Agência Brasil Rio de Janeiro – Petrobras reports that in 2003 its total production of petroleum and natural gas rose 12.5%, compared to 2002, going from 1,810,200 barrels/day to 2,036,500 barrels/day. In December total production was up 18.3% over December 2002, going from 1,691,100 barrels/day to 2,001,100 barrels/day. According to the note, production in Brazilian fields
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Agência Brasil Brasília – Brazil is already the fourth world producer of genetically modified (GM) crops, with around 3 million hectares, of transgenic soy. The United States continue leading the rank, with 42.8 million hectares, followed by Argentina (13.9 million hectares), Canada (4.4 million hectares), Brazil, and China (2.8 million hectares). According to the "Global
Foreign charter flights to Brazilian northeast have shown great increase due to partnership between Embratur, Infraero, and CTI-NE. The main destinations are the states of Rio Grande do Norte, Ceará, and Bahia.
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
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
