Author: Alexandre Rocha
Agência Brasil Brasília – "A ten-year-long dream that finally came true," was the way minister of Foreign Relations, Celso Amorim, described the agreement signed yesterday (18) by Mercosur and the Andean Community (CAN). The agreement will promote Latin American integration, not only in trade, but also in the areas of investment and scientific and technological
Agência Brasil Rio – Petrobras, the Brazilian state-owned oil company, reports that total gas and oil production rose to an average 2,075,000 barrels per day in September, an increase of 1.6%, compared to August. However, compared to September 2003, production remains stable. September domestic production rose to 1,540,000 barrels per day, up 2.1% over August, but
Agência Brasil Rio – Petrobras has announced that it will soon place two new oil rigs into operation, increasing production by 15%. The first rig, the P-34, is already on its way to the Campos Basin oil field where it will be installed 182 kilometers off the coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro.
Agência Brasil Rio – Brazilian minister of Foreign Relations, Celso Amorim, reports that Mercosur member-nations have accepted an offer from Portugal to meet with the EU trade commissioner, Pascal Lamy, in Lisbon, on October 20, to continue talks on a free trade agreement. The announcement was made following a meeting that brought together Amorim and
Agência Brasil Brasília – The use of open source software by fifteen Brazilian federal government agencies and ministries has generated an economy of US$9.9 million (R$28.5 million) in license payments for the year between October 2003 and September 2004. And that is just the beginning. According to Sergio Amadeu, the president of the National Information Technology
