Author: Alexandre Rocha
Marcos César Pontes is participating in The Centenary Mission, a name given in homage to another historic flight by the Brazilian Santos Dummont in aircraft 14-Bis, in 1906. The Soyuz spacecraft should be launched from Baikonur base, in Kazakhstan, today, headed for the International Space Station.
Agência Brasil Rio – The World Education Forum (FME) begins tomorrow (22) in the city of Novo Iguaçu, state of Rio de Janeiro. It is a major international event in the education area and will bring together specialists for four days to discuss a central topic: "Citizen Education for an Educator City." There will also
Agência Brasil Rio – The World Education Forum (FME) begins tomorrow (22) in the city of Novo Iguaçu, state of Rio de Janeiro. It is a major international event in the education area and will bring together specialists for four days to discuss a central topic: "Citizen Education for an Educator City." There will also
Agência Brasil Rio – Petrobras, the Brazilian state owned oil company, has announced that its combined daily production of petroleum and natural gas (in equivalent barrels) reached 2.28 million barrels in February, an increase of 12%, compared to February 2005, and an increase of 1%, compared to January 2006 production. In February combined petroleum and natural
Agência Brasil Brasília – The Secretariat of the National Treasury (SNT) which is housed in the Ministry of Finance and administers the government debt, has announced that it has successfully concluded another emission of new debt (sovereign) bonds which mature in 2037. The amount involved was US$ 500 million with a yield of 6.831% per
Agência Brasil Brasília – This week, between March 13 and 17, Brazil will host a meeting of the Protocol of Cartegena on Biosafety, in the city of Curitiba, state of Paraná. The Protocol of Cartagena on Biosafety was drawn up in September 2003, and Brazil became a signatory in February 2004. The protocol is an
Agência Brasil Brasília – The US$ 100 laptop that is a brainchild of the Massachussets Institute of Technology (MIT) may be in Brazilian schools in 2007, says presidential aide, Cezar Alvarez, who is coordinating a work group that is studying the possibility of Brazil enrolling in the MIT project: "A Laptop For Every Child." In
Agência Brasil Brasília – This morning Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva left for a four-day state visit to England at the invitation of Queen Elizabeth II. The presidential entourage includes ministers of Finance, Antônio Palocci; Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Luiz Fernando Furlan; Science and Technology, Sergio Rezende; Culture, Gilberto Gil; and Education,
Agência Brasil Brasília – Between March 7 and 10, Brazil will host the 2nd International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development. This is the first conference of its kind since a 1979 conference in Rome. According to the Ministry of Agrarian Development, headed by Miguel Rossetto, who will lead the Brazilian delegation to the
The sector expects an increase in the number of employment opportunities, according to a study by the Ministry of Tourism and Getúlio Vargas foundation with 748 companies in the area. The Tourism minister, Walfrido Mares Guia hopes that the foreign funds entering the country may reach US$ 5 billion this year.
