil cannot be self-sufficient.
The statement was by the minister of Finance, Guido Mantega. According to him, Brazil is generating foreign interest due to the successful way the country faced the crisis.
Factors like the greater supply of oil for export and the higher Brazilian production of diesel should make Petrobras exports higher than imports this year.
