According to the United Nations (UN), the donation is ‘unprecedented.’ In addition to the UNHCR, the country has transferred funds to five other UN agencies.
Most of the country’s onshore gas will be used in generating power. A tender for exploration of onshore blocks is due in October.
Exports of trading companies from Brazil to the Arab country generated US$ 173 million in the first quarter and grew 218% over the same period in 2012. General sector sales abroad dropped 4.5%.
The country’s Deputy prime minister visited the Arab Brazilian Chamber and met businessmen at the Federation of Industries of the state of São Paulo. Brazil’s ambassador to Tripoli says the country offers opportunities.
Petrobras informed that starting next year, the country’s output volume will match that of consumption. From 2007 until last year, demand for oil products was up 4.9% and output was up 3.4%.
Company was pre-qualified to participate in the tender for exploration of offshore oil and gas in the Arab country. The bids will be presented on May 2nd.
Telephone service company Thuraya has entered an agreement with Claro and Telefónica for its clients to use GSM network. The deal also allows Brazilians to use the Arab company’s network.
A research by the National Confederation of Industries shows growth in sector production, from 46.1 points in February to 52.9 points last month.
Congestion in Santos Port also affected Brazilian sales to the Arab world, which dropped 3.3% in March. In the first quarter there was growth, with exports focussed on food and ores.
Libya’s deputy prime-minister Abdulsalam Al-Mahdi Al-Qadi heads a delegation currently visiting Brazil. During meetings in Brasília, he spoke of increasing trade relations with Brazil.
The number of formal jobs generated dropped as against February, when 123,400 new work posts were generated in the country. This was the best march of the last three years.
Dollar outflows from Brazil have exceeded inflows by US$ 2.941 billion in the second week of April, according to Central Bank figures.
The Ceará-state based dance company Experimentus will participate in the Ramallah Contemporary Dance Festival on April 21st. The event will feature companies from ten countries.
An exhibition with paintings, documents and personal objects of the Lebanese intellectual will be shown at the Latin American Memorial, starting on May 3rd. The material comes straight from Gibran Museum, in Lebanon.
