The Minister of Environment, Izabella Teixeira, said yesterday that the role of Brazil in the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20, will be strategic in the search for a consensus among participating countries.
“In the conference, Brazil has a unique opportunity to seek, in its role as host, convergence and dialogue,” stated during the participation [...]

In an effort to bring Brazil closer to Libya, the Brazilian Government decided to make donations, send experts and support the parliamentary elections within two months in the country. Brazilian experts who will work in demining (removal of landmines) should be on the way to Tripoli, capital of Libya, in the next few days. Additionally, [...]

The target for the “My House, My Life” program will be expanded to 2.4 million housing units to be built by 2014. The announcement was made today (April 12) by President Rousseff. She said that the government is working on the distribution of homes by income bracket and by municipality.
“This is a program that has [...]

Brazil and the United Kingdom will support projects aimed at climate-smart agriculture and food security, under the umbrella of the Millennium Development Goals. A letter of intent for this purpose was signed yesterday in Brasilia by the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply, Mendes Ribeiro Filho, and the UK Secretary of State for International Development, [...]

Freight movement on the Brazilian rail network grew by 87.6% between 1997 (the year that sector privatization began) and 2011. According to a study by the National Association of Rail Carriers (ANTF), annual freight movement rose from 253.3 million tons in 1997 to 475 million tons in 2011. Freight movement registered an increase of 5 [...]

On April 17th and 18th delegations from 53 countries will meet in Brasilia for the annual meeting of the Open Government Partnership (OGP), an international initiative that aims to disseminate and encourage government practices such as spending transparency, public access to information and public participation. The event will consolidate the OGP as an innovative movement [...]

The Brazilian government wants to increase scientific cooperation with the United States, and wants scholarships with American universities and companies granted through Science Without Borders to make up a fifth of the program. The government’s intention is to place 100,000 professionals and researchers in various countries over the next four years: 20,000 in the United [...]

The consolidated public sector primary surplus reached R$ 9.5 billion in February, the best result for the month since the beginning of the series, in 2001. The Central Government recorded a surplus of R$ 5.3 billion; regional Governments, R$ 5.1 billion surplus; and state owned companies, R$ 872 million deficit. In the year, the surplus [...]

In search of expansion for economic and trade relations, the Governments of Brazil and India have adopted a strategic partnership encompassing health, education, science and technology, defense, agriculture, social and environmental programs. The President Dilma Rousseff said on Friday, March 30, during a visit to New Delhi, India, that the goal is to increase the [...]

The Industry Confidence Index increased 0.5% in March this year, in relation to the previous month. According to Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), the index went from 102.5 points in February to 103 points in March. It is the fourth consecutive increase, featuring the evaluation from businessmen of the industry in relation to the sector.
The largest [...]