The Arab Brazilian Chamber met in São Paulo with representatives of similar organisations in other countries and ambassadors of the Middle East and North Africa.
Finance minister Guido Mantega said he is satisfied with the GDP’s growth in quarter three, but new measures will be announced next week.
The result was lower than expected. Out of the group comprising Russia, India, China and South Africa, Brazil was the worst performing country during the period.
The party took place on Thursday night at Mount Lebanon Club, in São Paulo. The organisation is prepared for current and future challenges, said president Salim Schahin.
Rome – Three art shows themed after the Arab world are attracting visitors in Paris and Rome up until April 2013. Aladdin, Sinbad the Sailor, Scheherazade and other characters from the classic One Thousand and One Nights book are now showing at the Arab World Institute in Paris. The show was inaugurated this week and
The new status now makes it possible for the Palestinians to appeal to United Nations organisations and to the International Criminal Court to file complaints regarding the conflict with Israel.
The country’s banks got US$ 258 million from the European Investment Bank and the government will get US$ 500 million from the African Development Bank. The sum will bring about economic stability.
Cooperative Ecocitrus makes oil from organic fruit peel and sells it to a perfumery in France. It also makes juices which it has shipped to Dubai.
Nabil Shaath, representing Mahmoud Abbas, suggested that the World Social Forum Free Palestine should create a civil society committee in support of the cause, with former president Lula at the helm.
The new Brazilian national team coach Luiz Felipe Scolari was introduced this Thursday. The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be played in Brazil.
To Ibrahim Alzeben, ambassador of Palestine to Brazil, approval of the Arab country as an observer state is an important step. The diplomat is participating in the World Social Forum, in Porto Alegre.
The Brazilian coach filed a request to terminate his contract because, according to him, the country’s football federation delayed payments and failed to fulfil the promises made at the time of hiring
Revenues from foreign sales of Brazilian capital goods reached US$ 1.3 billion last month, up 13.6% from the preceding month.
Purchases rose 31.4% to US$ 1.8 billion and the main supplier was China. Also growing were exports to Brazil of garments made in the Arab world, but the values were low.
