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As if accusations of corruption and public funds misappropriation weren't enough for Brazilian Senate President José Sarney, he has just made more headlines on Brazilian news this week. This...text/html2009-07-04T16:26:21+01:00http://www.brazzilmag.comWith Exports to Argentina Cut in Half Brazil Threatens Retaliation
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The Brazilian government is thinking about filing a complaint at the World Trade Organization against Argentina. Brazil charges Argentineans with delaying in issuing import licenses for Brazilian goods. This...text/html2009-07-04T16:24:40+01:00http://www.brazzilmag.comTupi's Exploration: Brazil's Attempt to Join Oil's Big League
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Petrobras, Brazil's state-controlled oil and gas multinational, just announced that it has begun refining oil from the Tupi field, located at the pre-salt area of Santos Basin which is...text/html2009-07-04T00:28:08+01:00http://www.brazzilmag.comBrazilian Jet Delivered to Dubai Comes with High-Speed Internet
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Embraer, the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer based in the city of São José dos Campos, in Brazil's southeastern state of São Paulo, delivered a jet to a client in Dubai,...text/html2009-07-04T00:23:34+01:00http://www.brazzilmag.comIn Minas Gerais, Brazil, Exports and Imports Are Down 30% from Last Year
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Minas Gerais, a state in southeastern Brazil saw its exports grow 22.9% in June in comparison with May and totaled US$ 1.63 billion. This was the second best result...text/html2009-07-04T00:22:09+01:00http://www.brazzilmag.comBrazilian Firm Builds Libya's International Airport and Plan Long-Term Stay
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Brazil's construction company Odebrecht believes that Libya will maintain for many years its current growth potential, driven by the country's economic opening and oil exports. The Brazilian company, currently...text/html2009-07-04T00:20:21+01:00http://www.brazzilmag.comBrazil's Odebrecht Gathers People from 31 Countries for Its Libyan Project
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Brazilian contractor Odebrecht, aside from know-how, material, equipment, and machinery, had to bring to Libya an army of workers of 31 different nationalities to carry out the construction that...text/html2009-07-04T00:18:34+01:00http://www.brazzilmag.comWorld Bank Praises Brazil and Latin American for Having Prepared for Crisis
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The president of the World Bank, Robert B. Zoellick, stated that Latin American largest countries are better prepared now than in the past to face the world crisis, based...text/html2009-07-03T16:22:34+01:00http://www.brazzilmag.comPress Freedom: Brazilian Judge Sets Penalty So High Newspaper Is Forced to Close
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The Debate, a newspaper based in the town of Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo, in the interior of São Paulo state, was ordered to pay 593,000 Brazilian...text/html2009-07-03T16:20:41+01:00http://www.brazzilmag.comBrazil South Has Already Exported US$ 12 Billion This Year
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Brazilian businesses small and medium from the states of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and Paraná, all in the South of Brazil, should have an export financing program,...text/html2009-07-03T01:04:01+01:00http://www.brazzilmag.comBrazil Is Not Afraid of Inflation and Plans to Further Cut Interest Rates
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The Brazilian government set its inflation target for 2011 at 4.5%,
seeing no evidence of significant inflationary pressures going forward.
May consumer price inflation or IPCA, was 0.47%, and 5.2% in the...text/html2009-07-03T00:57:30+01:00http://www.brazzilmag.comMade in Brazil Just for the Very Sexy and Very Rich
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It is a luxury item, and it was made to meet the demands of the most refined female taste, says Lúcia Iórios about her product. She is...text/html2009-07-03T00:54:10+01:00http://www.brazzilmag.comThings Have Never Been So Good for GM Brazil
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Plummeting automobile sales may by a worldwide concern, but not for
General Motors Brazil (GM), which posted a monthly record-high sales
figure in the Brazilian domestic market in June. The company sold
58,647...text/html2009-07-02T01:28:36+01:00http://www.brazzilmag.comBest Month Ever for GM in 84 Years. The Dateline Is Brazil
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In Brazil General Motors car sales broke a record in June thanks to
continued Brazilian government tax breaks for auto makers, the company
said Wednesday, July 1st. The company said sales soared...text/html2009-07-02T01:23:36+01:00http://www.brazzilmag.comBrazil's Lula Tells African Audience South-South Cooperation Is Attack on Asymmetries
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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...text/html2009-07-02T01:20:35+01:00http://www.brazzilmag.com60% of Brazil Sugarcane Being Used for Ethanol this Year
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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...text/html2009-07-02T01:17:32+01:00http://www.brazzilmag.comHelping Uruguay American Senator Hopes to Force Brazil to Do More Business with US
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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...text/html2009-07-02T01:14:09+01:00http://www.brazzilmag.comBrazilian Trade Relations with Arabs Keep on Growing
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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...text/html2009-07-02T01:11:11+01:00http://www.brazzilmag.comLula Invites African Continent to Start Green Revolution with Brazil's Help
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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...text/html2009-07-02T01:08:23+01:00http://www.brazzilmag.com A Popular Shopping Hub from Rio, Brazil, Tries the Internet Waters
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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 -...text/html2009-07-02T00:58:05+01:00http://www.brazzilmag.comIraq to Import 250 Trucks from Brazil. Cars Will Follow
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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...text/html2009-07-02T00:54:07+01:00http://www.brazzilmag.comIn Libya Lula Tells Brazil, US and EU Have Historic Debt to Africa
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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...text/html2009-07-01T13:10:16+01:00http://www.brazzilmag.comBrazil Ready to Lend US$ 60 Billion to Help Businesses
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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...text/html2009-06-30T22:34:29+01:00http://www.brazzilmag.comMore Intimidation and Lawsuits Against Brazilian Newspapers
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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...text/html2009-06-30T22:27:36+01:00http://www.brazzilmag.comBrazil's Petrobras Spends Close to US$ 300 Million in Social Projects
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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,...text/html2009-06-30T22:01:47+01:00http://www.brazzilmag.comGovernment Gives Brazilian Companies a Break and Cuts Interest Rates
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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...text/html2009-06-30T21:56:33+01:00http://www.brazzilmag.com Rhodia Brazil to Export Silky Cloth that Fights Cellulite
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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...text/html2009-06-30T21:50:12+01:00http://www.brazzilmag.com Brazil's First Hydrogen Bus Enters Service in São Paulo
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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...text/html2009-06-30T13:01:59+01:00http://www.brazzilmag.comBrazil: Harvard Professor and Central Bank Chief Leave Lula's Administration
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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...text/html2009-06-30T00:58:52+01:00http://www.brazzilmag.comDollar Out in Brazil-China Trade. Real and Yuan In
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Brazil's Central Bank (BC) informed that it has reached an initial understanding with China for the gradual elimination of the US dollar in bilateral trade operations which in 2009...