Agência Brasil Seoul – Brazilian institutions and enterprises will sign next Friday (27), in Tokyo, with Japanese partners, nine agreements that may result in investments of US$2 billion in Brazil, according to the Directorate of Trade Promotion of Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Relations. Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) may become the main Brazilian partner.
Author: Alexandre Rocha
Agência Brasil Seoul – Brazilian and South Korean institutions and enterprises signed this Tuesday (24), in South Korea, contracts that may result on investments of up to US$4 billion in Brazil, in the next years. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva participated on a ceremony to celebrate these partnerships. In one of the agreements, between
Agência Brasil Brasília – Brazil joined the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission in Sudan. Two Army officials have already left to the African country, part of a group of 22. For the Professor of International Relations of the University of Brasilia, Argemiro Procópio, "this Brazilian gesture reinforces the south-south dialogue, and it is, undoubtedly, an
Agência Brasil Rio – The Brazilian agricultural harvest may reach 116.3 million tons in 2005. This is the fourth estimate for the national production of cereals, leguminous, and oleaginous plants (cotton seed, peanuts, rice, beans, castor beans, corn, soy, oat, rye, barley, sunflower, sorghum, wheat, and triticale, a cereal resulting from the wheat and rye
The result was influenced by oil shipping, which generated US$ 291 million, the largest monthly value since July 2002. In total, foreign sales from the state of Rio de Janeiro totalled US$ 683.6 million in the month and reached US$ 2.142 billion this year to date.
Agência Brasil Rio – The number of new jobs generated in industry dropped 0.2% in March, when compared to February, in 11 of the 14 regions included in the Monthly Industrial Job Research of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). When compared to March of last year, however, there was an increase of
Agência Brasil Brasília – The result of the Summit of South American-Arab Countries will come "in a short time, it won’t take long," said President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva during his radio program Café com o Presidente (Breakfast with the President). The Summit occurred in Brasilia, from May 10-11, and gathered presidents and entrepreneurs
In a meeting yesterday with minister Celso Amorim, the Sudanese minister Mustafa Osman Ismail, invited the Brazilian state owned company to explore oil in his country. According to him, exports from Sudan will reach 500,000 barrels per day this year. In 2008, there will be 2 million barrels daily. Also yesterday, Amorim signed a cultural agreement with the Egyptian Ahmed Aboul Gheit.
The definition of a work schedule to give continuity to the summit for South American and Arab countries was the main subject in the meeting for the Foreign Relations Ministers of the 34 countries involved, which took place yesterday, in Brasilia. In the agenda today, the first day of the meeting of the heads of state and government, are economic cooperation through trade and investments, political dialogue between the two regions and cultural exchange.
This information is in the text to be presented at the summit of Arab and South American countries, to which ANBA had exclusive access. The meeting is going to take place in Brazilian capital Brasília, in May. Apart from commercial promotion, the text mentions exchange between universities, professors and the creation of an Arab-South American library with translations of books from both blocs.
Agência Brasil São Paulo – In an interview after the meeting with Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Chile’s president Ricardo Lagos stated that his country has been supporting Brazil’s candidature for a permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council since 1945, when the Council was created, and that this support was reiterated
Agência Brasil Brasília – A Korean state-owned company and Brazilian Eletrobras will develop research projects on energy sources. Korea Electric Power Corporation (Kepco) and the Brazilian company intend to analyze both renewable sources, such as wind energy, biomass, as well as those fossil-related, such as gas, diesel, and coal, among others. Joint investments will also include
The increase was registered in comparison with February 2004. In relation to January, however, there was a retraction in 0,1%. The states that influenced the performance the most were São Paulo and Minas Gerais, in the southeast. In these states, the sectors that advanced the most were of machinery and equipments, vehicles, electronic products and telecommunications.
Agência Brasil Brasília – Brazil and the region of Catalonia (Spain) will exchange information about investments that may help potential Brazilian and Catalan investors in their international businesses decision-making process. A Memorandum of Understanding on the exchange of economic data was signed in Barcelona (Spain), this Thursday (14), by Brazil’s Minister of Development, Industry and
