From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The Lebanese Emigration Research Center at Notre Dame University, in Lebanon, is going to offer an academic course on the study of emigration, immigration, remigration, refugees, and migratory transit, from April 24th to 29th. The course is turned to professionals and students from all nationalities. The objective of the
Author: Gabriel Kawamura Pomerancblum
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The Lebanese Emigration Research Center at Notre Dame University, in Lebanon, is going to offer an academic course on the study of emigration, immigration, remigration, refugees, and migratory transit, from April 24th to 29th. The course is turned to professionals and students from all nationalities. The objective of the
In 2003, artist Sonia Madruga, based in the southeastern Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, had a great dream of hers come true: getting to know the homeland of Lebanese writer and painter Gibran Khalil Gibran. Using water from the mountains of Lebanon, Sonia painted 38 watercolours. Two such works are going to be on display, starting next Friday, at Mount Lebanon Athletic Club, in the city of São Paulo (SE Brazil).
In 2003, artist Sonia Madruga, based in the southeastern Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, had a great dream of hers come true: getting to know the homeland of Lebanese writer and painter Gibran Khalil Gibran. Using water from the mountains of Lebanon, Sonia painted 38 watercolours. Two such works are going to be on display, starting next Friday, at Mount Lebanon Athletic Club, in the city of São Paulo (SE Brazil).
Agência Brasil* Brasília – The Brazilian balance of trade posted a surplus of US$ 187 million in the third week of March. Exports totalled US$ 2.34 billion and imports, US$ 2.15 billion. In the accumulated result for the year, the trade surplus went up to US$ 2.38 billion, with foreign sales at US$ 35.1 billion
Agência Brasil* Brasília – The Broad Consumer Price Index (IPCA), which provides the parameters for the Brazilian federal government to set its inflation goals, should end 2008 at 4.44%, according to the Focus bulletin. A weekly publication of the Brazilian Central Bank, the bulletin is elaborated based on a survey conducted every week among analysts
Agência Brasil* Brasília – The number of passengers carried by Brazilian airlines grew 2.8% in January 2008 compared with the same month last year, from 9.7 million to 9.97 million people. The data were taken from a balance disclosed by the Brazilian Airport Infrastructure Company (Infraero). To the Civil Aviation secretary at the Ministry of
This year, 13.5 million Brazilians should use the Internet to buy and sell products. In 2007, 10 million people spent 6.5 billion reals (US$ 3.8 billion) in goods on the worldwide computer network. Should the estimate prove true, there will be a 45% growth in revenues and a 30% increase in number of consumers.
One of the visitors at the Arab Brazilian Chamber stand in the Cairo International Fair was businessman Heydar Maktabi, of Lebanese company Hassan Maktabi & Sons, which trades Oriental carpets. He is interested in attending trade fairs in Brazil to showcase his products.
Agência Brasil* Brasília – Civil construction was the sector of the Brazilian economy that recorded the highest increase in job positions, in February, in comparison with the same period last year. The expansion rate was almost 400%. In February 2007, 5,522 new positions were created in the sector, whereas in February 2008, the volume grew
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – A total of 1.2 million new lines were enabled in Brazil in February, according to data supplied by the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel). The figure represents an increase over the 469,000 new lines enabled in the same month of 2007. It was the best month of February in the last
Agência Brasil* Brasília – The Brazilian balance of trade posted a US$ 527 million surplus in the second week this month, according to data disclosed today (17) by the (Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade. Last week, exports totalled US$ 3.494 billion and imports, US$ 2.967. In the first week this month, a
Agência Brasil* Brasília – Market analysts project that by the end the year the dollar should be worth the equivalent of 1.75 reals, as against the 1.78 reals previously estimated. The dollar has been depreciating against the real (Brazilian currency) for three consecutive weeks now. For the current month, the estimate was revised up from
According to a survey disclosed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Brazilian agricultural income should total 143 billion reals (US$ 84.2 billion) in 2008. The figure takes into account the increase in product prices and the amounts produced. Sugarcane, maize and soybean crops represent 57.3% of that value.
