Author: Agência Brasil
Agência Brasil Rio de Janeiro – The prime minister of Portugal, José Manuel Durão Barroso, who is visiting Brazil, says that Brazil does not need a gateway into the European community because Brazil is big enough and important enough to deal directly with any country there. But, said Barroso, the Brazilian business community knows that Europe
Agência Brasil Brasília – The National Confederation of Agriculture (CNA) foresees that in the 2004-05 period the agricultural sector will grow all over the world. According to Getúlio Pernambuco, head of the Economic Department (Decon), the bright prospects for the world economy — which, in his view, will grow 3% this year — should increase
Agência Brasil Brasília – The Ministers of Foreign Relations of Brazil, South Africa, and India are meeting in New Delhi (India) to give continuity to the project for the creation of one great free trade area. The three countries will identify areas of cooperation, negotiate a more intense tripartite trade, and establish partnerships in development
Agência Brasil Rio de Janeiro – When president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva makes an official visit to China in May, one of the agreements he signs should be a cooperation partnership between state-run petroleum companies in both countries. Petrobras and Sinopec have already begun discussions on joint endeavors in petroleum, natural gas and the petrochemical
Agência Brasil Brasília – The Foreign Ministers of Mercosur countries, the Andean Community of Nations, and Chile, meeting in Buenos Aires, have reaffirmed their commitment to the Miami Declaration on the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). A document signed by the ministers states that they favor speeding up regional and bilateral agreements and
Agência Brasil Brasília – Yesterday president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva spoke with George W. Bush of the United States for 15 minutes on the phone. Lula asked Bush to support changes in International Monetary Fund classification of government outlays in productive sectors. Lula wants such outlays to be seen as investments and not expenditures;
Brazilian finance minister Antonio Palocci says that the Brazilian economy is entering a period of sustained growth. The minister also stated that in 2005, the country would start working on its primary surplus (revenues minus expenses not counting interest) in a different way, comparing country finance to a household budget.
Brazilian finance minister Antonio Palocci says that the Brazilian economy is entering a period of sustained growth. The minister also stated that in 2005, the country would start working on its primary surplus (revenues minus expenses not counting interest) in a different way, comparing country finance to a household budget.
Agência Brasil Panama City – The heads of Election Boards (presidentes do Tribunal Supremo Eleitoral) in Costa Rica, Oscar Fonseca, and Honduras, Manuel Alvarado, have expressed interest in using Brazilian technology in electronic voting machines in general elections in 2006. Brazil is exhibiting its technology at the 2nd Interamerican Conference on Election Technology which is
