One of the country’s major contemporary art exhibitions is accepting submissions from Brazilians and foreigners interested in exhibiting their works in the 2019 edition. Prizes reach up to BRL 100,000 (USD 27,910).
The United States currency was selling for BRL 3.72 as trading ended on Friday.
The award is given to individuals or institutions that have contributed to the spread of the Arab culture. Submissions by Brazilians must be forwarded to Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Itamaraty) until August 15.
The consortium led by the pulp and paper industry was the sole bidder in the auction held this Friday at the São Paulo Stock Exchange.
The Sem Terrinha (the children’s group of the Landless Workers Movement – MST) were welcomed by ambassador Ibrahim Alzeben on Wednesday (25). They performed a song and planted the tree that is the symbol of the Arab country.
Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa may help deter the global trend, the Brazilian minister of Foreign Affairs Aloysio Nunes said.
The Home & Construction workshop will be held on August 1 at the organization’s headquarters. Intended for industry businesses, the event is free of charge and registrations are open.
Spending by international tourists in the country totaled USD 3.24 billion in the year’s first six months. Number of visitors rose 8%.
Brazil’s main port complex loaded and unloaded 64.5 million tons of cargo in the first half of the year, up 5.6% over the same period of last year.
Airlines carried 4.5 million passengers in the year’s first six months. The figure accounts to 30% of international air traffic in Brazil.
Wadi Wurayah, in the emirate of Fujairah, has been named a Biosphere Reserve by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
The country saw a USD 435 million surplus in June of this year.
Five tracts of land for charcoal mining in Rio Grande do Sul and one for copper, lead and zinc in Tocantins are set to go on auction in December.
A group of Brazilian industry players will take a trip to China and the UAE in late October. In the Arab country, they will meet with delegates from the local businesswomen association. Registrations for the meeting are open.
