Sports clothing by the Campinas-based Canoan are on sale in the UAE, Egypt and Qatar. The company began to export less than a year ago and it already ships 60% of production abroad.

Bilel Kefi has lived in São Paulo for two years now and raps online in Portuguese, Arabic and English. Prior to moving to Brazil, he was a resident of Gagsa, Tunisia.

Gross Domestic Product is seen shrinking 6.84% in a Brazilian Central Bank poll of financial institutions. Last week’s estimate had been marginally better. Inflation forecasts, on the other hand, have improved.