It was a new record high for visits. In the first quarter of the year, visits have reached nearly 500,000 and, from 2005 until now, they have totalled 2.9 million.
Author: Gabriel Kawamura Pomerancblum
The annual meeting of the General Union of Arab Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture will be held today and tomorrow in the capital of Egypt. The president at the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Antonio Sarkis Jr., and the secretary-general at the organisation, Michel Alaby, will attend the meeting. Sarkis is also going to meet the secretary-general at the League of Arab States, Amr Mussa.
Felipe Prando, from the southern Brazilian state of Paraná, spent two months travelling through Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt. His experience gave birth to the exhibition Súra. The images can be seen in the virtual version of the Estreita gallery, from Curitiba, the capital of Paraná. Prando also has plans of turning the work into a book.
Felipe Prando, from the southern Brazilian state of Paraná, spent two months travelling through Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt. His experience gave birth to the exhibition Súra. The images can be seen in the virtual version of the Estreita gallery, from Curitiba, the capital of Paraná. Prando also has plans of turning the work into a book.
From the Newsroom* São Paulo – The number of transactions using credit cards, debit cards, and store cards reached 1.12 billion in the first quarter this year. Turnover from card transactions was R$ 65 billion (US$ 31.3 billion), 17% more than in the same period of 2006, according to data provided by the Brazilian Association
Agência Brasil* Brasília – The new Brazilian minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Miguel Jorge, said that from now on the ministry will "pay much more attention" to the domestic and foreign markets. "That was the instruction I received from president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and I will follow it," Jorge said. Miguel
This was one of the proposals discussed yesterday during a meeting between the secretary-general at the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Michel Alaby, and businessmen from the Arab country. The meeting took place at the headquarters of the Egyptian Businessmen Association, in Cairo.
The Public Investment Fund of the Saudi Ministry of Finance is going to cover the construction cost for the North-South Railway in the Arab country. The project will have 2,400 kilometres of extension, and will transport both cargo and passengers. The international tender is open to real estate companies, railway car and locomotive manufacturers, railway operators and other companies in the sector.
Agência Brasil* Rio de Janeiro – The Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics (IBGE) disclosed today (28) the revision of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for 2006. With the new calculation method adopted, the growth in Brazilian economy rose from 2.9% to 3.7% and reached R$ 2.3 trillion (US$ 1.1 trillion). The per capita GDP
Chef Jorge Nascimento visited three Arab countries last year. In the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Lebanon, he went to restaurants, became acquainted with the markets and the idiosyncrasies of local cuisine. Nascimento puts the experience he acquired to use in the classes he gives in Gastronomy and Hotel Management courses at universities in the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul.
Chef Jorge Nascimento visited three Arab countries last year. In the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Lebanon, he went to restaurants, became acquainted with the markets and the idiosyncrasies of local cuisine. Nascimento puts the experience he acquired to use in the classes he gives in Gastronomy and Hotel Management courses at universities in the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul.
A team of veterans from the Brazilian Esporte Clube Sírio (Syrian Sports Club) is going to play against a Tunisian team next Friday (30). The game is a tribute to the former vice-president at the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Ramon Semin, who was also the president of the club in 1979, when it won the World Interclub Championship.
Agência Brasil* Brasília – In February, 148,019 formal jobs were created in Brazil, according to a report published today (27) by the General Records Office for Employment and Unemployment (Caged) of the Ministry of Labour. Compared with January, the figure represents a 0.53% increase. This is the second best result for February since surveys started
