Known for harbouring the Golden Dorado fish, the Uruguay River is a leisure option in the Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina states. Along its banks is a series of resorts for bathing and fishing.
Author: Isaura Daniel
Isaura Daniel
A journalist with a degree from Unisinos and experience in economy and finance, she has been responsible for international coverages and amassed eight journalism prizes.
Amapá was the Brazilian state whose exports to the Arab world increased the most between January and April this year. Sales grew by 190% and reached US$ 66.5 million.
The Medical School of Ribeirão Preto and King Saud University are part of an institute for training on infectious diseases that promotes student exchange and research in the field.
Importers from Algeria, the Emirates, Palestine and Tunisia should participate in meetings the Abimo and Apex are promoting at the medical sector fair, from May 24th to 27th, in São Paulo.
On Thursday, the Arab Brazilian Chamber should promote a seminar for businessmen on the current economic scenery in the region, which is facing political and social transformations.
Since the beginning of the week, representatives of Brazilians living overseas discuss their main needs with ministries. One of the requests is for more Portuguese to be taught.
The professor at the Federal University of Paraná, Alzier Felipe Buffara Antunes, talked about Brazilian education and globalization at a meeting about the subject in Lebanon.
The company, a maker of cosmetics for beauty parlours, aims to turn 20% of exports to the Arab world after entering Egypt. Currently, the Arabs represent 10%.
The Brazilian Foreign Office (Itamaraty) is promoting the second edition of the drawing contest for Brazilian children living abroad. Last year, small children from 5 Arab countries participated.
In Beirut, a school teaches around 40 students how to fight Regional Capoeira, a style developed by the Brazilian Mestre Bimba. The initiative is developed by 23-year-old Lebanese Nassib El Khoury.
Sales of fertilizers from Arab countries to Brazil rose US$ 94.7 million in the quarter. The expansion came mainly from Morocco. Tunisia, a traditional supplier, did not export.
Boosted by the building sector, imports of iron and steel in the Arab world totalled US$ 55.4 million between January and March. The advance was 275% over 2010.
The Priority group, which owns shoe brands West Coast, for men, and Cravo & Canela, for women, already exports to 11 Arab countries and intends to grow in the region up by the end of 2011.
Thirteen years ago, a Swiss citizen and a Brazilian decided to import dromedaries. Today, they have a farm with 20 animals and offer tours on their backs on the beaches of Rio Grande do Norte.
