BS Colway, from the state of Paraná, deactivated its retreaded tyre factory last year and is engaged in talks in order to transfer its factory park to other countries, among them Syria and Libya.
Author: Isaura Daniel
The water resource management system in Brazil, decentralized and participative, has been attracting the interest of participants at the meeting, in Turkey, which brought together 20,000 people.
The figure is part of a Brazilian Export Promotion Agency survey showing Brazilian companies business opportunities in the segment. The Emirates is the most promising market in the region.
Riva, a maker of household utensils that has been internationally awarded for its product design, exports to four Arab countries. Products in stainless steel and silver are successful in the region.
Television series Morangos com Açúcar (Strawberries with Sugar), from Portugal, had scenes recorded in Ceará. The program is aired in Portugal, Romania and Syria.
The per capita volume of renewable water resources is decreasing in the Arab countries due to population growth. As a consequence, the region is implementing desalination and reuse projects.
United States-born John Tofik Karam, a great grandson of Lebanese, will launch today in São Paulo a book on the Arabs and neoliberalism in Brazil. It has already been published in English in the US.
Students at FEI University Centre are selling ice cream to collect funds. The money should be turned to social projects in several parts of the world, among them schools in Jerusalem and Bethlehem.
The country will present its system for participative management of water basins at the World Water Forum, this month, in Turkey. Some 150 countries, among them the Arab ones, will be represented.
The Brazilian women’s rugby team competed last weekend in the United Arab Emirates and finished in tenth. It was the first-ever Latin American participation in the championship.
The minister of Sudan, Al-Zubair Bashir Taha, spoke about the agricultural growth plans of his country while visiting the Arab Brazilian Chamber. Sudan wants Brazilian technology to produce more.
The Candido Mendes University in Petrópolis, state of Rio de Janeiro, will promote an event about the Arab country from March 9th to 30th, including a photo exhibition, film screenings and debates.
In October, the city will host an international magic festival similar to the one held in Marrakech. This month, government officials from the state are going to the Arab country to attend the event.
The company, one of the main agricultural producers in Brazil, had 54.9% of gross revenues of US$ 185.3 million, connected to exports last year.

