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In Brazil, Monsanto and Syngenta Lead Farm Model that Destroys Indians and Environment
The approval of Brazil's Provisionary Measure 422 (Medida Provisória (MP) 422) by the Brazilian federal deputies on Tuesday night, May 27, a few hours after the resignation of Marina...
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Pope Meets Brazilian Indians and Vows to Help Protect Their Land
Brazilian Indians Jacir José de Souza and Pierângela Nascimento da Cunha from the Makuxi and Wapixana tribes respectively were received in the Vatican, July 2, by Pope Benedict XVI,...
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New and Old Wells Get Brazil Record Oil Production Boost
Petrobras, Brazil's government-controlled oil and gas corporation, set a new monthly oil production record in Brazil in June: 1,867,000 barrels per day (bpd). This was 12,600 bpd higher than...
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Over 20% Growth: Flexfuel Vehicles Fuel Record Car Boom in Brazil
The automobile industry in Brazil produced and sold a record number of new vehicles in the first half of 2008, with flex-fuel cars leading the surge according to the...
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Brazil to Buy Dozens of Fighter Jets to Defend Amazon and Offshore Oil
The Brazilian government launched the process to buy at least 36 fighter jets as part of a broader plan to modernize its Air Force and in keeping with neighbors...
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Foreign Investors Flee Brazil's Stock Market
Brazil's stocks partly recovered (0.16%) on Friday, July 4, after their worst week in nearly a year with the São Paulo Bovespa index, the Ibovespa, falling 7.7% - below...
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Brazil's Petrobras Reaches Average 1.8 Million Barrels a Day. A Record
Petrobras, Brazil's state-controlled oil multinational, announced on Thursday, July 3, that it achieved a new record in monthly production in the country in June. An average of 1.867 million...
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Sudan Wants to Learn Satellite Imaging in Farms with Brazilians
Sudan wants to send their technicians to Brazil to receive training at the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa). The intention was expressed during the visit of a mission from...
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Brazil Subsidizes Farmers to Control Inflation
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the president of Brazil, launched this July 2, in Curitiba, capital of the southern Brazilian state of Paraná, the 2008/2009 Agricultural and Livestock Plan...
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Brazil Increases Its Appeal to Foreign Investors
The EM20 Index, developed by PricewaterhouseCoopers, of the United Kingdom shows that Brazil has improved its position in attractiveness to foreign investment among emerging countries. The ranking takes into...
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Brazilian Jeans Maker Finds Inspiration in Exotic Countries
The new spring-summer collection of DTS, a jeans manufacturer based in the northeastern Brazilian state of Pernambuco, was inspired by the cultural heritage of exotic countries, among them Morocco....
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Brazil Decides to Accept Reais for International Deals
With permission by the Brazilian government for payment in the national currency abroad exporters now will be able to close their sales contracts in reais, making it possible to...
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Promoting in Brazil Middle East's Way of Prophet Abraham
Some of the objectives of the Abraham Path Initiative are promoting cultural exchange and creating a sustainable tourist route for the development and generation of closer ties...
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Jordan Gets Zero-Tariff Trade Deal with Brazil and Mercosur
The countries of the Mercosur trading bloc (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay) signed, during the summit that took place this week in the city of Tucumã, Argentina, a framework...
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It's Our Chance to Become the Planet's Breadbasket, Says Brazil's Lula
The President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, launched in Curitiba, capital of the southern Brazilian state of Paraná, on Wednesday, July 2, the 2008/09 Agricultural and Livestock Plan...
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Brazil Auto Parts Sector Forecasting US$ 10 Billion in Exports This Year
Brazilian participation in Automechanika Middle East, the auto sector fair that took place in Dubai, last month, was considered successful by the companies and exhibitors. The Brazilian Export and...
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Brazil's Push to Sell Cold and Hot Air to Africa
Cooling, air conditioning, ventilation and heating equipment industries from Brazil are making an extra effort to be able to export to the market in North Africa. An agreement dealing...
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Brazil Industry Loses Steam
Brazil's transformation industry real revenues grew 1.1% in May as against April, discounting seasonal and calendar effects, according to the Industrial Indices study, disclosed today this Thursday, June 3,...
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Poor Infrastructure Is Bogging Down Brazilian Agriculture
The government of Brazil has promised farmers 78 billion Brazilian reais, approximately US$ 48 billion, in soft loans to promote agriculture production and help curb inflation announced the country's...
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Brazil's Lula Calls EU's New Immigration Rules "Hateful Persecution"
The Brazilian president and his South American colleagues meeting at the Mercosur summit called the new European Union immigration policies that permit the detention of undocumented workers for up...
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Brazil Rebuffs Argentina and Sliding Export Taxes Are Abandoned
The sliding export taxes rule, which applied to grains and oilseeds, triggered a 100-day conflict in Argentina between farmers and the administration of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner reached...
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Europe Ends Ban on Brazilian and South American Beef
After Europe's food experts concluded that Brazil's as well as its neighbors' health regulations had been met, the European Union decided to once again allow imports of fresh meat...
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Brazil's Supreme Court Message: We'd Better Learn to Live with Corruption
Just when the AMB (Brazilian Magistrate Association) thought that Brazil has finally decided to tackle down corruption, they had another surprise coming. Brazil STF (Supreme Federal Court) has decided...
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Brazil's Trade Surplus Falls 45% for the Year
The Brazilian balance of trade (exports minus imports) recorded a surplus of US$ 2.719 billion in June, a value 28.8% lower than recorded in the same month of 2007...
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As Mercosur's Chairman Brazil's Lula Is Poised to Tackle World Hunger
During the next six months when Brazil holds the rotating chair of Mercosur, the South American common market, Brazilian President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva intends to deal with...
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Popular Art Gets Its Fair in Brazilian Northeast
Brazil's Fenearte (National Handicraft Business Fair), which will open its ninth edition this weekend in Olinda, capital of the northeastern Brazilian state of Pernambuco, is expected to receive 220,000...
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Brazil Learns That Innovation Can Double Small Businesses' Profit
A study prepared by Sebrae, the Brazilian Micro and Small Business Support Service, in the southeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo showed that change paid off to micro and...
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Brazil's Medical Industry Grows 21% and Generates US$ 3.74 Billion
São Paulo's metropolitan region continues to be the Brazil's leading industrial hub. The companies based in the area embody the most innovative aspects of the Brazilian economy, such as...
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Brazil Is Both a Rice Importer and Exporter
Brazil produces 12 million tons of rice per year. Whereas national production currently averages at approximately 2,800 kilograms per hectare, farmers in Rio Grande do Sul manage to reap...
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Brazil's Aircraft Maker Embraer Has New Training Center
Embraer (Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica - Brazilian Company of Aeronautics), Brazil's aircraft manufacturer, inaugurated last Thursday, June 26, a new center for personnel development. The facility, comprised of two...
