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,
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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
Agência Brasil Rio de Janeiro – Along with the construction of the P-52 platform, Petrobras has announced it will be moving into the second phase of its support vessel fleet renewal which began in 1999. The plan involves competitive bidding for the construction and freighting of up to 18 support vessels, and the modernization of 21
Agência Brasil Brasília – President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says that the foundations for a new national project were put in place in 2003 and that "now it is up to us to take advantage of this historical opportunity and move ahead with a combined agenda of stable, sustainable growth and social justice." As
