Natucapri, an association of women from the Brazilian state of Alagoas, makes goat’s milk soap and wants to export. The Egyptian queen, known for her beauty and vanity, used to bathe in the milk.
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.
The only footage of Lampião, a famous brigand, was by a Lebanese moviemaker: Benjamin Abrahão Botto. He showed the daily life of Lampião and his band in northeastern Brazil in the 1930s.
A program of the Brazilian Micro and Small Business Support Service (Sebrae) is providing training on how to export and import to 80 enterprises that make footwear, footwear parts and machinery.
Tunisia wants to buy calves for fattening. A representative of the Tunisian Union of Agriculture and Fisheries, in Brazil for the Dialogue Brazil-Africa Conference, seeks suppliers in the area.
Joint venture GB Polo, between Marcopolo and the Egyptian GB Auto, produced 210 buses in the first quarter of this year in the city of Suez. Plans are to export the vehicles from Egypt in 2011.
Vonpar wants its chocolates, sweets and dairy to reach all Arab countries in a year. The group bought Neugebauer, Wallerius and Mu-Mu in 2009 and has daring targets for the foreign market.
A thematic agreement between the GBEP (Global Bioenergy Partnership), in Tunis, is discussing indicators to use in public policies in biofuel. Brazil and Sudan are members of the group.
New Vehicle Manufacturers Association chairman, Cledorvino Belini, wants to establish a national program to encourage auto industry technology and innovation. The future aim is to export intelligence.
The company is considering developing a series of projects in other countries. The most advanced ones are Peru, Mozambique and Nicaragua, and an inquiry was also made for an operation in Egypt.
The Brazilian Timber Group was established this year to export wood products to the Middle East. The first sales were discussed this month in the United Arab Emirates.
The Brazilian construction company has pre-qualified for a tender in the Arab country located in North Africa. The contract concerns the building of a dam.
Children’s book ‘Operation Rescue in Baghdad,’ by Luciana Savaget, was translated into Arabic and is read by Palestinian children. In the book, an operation saves fictional characters amidst a war.
The Abu Ghid Folk Orchestra will play a concert featuring Egyptian folk and religious songs in the capital of São Paulo on Wednesday. This will be the group’s first performance in Latin America.
The organization’s president, Salim Schahin, is now in Damascus. He spoke with local authorities of the Brazil-Syria Business Council and of the Syrian expatriates meeting due in São Paulo.
