Brazilian industrialist confidence dropped again in October, by 1.8 point as against September and 8.2 points as against October 2010, according to a National Confederation of Industries survey.

University of Zaragoza professor Federico Corriente Córdoba will give a lecture in São Paulo on the heritage left by Arab domination of the Iberian Peninsula in the Portuguese and Spanish languages.

A social project promoted through a partnership between the UN and company Emdoc should help refugees settled in Brazil to find work in their fields.