Agência Brasil Athens (Greece) – Brazilian judoka Flávio Canto (-81kg) won the second Brazilian Olympic medal today at the Athens Olympic Games, at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall. The medal, the second bronze, was also the twelfth of Brazilian judo in the history of the games. The sport has now equalled athletics and sailing as
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Agência Brasil Brasília – Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will be meeting minister of Tourism Walfrido dos Mares Guia at the Presidential Palace at 03:00pm today (19). Soon after that meeting, the Brazilian president will participate in a meeting regarding flights to the Middle East. Topics to be discussed include a new flight
Agência Brasil Brasília – The Brazilian trade balance registered, in the first week of July, a surplus of US$ 271 million – with export of US$ 699 million and import of US$ 428 million. With the result, the accumulated surplus in the year has risen to US$ 15.32 billion. Export from January to July 4
The Brazilian extile and garment industry generated 20,892 jobs in the first four months of 2004. This figure is way over the 2,602 in the same period last year. The sector has also had its largest trade balance surplus in 11 years.
Brazilian minister of Planning Guido Mantega stated that Brazil could increase its attraction to foreign investment in infrastructure.
The Brazilian president is going to address over 300 US, Canadian, and Mexican businessmen. The idea is to present positive facts and figures about Brazil.
Agência Brasil Brasília – The Brazilian trade balance surplus registered, in the third week of the month, between June 14 and 20, a surplus of US$ 880 million, with export of US$ 2.2 billion and import of US$ 1.32 billion. With the result, the trade balance surplus has risen to US$ 13.435 billion – export
The Brazilian government has decided to pay a larger price for organic produce from family farming. This is so as to encourage ecological agriculture in Brazil. The country already has the second largest number of farmers practicing ecological farming, losing only to Italy.
Agência Brasil Rio de Janeiro – The rate of industrial growth attained 6.1% in the first four months of the year. Production in Brazil ended the month of April with a 0.1% growth, compared to March, contributing to the elevation of the cumulative result for the four-month period. Cumulative growth over the last 12 months
Dairy product shipping generated revenues of US$ 7.3 million in May, 188,7% over the result in the same month in 2003. Of this total, the Arab country answered to US$ 3.1 million. The sector, however, still shows a deficit. Import totalled US$ 8.3 million in the period.
