Agência Brasil Brasília – Photographic identification and fingerprinting, security procedures recently adopted at airports in Brazil and the United States, have now emerged from the sphere of ports and airports and become a diplomatic issue. On Tuesday night (6), the Minister of Foreign Relations, Celso Amorim, requested the US Ambassador to Brazil, Donna Hrinak, that
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Agência Brasil Brasília – In the last five years, farm bread shrimp export has risen greatly in Brazil. It has risen from 37,800 tons, in 2002, to 62,000, in 2003. The Northeast is the largest producer of shrimp. The region concentrates 97% of domestic production. Apart from the increase in export, production has generated 50,000
Agência Brasil Brasília – The United States is open to discussions about multilateral agreements that also involve agricultural subsidies granted by the American government to its farmers. This is what the president of the US House of Representatives, Dennis Haster, conceded following a meeting with the Minister of Agriculture, Roberto Rodrigues. The meeting lasted around
Agência Brasil Brasília – Last week, the Brazilian government sent remedies to Iran to assist victims of the earthquake that devastated the city of Bam on December 26. According to the Ministry of Foreign Relations, the shipment contains a ton of medicines, including analgesics, antibiotics, anti-inflammatories, antithermics, and antianemia drugs, used to treat traumatic injuries,
Agência Brasil Brasília – Last week, the Brazilian government sent remedies to Iran to assist victims of the earthquake that devastated the city of Bam on December 26. According to the Ministry of Foreign Relations, the shipment contains a ton of medicines, including analgesics, antibiotics, anti-inflammatories, antithermics, and antianemia drugs, used to treat traumatic injuries,
Agência Brasil Rio de Janeiro – Flower production is expected to give the economy of the state of Rio a boost in 2004, creating 1,800 jobs, many of them on family farms. According to state authorities, some R$3 million will be invested in 150 projects as part of the Florescer program. The Florescer program will
