Category: Brazil
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Government launches tender for the concession of 22 airports
The Ministry of Infrastructure published the Public Call for Studies for the sixth round of airport concessions, including three blocks: South, North, and Central. The public call is aimed at companies and consortia interested in preparing the Technical, Economic, and Environmental Feasibility Studies (EVTEA) for the 22 airports. The deadline to express interest is 30…
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National Force remains in Amazonas for 2 more months
The National Public Security Force will continue to support the Penitentiary System of Amazonas for an additional 60 days. The authorization was signed by the Minister of Justice and Public Security, Sergio Moro, and published in the Official Gazette of the Union. This measure responds to a request from the state government. The new deadline…
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Website to Help Refugees Find Jobs in Brazil
The Global Compact and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) launched a website on April 3 in São Paulo, aimed at helping companies hire refugees living in Brazil. The page includes information for employers on how to hire them. The executive secretary of the Global Compact, Caio Pereira, explains that the request for…
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Brazil to donate vaccine doses to Venezuela
Instituto Butantan, based in São Paulo, one of the leading scientific research centers in the world, will donate 1 million doses of the flu vaccine and 1,700 laboratory vials of antivenom for snake and spider bites to Venezuela. The announcement was made last February by the governor of the state of São Paulo, João Doria,…
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Bolsonaro Honors Brazilian Corvette Captain Awarded by the UN
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro awarded the Medal of Victory from the Ministry of Defense to Captain Marcia Andrade Braga, an officer of the Brazilian Navy. She is a member of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) and received the UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year award for…
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End of visas for the USA, Australia, Canada, and Japan
The visa exemption for American, Australian, Canadian, and Japanese tourists wishing to visit Brazil, a historic banner of the tourism sector, is now a reality. Decree 9.7311 with the measure was published in an Extra Edition of the Official Gazette. Thus, travelers from the four strategically important countries will be able to enter Brazil starting…
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Jair Bolsonaro, president of Brazil, to be honored in New York
The Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce announced President Jair Messias Bolsonaro as the Brazilian honoree of the 2019 Person of the Year Awards.
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Pension Reform Increases Confidence in Brazil
The pension reform presented by President Jair Bolsonaro increases the confidence of entrepreneurs, investors, and consumers in Brazil.
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The result of the energy transmission auction
The result of the auction for the contracting of energy transmission projects, held in December of last year, was approved by the National Electric Energy Agency (Aneel). The auction closed with an average discount of 46% on the annual revenue that the transmission company will be entitled to for providing the public transmission service. This…
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Questionnaire on School-Aged Pregnancy
Public and private schools across Brazil have until April 15 to respond to a questionnaire regarding the number of cases of pregnancy among school-aged adolescents, available in the Educacenso System exclusively for the school profile.The questionnaire must be answered by school managers or professionals designated by the institutions, who should only consider cases of pregnancy…