Applications for the refugee student selection process at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) will remain open until October 17. The slots are for graduate courses.
Handicraft from Minas Gerais is growing in the country and abroad due to initiatives for support of artisans in the state. Differentiation is the main trump card.
From January to July 2011, exports of Brazilian sweets to the Middle East grew 13% as against the same period last year, reaching US$ 6.1 million.
Revenues were the highest in the last five years for the month, at US$ 777.53 million. From January to August, revenues from sales to the Arab countries grew by 37%.
Foreign sales of chicken rose 3.2% in volume in the first eight months of this year. The Middle East was the main destination.
Disbursements made by the bank declined by 5% from January to July this year compared with the same period of 2010. In the whole year, disbursements should reach US$ 88.6 billion.
The index measured by the Applied Economic Research Institute went from 63.5 points in July to 65.2 in August. Confidence declined only in southern Brazil. Interviews were made in 3,810 households.
Sector revenues in Brasil grew 0.6% in July as against June, according to a National Confederation of Industries study. Working hours rose again last month.
The Brazilian Foreign Minister visited the North African nation to discuss political affairs and the strengthening of trade relations.
The Brazilian Foreign Minister visited the North African nation to discuss political affairs and the strengthening of trade relations.
Latin American and Caribbean countries have a meeting scheduled to start next Wednesday in order to define common positions for Rio+20, the UN’s conference on sustainability due in 2012 in Rio.
The United Nations are at the disposal of the Libyan transitional government, according to an advisor to the organization sent to the Arab country.
Unicafé, the main exporter of Brazilian coffee, sells Rio arabica coffee, a strong and bodied coffee that pleases Arab taste, to Lebanon, Syria, Tunisia and Jordan.
Foz do Iguaçu National Park, in the state of Paraná, received 368,000 visitors from abroad from January to July, representing a 4.36% increase over the same period of 2010.
