International emissions of greenhouse gas hit an all-time high last year, posing a threat to the global warming targets.
Landless Rural Workers Movement is going to send 40 volunteers to help the Palestinians harvest olives in October. The movement has had links to the Arab country for nearly ten years now.
The International Leather and Footwear Salon will begin next Thursday in the city of Gramado, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, counting on the presence of importers from ten countries.
Food industry trade show in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, will include a booth for Brazil featuring five companies, plus the Arab Brazilian Chamber. The event will run from May 29th to June 1st.
To the Brazilian Association of Information Technology and Communication companies, the Middle East has strong potential to boost imports of Brazilian technology.
The Pompeia neighbourhood unit of the Social Service for Trade (Sesc), in São Paulo, will teach students to make handicraft using geometric designs. Classes will start on June 8th.
The North African Arab country intends to purchase, on the international market, over 60 million litres in two different deals. The deadline for submission of bids is on Thursday.
Brazilian Minister of Finance claims that emerging countries must adopt more prudent macroeconomic policies in order to limit the capital flows. He considers the 4.5% growth rate as good for Brazil.
The Brazilian minister of Agriculture announced that the figure will be allocated to the funding of the 2011-2012 crop. He added that he intends to discuss commodities prices at a G20 meeting.
The city harbours attractions for book lovers ranging from super-bookstores to spaces dedicated to language, such as the Museum of Portuguese language and Casa das Rosas.
The volume of sugarcane ground in the current crop has reached 56.6 million tonnes, 40% less than the figure recorded in the same period of last year.
A buyer from the United Arab Emirates will come to Brazil seeking beachwear and casual wear at the event, due May 30th to June 2nd. Negotiations will take place parallel to Fashion Rio.
For the first time, ‘Book of the Soul,’ written in Arabic by Avicenna, is translated into Portuguese from the original. The project took the translator, Miguel Attie Filho, three years to complete.
The excessive appreciation of the Brazilian real against the dollar will not be solved in the short term and is out of the government’s reach, says minister Fernando Pimentel.
