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The São Paulo State Investment Promotion Agency presented opportunities and projects to a delegation from the United Arab Emirates on Thursday (31). There is interest in public-private partnerships.

The Brazilian government has heeded the pleas of foreigners living in the country, and will replace the word ‘refugee’ from their ID cards with ‘resident’. The goal is to make socioeconomic integration easier.

Saudi Arabia did not accept a seat in the United Nations Security Council due to the organisation’s lack of power to solve the conflicts of the Middle East, especially Syria.

Flavio Marega, who will assume his post at the Brazilian embassy in Saudi Arabia in 2014, says he will work for Saudis to resume purchasing Brazilian bovine meat. Imports have been suspended for ten months.

The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees created a website and a Facebook fan page for the Brazilian public. The organization is campaigning for donations in the country.