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Written by Alexandre Rocha
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Thursday, 02 July 2009 |
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Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, called on July 3 for a
series of joint actions between developing countries, particularly
Brazil and African nations, to address several issues pertaining to the
international scenario, such as the resumption of the Doha Round for
the liberalization of global trade, the reform of international
financial institutions, and climate change.
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Written by Newsroom
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Thursday, 02 July 2009 |
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Due to intermittent rainfall in virtually all sugarcane regions in
South-Central Brazil there was a 10.08% reduction in the volume of
crushed cane in the first half of June compared to the previous
two-week period, with the total reaching 32.64 million tons by June 15.
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Written by Newsroom
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Thursday, 02 July 2009 |
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Richard Lugar, the ranking Republican on the Foreign Relations
Committee in the US senate, is urging the American Government to extend
trade benefits to Uruguay, bypassing Mercosur, a move he says would
also increase pressure on Brazil to deepen commercial ties.
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Written by Joel dos Santos Guimarães
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Thursday, 02 July 2009 |
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Trade relations between Brazilians and Arabs are entering a new and
important phase: investment. This after consolidation of bilateral
trade between Brazil and the Arab countries in a way that the region
has become the fourth largest destination of Brazilian exports.
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Written by Alexandre Rocha
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Thursday, 02 July 2009 |
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At the opening of the African Union (AU) heads of state assembly, in
Sirte, Libya, this July 1st, the Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula
da Silva, proposed that a a conference of African ministers of
Agriculture be promoted in Brazil to discuss the sector's development
in the continent.
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Written by Geovana Pagel
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Thursday, 02 July 2009 |
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A working-class shopping complex in the center of Rio de Janeiro city,
known as Saara (the Sahara) - Portuguese acronym for Sociedade dos
Amigos e das Adjacências da Rua da Alfândega - Society of Friends of
the Alfândega Street and Vicinities - has just launched an Internet
sales portal.
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Written by Marina Sarruf
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Thursday, 02 July 2009 |
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Iraq is negotiating the purchase of 250 trucks from the Mercedes-Benz
plant in São Bernardo do Campo, in the Greater São Paulo, Brazil. The
information was disclosed by the Iraqi minister of Industry, Fawzi
Hariri.
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Written by Alexandre Rocha
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Thursday, 02 July 2009 |
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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the president of Brazil, said this Tuesday
(June 30) that Brazil is willing to establish partnerships for
investing in Africa. Lula was the guest of honor at the opening session
of the African Union (AU) heads of state assembly, July 1st, in Sirte,
Libya.
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Written by Newsroom
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Wednesday, 01 July 2009 |
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In a bid to speed up the Brazilian economy's recovery, Brazil is going to cut sales taxes on 70 capital goods and lower the long-term interest rate charged by the state development bank, BNDES, announced Brazil's Finance Minister Guido Mantega.
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Written by Newsroom
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Wednesday, 01 July 2009 |
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Brazilian newspapers "Integração", based in Tatuí, and "Jornal da
Cidade", based in Adamantina, both in the interior of São Paulo state,
are being sued. Carlos Balladas, the president of the Countryside
Newspapers' Association of São Paulo (Adjori-SP), considers the
lawsuits against the newspapers to be an attempt to intimidate them.
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Written by Newsroom
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Wednesday, 01 July 2009 |
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Petrobras, Brazil's state-controlled oil and gas multinational,
provided sponsorship and support for 2,300 projects in Brazil last
year. In all, 554.8 million Brazilian reais (US$ 286 million) were
invested in the environmental, social, cultural and sports fields.
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Written by Newsroom
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Wednesday, 01 July 2009 |
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Measures announced June 29 by the government of Brazil to stimulate the
economy will favor investment by companies, as well as sales of the
capital goods industry. A reduction of interest rates on loans by the
Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) was announced.
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Written by Newsroom
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Tuesday, 30 June 2009 |
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The Brazilian laboratories of Rhodia have already become a reference in
modern technologies for developing intelligent yarns, ones that hold
promise ranging from improving sports performance to treating cellulite
of those who wear clothing that uses it as raw material. The new
launches produced exclusively in Brazil will soon be exported to the
world.
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Written by Newsroom
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Tuesday, 30 June 2009 |
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Brazil sees this as the starting point in a quest for cleaner public
transport in the country. The first Brazilian hydrogen-fueled bus will
be presented this Wednesday (July 1st) in the city of São Bernardo do
Campo, in the Greater São Paulo area, according to information supplied
by the Brazilian Ministry of Mines and Energy.
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Written by Newsroom
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Tuesday, 30 June 2009 |
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Brazil's presidential advisor Roberto Mangabeira Unger and the chief of the Brazilian Central Bank (BC), Henrique Meirelles, will be leaving the Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's administration in the coming months. Unger, who was US president Obama's professor, is returning to his post in Harvard University. Meirelles intends to run for governor of Goiás state, in the Brazilian Midwest.
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