Brazilian financial institutions believe inflation will be 4.19% this year, which is less than last week’s 4.36% estimate.
Wemerson da Silva Nogueira is in a ten-strong shortlist for a global teachers’ award from the Varkey Foundation, sponsored by Dubai’s emir. He will attend the award ceremony on March 19th in the emirate.
Ali El Khatib of the Jerusalem Institute in Brazil will travel to the Arab country to gather information in order to create a scientific-cultural route tailored for Brazilian tourists.
The city’s International Theater Festival will feature three plays by Lebanese director Rabih Mroué, and Palestine’s Ihab Zahdeh is coordinating a residency. The event begins on Tuesday (14).
Royal Air Maroc expanded its services taking off from Beirut to destinations such as São Paulo, Rio, New York and Washington, via Casablanca. Travelling time was reduced.
Shipments of Brazilian products totaled USD 1.336 billion in the first two months. The region was the third largest market for the country in the period.
Index measured by Fundação Getulio Vargas shows improvement regarding investment plans by Brazilian industries early this year.
Prices went up by 0.33% last month, the lowest rate for a February since the year 2000.
State of Amazon Industries Federation signed an agreement with a trading company from Rio de Janeiro to work on the promotion of local products in the United Arab Emirates.
Sales to the region reached USD 38.4 million in the first two months of this year, a 27% increase compared with January and February of last year.
The funds will go into a program to support the development of foreign trade in less developed nations that is part of the UN Millennium Development Goals.
Data from the National Confederation of Industry (CNI) shows that 16.3% of Brazilian output was sold abroad last year. In 2015, this percentage was lower.
According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), 224.2 million tons of grains will be harvested in Brazil this year, with soy, maize and rice making up over 90% of total output.
Exhibitions, lectures, film festivals, debates, concerts, among other events, will be held in cities in Brazil and abroad starting March 18.

