Next Sunday, Cosmópolis, directed by Otavio Cury, will premiere in the Arab world, at the Cervantes Institute in Damascus. After the screening, the director will take part in a debate.
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A document on the matter was signed by the Brazilian minister of Social Development and Hunger Alleviation, Márcia Lopes, and the Lebanese minister of Social Affairs, Selim El Sayegh, in Brasília.
The International Monetary Fund has disclosed an economic growth projection of 5.5% for Brazil this year.
International trade fair in Libya counts on the participation of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, shoe manufacturing company Grendene, and construction company Odebrecht.
The deficit was US$ 108 million, resulting from US$ 3.292 billion in exports and US$ 3.4 billion in imports.
From April 27 to August 03, the Comic Book Library of Curitiba will offer a course in Arabic calligraphy with calligrapher and fine artist Moafak Dib Helaihel. Enrolment is already open.
Revenues from Brazilian foreign sales totalled US$ 160.5 million, representing growth of 101% compared with the same month of last year. First-quarter exports totalled US$ 395.8 million.
Foreign purchases totalled US$ 3 billion in March. The performance was influenced by imports of vaccines against the H1N1 flu. Revenues from exports totalled US$ 1.1 billion during the month.
Two jets of the Embraer 170 model were delivered to Petro Air. The deal’s initial value is US$ 66.8 million, but may reach US$ 146.8 million in case two more purchase options are confirmed.
Foreign sales increased by 25.5% in comparison with the same month of last year. Saudi Arabia was one of the highlights in terms of target countries, as well as the Middle East as a whole.
Brazil shipped 328,000 bags to the region in the first quarter of the year, resulting in revenues of US$ 43 million, a figure that represents growth of 21% over the same period of 2009.
The Brazilian crop should total 146.31 million tonnes, representing growth of 8.3% in comparison with the previous one. The information was provided by the National Food Supply Company.
The fourth edition of Certified Brazil fair in São Paulo begins today, bringing together environmentally correct and socially fair producers and products. The fair may be visited until Friday.
The Brazilian company sold 733,000 barrels of oil a day in March. The total for the month – 22.73 million barrels – exceeded the greatest figure in company history, for December 2008.
