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The Arab Culture Institute was established in January by professors, writers and journalists from the state of São Paulo who were interested in spreading information about the Arab world in the country. The first official activity by the institute will be a photography exhibition about Palestine, in April. There is also a poetry recital and a cinema show scheduled for the first half of the year.

The Arab Culture Institute was established in January by professors, writers and journalists from the state of São Paulo who were interested in spreading information about the Arab world in the country. The first official activity by the institute will be a photography exhibition about Palestine, in April. There is also a poetry recital and a cinema show scheduled for the first half of the year.

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.

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.

The forecast was made yesterday by the minister of Tourism, Walfrido Mares Guia, based on the 28.3% increase in on international arrivals in the country in January. He spoke about this matter during the release of a study by the Ministry of Tourism, the Brazilian Tourism Institute and the Getúlio Vargas Foundation. The study shows that the tourism companies in Brazil had revenues of US$ 876.2 million in 2004.

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.

Agência Brasil Brasília – Brazil is the guest of honor at the 14th International Book Fair in Havana, Cuba, opened last Thursday (3) by the Brazilian Minister of Education, Tarso Genro. Among the attractions at the fair, which will run through February 13, the Brazil Space offers visitors 13 lectures, art exhibits and shows, handicrafts,