The group from the International Monetary Fund came to the country for the tenth and last evaluation of a US$ 30 billion agreement with the organization. During the eight days they spent in the country, they visited various ministries and the Central Bank.
Author: Alexandre Rocha
Agência Brasil Brasília – The Minister of Agrarian Development, Miguel Rossetto, is participating, today and tomorrow (5), in the First International Agricultural Forum, in Dakar, the capital of Senegal. The discussions during the two-day meeting will revolve around the role of agriculture in the development of Third World countries and government policies to expand the
Agência Brasil Rio – Petrobras informs that it hired the French firm, Axens (of the French Petroleum Institute group), to reduce the sulphur content of its gasoline and thus improve the quality of the fuel. The contract, which was signed today, foresees the construction of ten sulphur reduction units in eight Brazilian refineries, by 2009.
Agência Brasil Brasília – The Brazilian candidate for the post of director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is upbeat about his election. Ambassador Luiz Felipe Seixas Corrêa expressed confidence that the election will go to a representative from a developing country. In his view, the idea is to introduce balance in the leadership of
Agência Brasil Brasília – The war on hunger is one of the themes that will be discussed at the V World Social Forum (WSF), which will take place between January 26 and 31 in Porto Alegre, in southern Brazil. On the 28th, for example, there will be a debate involving representatives of the UNESCO (United
