Find out what it is like to be in a Muslim country during Eid al-Adha, Islam’s Festival of Sacrifice. The buying and selling of sheep and preparations for the ritual are part of daily life, making the experience truly unique.
The Abu Dhabi-based company is investing USD 835 million to acquire the Brazilian firm that owns two sugar and grain export terminals at the Ports of Santos and Itaqui.
Civil engineer and businessman Walid Yazigi died on Monday (1) in São Paulo at the age of 91. President of the Arab-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce in the 1980s and 1990s, he was one of the pioneers of Brazilian business missions to Arab countries.
Revenue from olive oil exports rose 49.2% in value during the first six months of the 2025/2026 harvest season, reaching the equivalent of USD 1.2 billion, according to the National Observatory of Agriculture.
An International Monetary Fund mission concluded that the country is managing the challenges posed by the international environment but needs to put its debt on a downward trajectory.
At an African Development Bank meeting, Mauritania’s Minister of Economy and Finance, Abdallahi Ould Mohameden, said the country has been making efforts to attract private investment.
The expansion refers to the first three months of 2026. Compared to the same period a year earlier, the economy grew 1.8%, according to the government statistics agency.
Sales from the Arab country, concentrated in fertilizers, grew more than 500% between January and April. Exports ended the period down 8%.
The African Development Bank estimates the country’s gross domestic product will expand 4.1% this year and 4.2% next year.
Students from the Foreign Trade technical program at Fecap College visited the Arab-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (ABCC) in São Paulo on Thursday morning (28). They were welcomed by ABCC Vice President of International Relations & Secretary-General Mohamad Orra Mourad, Institutional Relations Director Fernanda Baltazar, and Market Intelligence Manager Marcus Vinicius, who delivered a lecture on
The Arab country’s national team is in the same group as Brazil in the tournament and features standouts Achraf Hakimi and Brahim Díaz among its 26-man squad. The match between the two teams will take place on June 13.
In the first four months of the year, international visitors’ spending rose 9.2% compared to the same period in 2025, according to the Ministry of Tourism.
A great-granddaughter of Syrians and Lebanese, Juliana Farah, chair of FAESPs Semeadoras do Agro Commission, is an active voice in support of women farmers in the state of São Paulo.
So far this year, both exports and imports have increased compared to 2025. Total trade volume has reached USD 171 million.
