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Brazil is the only Latin American country among the 10 nations in the world that promote most international events. According to the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA), the...

Carmaker Nissan Brazil sold 9,770 vehicles in the first half of this year, growth of 130% over the same period last year. The total number of sales was record...

Brazil's Banco do Brasil is expanding its electronic services with the installation of more than 5,400 new automated teller machines (ATMs) and check dispensers throughout Brazil, enabling the financial...

Swimming across the Strait of Gibraltar non-stop for 22 kilometers (13.7 miles) until touching the Moroccan coast. Such was the objective of Brazilian businessman Alain Levy, 57. And so...

Brazil's Ministry of Education (MEC) publicized a report revealing the principal causes which led students benefiting from the Bolsa Família (Family Voucher), a program that provides a stipend to...

Two years after the launching of the Maria da Penha Law in Brazil, a milestone in the fight to combat violence against women, the majority of Brazilians say they...

Brazil's Foreign Affairs Minister, Celso Amorim, will visit New Zealand on Thursday and Friday, according to an announcement made by Winston Peters, New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters.

Although the city of Fortaleza, capital of the Brazilian northeastern state of Ceará, is quite well-known for its beautiful beaches, comfortable hotels and also for its culinary wonders, what...

US presidential candidate Barack Obama is proposing a drastic change in US policy towards Brazil and its Latinamerican neighbors turning it into an active policy, which includes...

Brazil's National Financial System volume of credit reached 1.085 trillion reais (US$ 669 billion) in July, a figure equivalent to 37% of the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) i.e. the...

Despite some advances in their conditions and the Government's commitment to improve their situation Brazil's indigenous peoples still struggle to exercise real control over their lives and lands. This...

So far this month, Brazilian exports reached US$ 14.924 billion, with a daily average of US$ 932.8 million, representing growth of 42.1% over the daily average recorded in August...

New Yorkers are being encouraged by the Brazilian Tourist Board (EMBRATUR) to experience a week-long photo display by award-winning travel photojournalist Peter Guttman, plus a photo contest and the...

Saudi Arabia's new ambassador to Brazilian capital Brasília, Mohamad Amin Ali Kurdi, wants to promote the flow of investments between his country and Brazil. This was among the main...

Have you ever considered the possibility of buying pineapples, bananas and sugarcane produced in a laboratory? Or decorating your home with cloned flowers? This is not science fiction. The...

Brazilian Sur Beach Wear's bikinis and bathing suits have only just arrived in Brazil's shops and are already heading in the direction of foreign markets. The United States, France...

Thirty percent of the annual production of one million items of lingerie made by Elegance, from Guaporé, in Rio Grande do Sul, in the South of Brazil is exported...

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the president of Brazil, proposed the review of the current oil exploitation model and the creation of another company to manage the so called...

The Embratur (Brazilian Tourism Institute) is going to bring to Brazil, starting on Monday, 70 foreign tourism operators to learn about the Atlantic Forest region. The intention of the...

According to the projection of the Central Bank of Brazil, the country should receive US$ 35 billion in FDI in the whole of 2008. Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow...

Total profits of the four main sectors represented by Brazil's Bovespa (São Paulo Stock Exchange) - banking, oil and gas, electric energy and mining - totaled 48 billion reais...

Based in Petrópolis, a city in the Brazilian southeastern state of Rio de Janeiro, textile mill Razão Social (Social Reason) has found in fair and ethical trade the opportunity...

When it comes to style, fashion and etiquette, Glória Kalil is a reference in Brazil. A journalist, consultant and businesswoman, she wrote four books on the subjects ( Chic,...

Sergio Gabrielli, the CEO of Brazil's state-controlled oil and gas multinational Petrobras said that he expects new ultra-deep-water finds to yield 100,000 barrels of oil a day by 2010...

Thinking of doing a semester as a student at Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) in the beautiful city of Salvador da Bahia, Brazil? Thinking of having an experience of...

The President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is pondering whether to create a new state-run oil company to manage oil production from Brazil's new sub-salt reserves, according...

Brazil-based ALL (América Latina Logística), the largest railway logistics operator in Latin America, is the newest player in the fuel alcohol sector in the state of São Paulo, which...

Brazil's state-controlled oil and gas multinational Petrobras is going to invest US$ 11.1 billion in the construction of refinery Premium II, to be installed in the Port of Pecém,...

Starting in late 2010, the emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, in the United Arab Emirates, will have a complex in which Brazilian companies will be able to install their...

Recife, the capital city of the northeaster Brazilian state of Pernambuco, is hosting a meeting between Arab and South American technicians and diplomats on water resources, the semiarid and...