Agência Brasil Rio de Janeiro – Speaking at the Catholic University (PUC) of Rio de Janeiro yesterday, minister of Science and Technology, Eduardo Campos, called for a National System of Science, Technology and Innovation which will allow development at the regional level. According to the minister, the idea is to reduce regional disparities, making it possible
Author: Agência Brasil
Agência Brasil Rio de Janeiro – Canadian officials met with the president of Eletrobrás, Luiz Pinguelli Rosa, for talks on the quest for sustainable energy sources for the XXI century and the problem of greenhouse gas emissions. Eletrobrás, the Brazilian state-run energy sector holding company, has a Zero Greenhouse Gas Emission program which will now be
Agência Brasil Brasília – Minister of Foreign Relations, Celso Amorim, arrived in Beijing on Sunday and has already begun working out the details of agreements that president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will sign during his official visit in May. Among those agreements are a Mercosur-China free trade agreement and one on cooperation in mining
Agência Brasil Brasília – The managing director of the World Bank, Mamphele Ramphele, who is visiting Brazil, met with president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva yesterday to discuss a joint effort that will go beyond financial resources in promoting economic growth. "Investments are fundamental," said Ramphele, but he explained that the World Bank and Brazil
Agência Brasil Brasília – On Thursday (18) and Friday (19), Brazilian and Ukranian government and company representatives met in Brasília to discuss a project of cooperation in the energy field. The idea is to create a private company, with capital from public and private sources, to produce gas-driven turbines for thermoelectric generating plants. The value
Agência Brasil Brasília – Five technical experts from the Italian International Cooperation Agency put the finishing touches on arrangements for a new partnership with Brazil. Meeting in Brasília with their counterparts from the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama) and the Brazilian Agricultural Research Company (Embrapa), they discussed conservation, sustainable use, and
Agência Brasil Betim (Minas Gerais) – On Friday, during a visit to a Fiat factory in Betim, president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said that although Brazilian interest rates remain high, they are the lowest in ten years. He added that for interest rates to fall, the country has to have domestic and foreign credibility.
Agência Brasil Brasília – The Minister of Foreign Relations, Celso Amorim, arrived yesterday (18) in Ankara, capital of Turkey. He will visit the country until Saturday (20) as official guest of the Turkish government and has meetings scheduled with Turkish President Ahmet Necnet Sezer and Chancellor Abdullah Gül. Amorim is the first Brazilian Foreign Minister
