São Carlos Federal University is accepting registrations until September 29th from foreigners with refugee status willing to take an undergraduate course. The institution has already received Middle Eastern students.
Approximately 2,400 tonnes of toiletries, blankets and kitchen sets will be delivered in the next few days to roughly 1.2 million internally displaced persons in the country.
Brazil’s US$ 1.574 billion trade surplus in July has helped offset the US$ 6 billion negative result in transactions with foreign countries. Overseas spending by Brazilians, however, was a record.
The Brazilian financial institution posted a net income of nearly US$ 2.4 billion in H1 this year, up 68% from H1 2013. Return on equity was 8.53%.
Winning projects will be on showcase at the upcoming international industry conference next February in Doha. Registration is open until October 31st.
The Syrian Arab Culture Centre, in the city of São Paulo, will hold on the night of August 28th an event on poetry in Syria and through immigration.
Parliament established a commission to analyse the Libyan Central Bank’s request to revise the country’s accounts. Due to conflicts, Libya cannot reach an output of 800,000 barrels of oil per day.
Initiative asks for money donations to send to the UN agency which assists Palestinian refugees. Victims of the conflict with Israel need fuel, potable water and food.
Preliminary monthly results show a decline in the index measured by the Getúlio Vargas Foundation, in comparison with late July figures.
The Brazilian city will host the 2nd edition of the Brazil-Africa Forum on August 28th and 29th, with government officials from 30 African countries, including Algeria and Morocco. The main topic will be infrastructure.
Estimate was provided by the Brazilian Pharma Chemical and Pharmaceutical Inputs Industry Association after matchmaking held in the beginning of the month with nine importers from Middle East and North Africa.
Watch in this episode: Brazil-Oman Economic Forum; Jafza Road Show; ‘Ports: where do we go from here?’; Tunisian Minister of Industry, Kamel Ben Naceur, visit to São Paulo; and the success case of company Magnamed.
United States dollar inflows have exceeded outflows by US$ 500 million in the first fortnight of August. The result was a consequence of financial operations.
Economist Eduardo Gianetti da Fonseca delivered a lecture at the Arab Chamber this Tuesday (19th) and described three possible scenarios for the country following the elections.
