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Soap opera "Cordel Encantado" (Enchanted Chapbook) was not only successful in Brazil. Broadcast by Globo TV in 2011, the attraction got to the Arab world in October 2012. Production company Beelink, from the United Arab Emirates, licensed the rights from the soap opera and became responsible for distribution and for translation into Arabic.

Brazil aims to increase fish production and reduce imports in the area. An agreement by the Ministry of Fishery and Aquiculture and the Brazilian Micro and Small Business Support Service (Sebrae) is being signed on Tuesday to train the country's companies that work in aquiculture and fishery. The Sebrae already operates in the area, but should join efforts with the federal government to expand activities.

Dilma Rousseff, the president of Brazil, said she has sent to Congress another proposal to earmark all oil royalties collected by the state for public education after lawmakers shelved an earlier effort.

Brazil has virtually frozen political and economic relations with Argentina following serious discrepancies that were confirmed during the recent summit of presidents Cristina Fernandez with Dilma Rousseff who cut short the originally scheduled two-day visit to Buenos Aires.

During the seminar, Brazil: Are you Ready for the World Cup and the Olympics? at the 12th Forum de Comandatuba [Comandatuba Forum], Aldo Rebelo, Minister of Sports, said that these two major events will be followed by three billion people, and therefore it requires investments in urban transport, ports, airports, security and technology.

Brazil has a big lead as the country with the most government requests to remove online content by judicial order in the latest Google Transparency Report, released last week.

The Maracanã stadium in Rio, venue for next year's World Cup final and the spiritual home of Brazilian soccer, has re-opened with an exhibition match despite not being fully finished.

The balance of dollar inflows and outflows from Brazil, known as the foreign exchange flow, remains at a deficit according to figures released by the Brazilian Central Bank. In the second week of April, outflows have exceeded inflows by US$ 2.941 billion.

Dilma Rousseff, the president of Brazil, said that the government intends to double per capita income of Brazilians by 2022, when the country celebrates 200 years of independence from Portugal.

Delegations from 65 countries some of them including Defense ministers were in Rio, Brazil, for the opening of the International Defense and Security Fair, (LAAD), the largest show of military equipment in Latin America.

Dilma Rousseff, the president of Brazil, leads comfortably vote intention according to two public opinion polls published by leading newspapers, which indicate that she would have an easy win in the first round of the 2014 presidential election.

The UN's Working Group on Arbitrary Detention is raising concerns regarding the excessive use of deprivation of liberty and the lack of effective legal assistance to persons arrested and detained in Brazil.

In Brazil, the Brazilian Association of Supermarkets, the main group representing supermarkets in Brazil says it will no longer sell meat from cattle raised in the rainforest. The group, which has 2,800 members, hopes the deal will cut down on the illegal use of rainforest for pasture.

On Sunday, the new pope used his Twitter account to praise the city of Rio de Janeiro and invite the faithful to World Youth Day, which takes place in July in the city.

Plans to impose visa restrictions on tourists from Brazil have been put on hold by UK's Home Secretary Theresa May. Like US, Canadian or Australian citizens, Brazilians can visit the UK for up to six months without a visa.

By leaving Caracas before Friday's funeral ceremony for Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was once again trying to chart out a more moderate signal to investors and diplomats, plus probably avoiding Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whom contrary to her predecessor Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, she has strongly criticized.

Reporters Without Borders has recently released a report entitled "Brazil, the country of 30 Berlusconis" that examines all of the shortcomings of this South American giant's media landscape It is based on fact-finding visits to Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Brasilia in November 2012.

Elite police commando units fanned out across the streets of the Brazilian southern state of Santa Catarina over the weekend in an attempt to contain a wave of violent attacks over the past two weeks.

Brazilian shoe and input companies in the sector aim to win international markets with sustainability. The companies united and created a stamp to certify the following of norms in the economic, social, environmental and cultural areas.