The Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in Brazil is accepting submissions from Brazilian university students for a contest of movies about the country’s founder Zayed bin Sultan al Nahyan.
The Arab country’s Ministry of Oil is seeking to attract investors for the construction of the plant, planned for a capacity of 70,000 barrels per day.
The announcement was made this Tuesday (22) after a meeting between the president of the New Development Bank (NDB) with the Brazilian FM in Shanghai. The office will open until the end of the year.
‘Instruments’ features a selection of nine video installations by Tunis-born artist Ismaïl Bahri.
Rudy El Azzi took the post of Lebanon’s general consul in São Paulo in April and met with members of the Arab Chamber’s board of directors this Tuesday.
The new Immigration Law went into effect one year ago this week and the government is preparing a project to attract skilled foreign professionals.
Marcelo Fernandes, the owner of restaurants such as Clos and Mercearia do Francês, is developing recipes with his chefs to include the fruit in the menus of his six establishments.
Exports reached USD 5.2 billion and imports came out to USD 3.3 billion in the third week of May in Brazil. Month-to-date, there was a USD 5 billion surplus.
The Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce released a statement informing that it is the only chamber officially recognized in Brazil by the Union of Arab Chambers.
The country’s GDP grew from January to March over the same months of 2017, according to a FGV survey. The indicator is not the official one.
A Saudi Arabian distributor is expected for meetings with Brazilian companies starting Tuesday, through an initiative of pharma industry association Abiquifi and trade promotion agency Apex-Brasil.
The Brazilian Diaspora will descend on the city from May 23 to 25, representing expatriate communities from about 30 different countries, including Lebanon and the UAE.
A party on Friday evening marked the birthday of the traditional store in downtown São Paulo.
The United States currency closed up 1% to BRL 3.74 on Friday.

