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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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Brazilian designer Márcia Ganem's differential of clothing  lies in her techniques for using recycled polyamide fiber, a highly resistant artificial synthetic fiber. Márcia's work, which she has developed for...

Brazil's Pet Passion, a maker of perfumes for dogs and cats, has ambitious plans. It wants to export to Europe, preferably beginning with the land of perfume: France....

According to figures released Friday, June 27, by the survey Statistics of Animal Husbandry of the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) (IBGE), chicken, milk and egg production...

In preparation for the 2014 World Cup to be held in the city of Rio, the southeastern Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro is going to receive over 40...

Brazil's foreign minister, Celso Amorim, is back in Brazil after a five-day tour of North Africa. He says he is confident in the fact that economic and commercial relations...

Poetry mixed with Lebanese origins, memories of childhood and of Amazonian legends. Jorge Tufic had a meeting with poetical inspiration at an early age, in the city of Sena...

Some of the main issues in the official agenda to be addressed by the coming Mercosur summit to be held in the Argentine province of Tucuman include productive integration...

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Hugo Chávez,  the presidents, respectively, of Brazil and Venezuela, met June 27 in Caracas, capital of Venezuela, to address economic issues aimed at...

The Brazilian monthly inflation accelerated to its fastest pace in more than five years on rising wholesale prices for manufacturers. The IGP-M (Índice Geral de Preços - Mercado -...

Cade (Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica - Administrative Council for Economic Defense), Brazil's antimonopoly agency, has finally approved the takeover of the once Brazilian flag carrier Varig by the...

If you think of visiting Brazil, June may be a good time as an important event is  just taking place: Festas Juninas, Brazil's Annual June Parties. Each year during...

Mexico-based KOF, also known as Coca-Cola FEMSA, the largest Coca-Cola bottler in Latin America and the second largest Coca-Cola bottler in the world in terms of volume, announced this...

A Brazilian court fined the newspaper Agosto, on June 5, US$ 13,400 for publishing summaries of São Paulo mayoral candidates for the upcoming elections as well as an interview...

Paris-based organization RSF (Reporters Without Borders), which is dedicated to defend freedom of the press worldwide, says that it is very concerned about the safety of the staff of...