Latest Brazilian government Stories
SAO PAULO, July 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Brazilian government has no plans to intervene directly in the mining sector via a state company or to nationalize mineral deposits that might be deemed strategic to national interest, a senior government official in an exclusive interview published Wednesday by Brasil Mineral, the country's leading trade magazine for the sector. "We want to make it very clear that the Brazilian Geological Survey (CPRM) will not begin to prospect for or mine...
BRASILIA, Brazil, Jan. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Brazilian government has issued a "partial" installation license allowing the Belo Monte Dam to break ground on the Amazon's Xingu River despite egregious disregard for human rights and environmental legislation, the unwavering protests of civil society and condemnations by its Federal Public Prosecutor's Office (MPF). The license was approved by Brazil's environmental agency IBAMA despite overwhelming evidence that the...
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 17, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AVATAR creator James Cameron's short new documentary "A Message from Pandora," casts a timely spotlight on an epic battle to stop the massive Belo Monte Dam in the heart of Brazil's Amazon Rainforest. The twenty-minute short, a real-life AVATAR story, was released this week as a special feature on the AVATAR Extended Collector's Edition DVD at a critical moment when the Brazilian government is on the verge of deciding whether...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today international and Brazilian human rights organizations submitted a formal petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), denouncing grave and imminent violations upon the rights of indigenous and riverine communities affected by the construction of Belo Monte Dam on the Xingu River in the Brazilian Amazon. Signed by the Xingu Alive Forever Movement and as well as representatives of affected communities, the...
BRASILIA, Brazil, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Brazil's Minister of Environment Izabella Teixeira called for greater commitment from developed countries in international negotiations on access to genetic resources and the sharing of benefits arising from their use at the 10th Conference of Parties to Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 10). Speaking on a teleconference today, the Minister expressed concern over the lack of progress in discussions on Access and Benefit-Sharing (ABS), and said...
During his unprecedented expedition into the heart of the Amazon, Michigan State University geographer Bob Walker discovered surprising evidence that many of the Brazilian government's efforts to protect the environment are working.As expected, Walker and two fellow scientists "“ the first research team to travel a 700-mile stretch of the so-called Transamazon Highway in the western Amazon basin "“ confirmed the existence of illegal logging and gold-mining operations that threaten further...
SAO PAULO, Brazil, May 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gafisa S.A. (Bovespa: GFSA3; NYSE: GFA), Brazil's leading diversified national homebuilder, today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2010. Commenting on results, Wilson Amaral, CEO of Gafisa, said: "Positive momentum continued into the first quarter of 2010 with strong sales velocities across the company and a launch pace of R$ 703 million, more than triple the amount in Q109, despite the seasonally low period...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Environmentalists, indigenous people, and social movements in Brazil condemned today's news that an environmental license was issued by the Brazilian environmental agency (IBAMA) for the Belo Monte Hydroelectric Dam. The massive project, slated to be the world's third largest, would divert the flow of the Xingu River and devastate an extensive area of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest, threatening the survival of indigenous peoples. Brazil's...
BRASILIA, Brazil, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The Brazilian National Plan on Climate Change, launched in December 2008, comprises a set of over one hundred actions and programs to reduce carbon emissions across different sectors of the Brazilian economy. The two main tactics emphasized in the plan -- measures to tackle deforestation and promote the use of biofuels and other renewable energy sources -- are expected to lead Brazil's transition to a low-carbon economy. According to the...
SAO PAULO, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- To provide a detailed overview of Brazil's Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry, the Brazilian Association of Information and Communication Technology Companies (Brasscom), supported by the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil), today released a landmark research report titled "Brazil IT-BPO Book." Based on the extensive information accumulated by Brasscom, the book provides analyses of the Brazilian IT and...
