Agência Brasil Rio de Janeiro – A declaration (Carta Manifesto) by 45 organizations in the Brazilian scientific community has come out in support of negotiations by the government to make the International Monetary Fund more flexible when calculating the primary surplus. The document calls for considering public spending on science and technology public investments and not
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Agência Brasil Rio de Janeiro – The agreement between the Mercosur and the European Union is closer to becoming a reality, informed the Brazilian Ambassador to France, Sérgio Amaral, who said that the agreement is proceeding according to schedule. On April 15, the countries from the Mercosur and the European Union will flesh out their offers
Agência Brasil Brasília – The President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, inaugurates today the Três Lagoas (Three Lakes) Thermoelectric Plant in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. The plant was built with investments totaling US$ 172 million (R$ 500 million) from the Brazilian Petroleum Company, Petrobrás. Três Lagoas is the fifth Brazilian thermoelectric
Agência Brasil Brasília – On April 14, Foreign Minister, Celso Amorim, and the Foreign Minister of Uruguay, Didier Opertti, will meet in the city of Jaguarão, Rio Grande do Sul, to ratify a free movement agreement on the Brazil-Uruguay border. The agreement will benefit some 700,000 people who live in an area up to 20 kilometers
Agência Brasil Recife – Researchers from the Embrapa (Brazilian Agricultural Research Company) and other institutions that act in the semi-arid region of the Northeast will be able to count on US$ 2.5 million in resources to develop projects in the areas of food security, disease prevention, and environmental preservation. This assurance was given by the
Agência Brasil Brasília – The Federal Data Processing Service (Serpro) is developing a software program, called Open Screen, that will convert written into spoken text. The program, which is especially designed for people with visual deficiencies to navegate on the internet, will be distributed without charge. Marcos Kinsky, a Serpro analyst, said today that the
Agência Brasil São Paulo – Despite the bitter taste of an 18% drop in sales in the first quarter of 2004, compared with the same period last year, toy manufacturers have not lost their optimism. The 320 firms that operate in this area and employ 23.6 thousand workers throughout the country forecast 6% growth this
Agência Brasil Brasília – Brazil has already obtained the support of ten Latin American countries to effect changes in the conditions imposed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) when it loans money. Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela agree with Brazil in calling for the IMF not to count as
