Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva received yesterday, in New York, an award from the Woodrow Wilson Center. The reduction of poverty in the country was one of the reasons for the homage.
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From today to October 2nd, Lebanese cities should promote samba and percussion parades and workshops. Dancers from Vila Isabel Samba School, from Rio de Janeiro, should parade the streets.
The Arab Syrian Cultural Centre is going to promote a cultural evening in the city of São Paulo on September 23rd. There will be an exhibition, a lecture and film screenings.
Florestal Brasil S.A. will be launched next Monday by group JBS-Friboi, MCL Empreendimentos, Funcef and Petros. The company is going to invest in planting in forests at degraded areas.
The two slaughterhouses announced an association agreement that should result in unification of their operations. JBS also informed the purchase of the American Pilgrim’s Pride, in poultry.
Company Alcoa, as part of the Awac joint venture, began operating a bauxite mine in the state this week. The ore will be turned to alumina production in the state of Maranhão.
Brazilian shoe brands attended GDS, a trade fair for the industry that ended this week in Germany. They made contacts and closed deals with importers from several countries, including Arab ones.
Despite the retraction of the global market, the volume shipped to the region has grown over 20% from January to August. Exports totalled 914,000 tonnes of chicken.
Trade fair Nova Equipotel, one of the five largest in the sector, should bring together over 1,000 hotel and food industry exhibitors. The event will have business roundtables with Arab importers.
The Brazilian brand of cosmetics has relaunched a line of masculine perfumes that has essences originally from Arab countries, like Egypt and Tunisia, among others.
The stamp of the Federal Inspection Service (SIF) is featured on food products that circulate in Brazil and in over 180 countries, and guarantees product quality and origin.
The institution established a partnership with the Ministry of Health, through which it will train 860 public health workers from 13 states in Brazil.
A study by the Global Investment House, from Kuwait, shows that the Saudi real estate sector should grow 5% to 7% a year to 2012. The country needs 1.5 million housing units.
The two decisions, taken by the Foreign Trade Board, were published in the Federal Official Gazette today.
