TV Brazil, a pilot station set up at the V World Social Forum (WSF) between January 26 and 31 in Porto Alegre, in southern Brazil, served as a guide for the creation of what will shortly become the first channel committed to the integration of South America. Transmissions should begin this year, and the channel should show documentaries about Brazil and other South American countries.
Author: Mark Ament
The Brazilian Biosecurity law was approved by the House of Representatives yesterday (02). The law regulates stem cell research and the trade of genetically modified seed.
The investment plan was announced yesterday, during a meeting between Paulo Roberto Costa, the state-owned company supply director, and state governor Geraldo Alckmin. Just with the expansion of four refineries, the company is going to invest US$ 2.14 billion. It is estimated that around 100,000 jobs will be generated.
IT has developed ARABtoBRASIL, a kind of personalized travel package that takes into consideration the characteristics of each one of the Arab countries. The programs are for Brazilians who visit the countries in the Middle East and North Africa on business, and for Arabs visiting Brazil. IT, which is based in the city of Barueri, in the interior of the state of São Paulo, is an official operator for Reed Exhibitions and Messe Frankfurt, two of the largest event organizers in the world.
Abimo, an organization that represents the sector, took 40 Brazilian companies to Arab Health, a fair that took place in Dubai last week. Participation should generate deals of US$ 11.2 million in the next 12 months. In May, a delegation of companies is travelling on a trade mission to Saudi Arabia, where they will participate in business meetings with Arab importers and in the Saudi Health Care fair.
The group participated in meetings with around 100 Arab businessmen last week. The trade mission was part of the schedule of the tour taken by the Brazilian minister of Foreign Relations, Celso Amorim, to ten countries in the region. Amorim ended the tour on Saturday, after meeting Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who confirmed his participation in the Arab-South American Summit, scheduled for May.
Typical Brazilian dances, such as samba and frevo, will be presented at Global Village, an event to take place in the United Arab Emirates, during the greatest period of tourist attraction sales and promotions in the Middle East. Brazil will have a 70-square-metre space, where, from tomorrow to March 15, exhibitions will include photographs and videos of tourist points. The objective is to attract tourists from the region to Brazil.
The German government has authorized the mixture of 2% biodiesel into that derived from petroleum, and Brazil hopes to become the main supplier. A pilot project will take place in two cities, one in Brazil and the other in Germany, where official vehicles will be fuelled using alternative fuels.
Agência Brasil* Rio de Janeiro – In January, the real average income of workers in the six main metropolitan regions of Brazil that are studied by the Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics (IBGE) grew 2.2% when compared to December, reaching US$ 352.44, at current exchange rates. In comparison to January 2004, income grew the
The theme was discussed yesterday during a meeting between Brazilian Foreign minister Celso Amorim and Abdelbaki Hermassi, his Tunisian counterpart, in Tunis. During the summit of Arab and South American countries, scheduled for May, there will be an Arab cinema show organized by Nadia Attia, the director of the Carthage Film Festival. Today, Minister Amorim should meet Tunisian president Zine Al-Abidine Ben Ali.
The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) is going to finance the export of goods and services by construction company Norberto Odebrecht and Confab. The project forecasts installation of over 500 kilometres of pipes for a daily expansion of approximately 2.9 million cubic metres in the natural gas transport capacity of Gás Del Sur company.
Brazilian and Kuwaiti businessmen discussed yesterday, at the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry, ways of levelling the trade balance between Brazil and that country. While Brazilian exports to Kuwait rose 73% in 2004, sales from the Arab country to the country in South America dropped 70%. One of the alternatives for reduction of this difference, according to ambassador Mario Vilalva, is investment by Brazilian companies in the Arab country.
