In 1868, the Brazilian emperor ordered that the chapel of the country’s consulate general be replaced with a catholic Greek-Melkite church. Masses are held there until this day.
The country is seeking international companies willing to supply it with skim milk powder, whole milk powder and butter oil. Bids should be submitted by January 10th.
During the month, Brazil produced over 2 million barrels of oil per day and 66 million cubic metres of gas per day. Petrobras accounted for 91.2% of the total.
The amount was disbursed from January to November 2010 and is 31% higher than in the same period of last year. Petrobras’ fundraising operation was a contributing factor.
One week before the end of the year, Brazilian foreign trade revenues have reached US$ 198 billion. Imports amounted to US$ 179 billion as of last week.
Marathon runners Abderrahime Bouramdane and Mohamed El Hashimi, from Morocco, will be in the city of São Paulo next Friday to run the São Silvestre race.
Approximately 20,000 people should attend the swearing-in of president-elect Dilma Rousseff next Saturday in Brasília, the Brazilian capital. Among them will be 12 heads of state.
They are in trade, politics, medicine, law and advertising. The immigrants who made the city into their new home are the theme of the last ANBA article on the city.
The 72 companies of the Organics Brazil Project sold US$ 108.2 million abroad in 2010, mainly in food products. The shipments were to 70 countries.
Mahmoud Abbas should make his second visit to Brazil next week. Apart from attending president Rousef’s inauguration, he should place the foundation stone for the new Palestinian embassy in Brasília.
The occupation rate at the end of the year is 90%, according to sector associations. The city should get another 10,000 rooms before the 2016 Olympics.
Ibrahim Issa, who is leaving the office in São Paulo, was honoured at a luncheon offered by the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce. He was in the city of São Paulo for a year and a half.
The cargo flow should reach 96 million tonnes by late 2010. Improvement and investment in the main port in Latin America is the focus of the fourth article in the ANBA series about Santos.
The president of the Andean nation, Evo Morales, made the announcement on Wednesday. This is the third South American government to take such a decision, after Brazil and Argentina.
