Isaura Daniel* São Paulo – Between Friday (26) and Sunday (28) the Palestinian community living in Brazil will hold a national meeting in Porto Alegre, the capital of the southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul. The 9th Congress of Arab Palestinian Organizations and Communities in Brazil, which should bring together 300 to 400 Palestinians
Author: Gabriel Kawamura Pomerancblum
At the International Ethanol Workshop, held yesterday in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, Brazil was cited by lecturers as the country that invests the most in technology for the sector. Representatives of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce participated in the meeting. Also in Sudan, today will see the beginning of the Khartoum International Fair, in which the Chamber will have a stand.
At the International Ethanol Workshop, held yesterday in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, Brazil was cited by lecturers as the country that invests the most in technology for the sector. Representatives of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce participated in the meeting. Also in Sudan, today will see the beginning of the Khartoum International Fair, in which the Chamber will have a stand.
Agência Brasil* Brasília – Exports from Brazil increased 6.96% last week compared with the week before, closing at US$ 2.7 billion. During the same period, imports decreased by nearly the same rate (-6.55%), amounting to a little more than US$ 2 billion. The data were published today (22) by the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry
Brazil earned US$ 1.79 million from leather exports to the League of Arab States in 2006, surpassing the US$ 1 million revenue in 2005. Businessmen in the sector believe that sales to the region in 2007 should continue growing, since industries intend to seek alternative, less traditional markets, as is the case with Arab nations.
Yesterday at the Kuwaiti Ministry of Public Works, Brazilian businessmen on a mission to the Gulf got to know some of the projects that the country’s government aims to implement in up to ten years. According to Ministry representatives, Brazilians can be suppliers to the projects, provided that they have a local partner.
The opinion about the Summit, held in the southeastern Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, was expressed by the Brazilian minister of Foreign Relations, Celso Amorim. According to Amorim, differences aside, the member countries agree on the main point, which is the regional integration based on social justice and economic development.
Alexandre Rocha, special envoy* Rio de Janeiro – The presidents of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, signed today (18), during the Mercosur Summit, a statement concerning the first construction phase of the Gas Pipeline of the South. According to the document, the first section will link Güiria, in Venezuela,
The Lucas do Rio Verde municipality, in the midwestern Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, is one of the locations that started harvesting, this January, the early-maturing variety of soy. This year, Brazil should have a record-breaking crop of 54.9 million tonnes of grain, of which 24.9 million should be exported.
A partner at the International Company Trade, Anis Kanzari, from Tunisia, is currently in Brazil to have a closer look at the local shoe industry. Kanzari is one of the foreign visitors attending Couromoda, a trade show for the shoe sector being held in the southeastern Brazilian city of São Paulo. Before coming to Brazil, Kanzari had already bought a container of shoes made in the notheastern Brazilian capital of Recife.
The World Economic Forum released today a list of 250 leaders in the business, political, academic and social sectors with 40 years of age or less. The list includes 17 Arabs and 6 Brazilians.
The World Economic Forum released today a list of 250 leaders in the business, political, academic and social sectors with 40 years of age or less. The list includes 17 Arabs and 6 Brazilians.
