Agência Brasil Brasília – Minister of Agriculture, Roberto Rodrigues, will be in China this week at the head of a trade mission. "Our objective is to lay the groundwork on commercial and santitation understandings so we can do business with the Chinese in the area of trade. We are looking for buyers for a wide
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Agência Brasil Brasilia – Brazil and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached a US$14 billion agreement which will run until 2007. According to minister of Finance, the deal is for Brazil to take the 5th and final tranche of the September 2002 agreement, worth US$8 billion, which could be withdrawn by the end of this
Agência Brasil Brasília – The Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) selected four more Brazilian scientists to join the institution. Aloísio Pessoa de Araújo, Antônio Carlos Campos de Carvalho, George Alexandre dos Reis, and José Fernando Perez were chosen to become new members at the 9th General Conference of the TWAS, held in Beijing. Founded
Agência Brasil Brasília – The first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Anne Krueger, arrives in Brazil today for talks on a new agreement. Yesterday the Ministry of Finance released a note officially announcing that a new agreement would be made, but without going into any details about it. According to the note,
Agência Brasil Brasília – Here is a breakdown on the way Brazilians use credit, as reported in a survey by the Credicard group. Credit operations available to the consumer are credit cards, personal loans, special checking accounts and mortgages. All told, up to August of this year, credit operations totalled R$431.6 billion, compared to R$595.8
Agência Brasil Brasília – During his visit to Mozambique this week, president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will sign a protocol for the construction of a generic pharmaceutical laboratory that will manufacture AIDS drugs. The factory will be built in Maputo and will reinforce Brazilian healthcare assistance in Africa. At the moment, it is common
Agência Brasil Brasília – This week Brazil got some heavyweight support in its quest for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council. The prime minister of Spain, Jose Maria Aznar, in Brazil for on an official visit, announced that the idea was logical and could count on Spanish support ("simpatia viva"). The Aznar statement was
