Brazilian women’s shoe brands, such as Melissa and Via Uno, are conquering space among Middle Eastern consumers with exclusive design and strong colours. Both plan to grow on the market in 2010.
Children’s book ‘Operation Rescue in Baghdad,’ by Luciana Savaget, was translated into Arabic and is read by Palestinian children. In the book, an operation saves fictional characters amidst a war.
The goal of brand Beth Bebê, which owns a factory in the interior of the São Paulo state, is to have exports account for 20% of revenues by the end of 2010. Arab countries are on target.
The 17 buyers that will take part in the business roundtables of the Machinery Manufacturers Association at the agricultural technology fair in Ribeirão Preto include the Tairab Agrobusiness Group.
Some of the items belonged to the last dynasty of Egyptian monarchs. The site, once a palace owned by princess Fatma Haider, descendent of Mohamed Ali Pacha, underwent a long restoration process.
The German minister of Economics and Technology, Rainer Brüderle, will be in Brazil on Tuesday accompanied by a business delegation.
In the six days during which the continent’s airports remained closed, Brazilian companies were unable to ship perishable products such as flowers and fruit.
Wafaa Sleiman, president Michel Sleiman’s wife, visited the Cedar of Lebanon Association for Childhood Protection in São Paulo today. The organization serves 2,300 impoverished children and adolescent
Next Sunday, Cosmópolis, directed by Otavio Cury, will premiere in the Arab world, at the Cervantes Institute in Damascus. After the screening, the director will take part in a debate.
A document on the matter was signed by the Brazilian minister of Social Development and Hunger Alleviation, Márcia Lopes, and the Lebanese minister of Social Affairs, Selim El Sayegh, in Brasília.
Brokerage firm Expoente is heading for Dubai seeking new buyers of rice. The firm, which already exports to Saudi Arabia and Jordan, will participate in Brazil Trade Middle East, in May.
Lula stated that the Brazilian foreign minister will head to Tehran today in order to discuss the impasse on the country’s nuclear program. Brazil is against new sanctions, as are Lebanon and Turkey.
The statement was made by president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva during luncheon in Brasília with his Lebanese counterpart, Michel Sleiman. To him, the country must increase product imports from Lebanon.
Foreign direct investment in Brazil should be US$ 2.8 billion in April, according to projections of the Brazilian Central Bank.
