The Unilab (Federal University for Portuguese-Afro-Brazilian Integration) will be installed in Ceará and should have half its vacancies allotted to African students.
Author: Agência Brasil
Brazil is going to make use of the Olympic games to attract tourists, businessmen and to promote the candidacy of Rio de Janeiro to host the 2016 Olympics.
The G-20, a group of developing countries, has declared that it hopes for a substantial result in the Doha Rounds. The ministerial meeting begins today at the World Trade Organisation.
Foreign sales totalled US$ 33.8 billion in the first half, 16% more than in the same period last year.
The volume of funds was remitted to families in Brazil by citizens living in other countries. Main sources of remittances include the United States and Japan.
Brasília – In the current crop, Brazil is going to harvest 146,000 tonnes of castor oil plant, representing growth of 55.8% compared with the last crop. According to the National Food Supply Company (Conab), the expansion of production was driven by greater use of castor oil in several products, including manufacturing of fluid for aircraft
Rio de Janeiro – Brazilian state-owned oil company Petrobras announced yesterday (14), in a press release, that it has notified the National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuel Agency (ANP) about the discovery of a new high-quality oil producing area in the Basin of Espírito Santo (SE Brazil). According to Petrobras, the discovery was made within
Exports last week totalled US$ 4.295 billion and imports, US$ 3.07 billion. In the first 13 days of the month, exports stood at US$ 7.482 billion, and imports, at US$ 5.952 billion.
Foreign sales grew more than expected. In the first half of the year, they generated US$ 90.6 billion. Imports rose even more and the trade surplus should be smaller in 2008.
The Chinese want to know how Brazil produces, transports, stores and mixes alcohol with petrol. A mission organised by the Brazilian government is in the Asian country this week.
The announcement was made yesterday by the president of the European Commission, José Manuel Durão Barroso, in the first day of the G8 summit, in Japan.
Brasília – The Bank of Brazil is going to make available 30.8 billion Brazilian reals (US$ 19.1 billion) for the financing of rural credit in the 2008/2009 crop. The value corresponds to an increase of 25% over that made available in the previous crop, when funds totalled 24.7 billion (US$ 15.3 billion). Of the value
