Brazil

Açaí Besides being a great source of vitamins and minerals, the açaí can help in the treatment of neuropsychic diseases. At least that is what indicates a study done by the Federal University of Santa Maria (RS) in partnership with the University of the State of Amazonas (UEA) and the University of ...

3rd Brazilian Meeting of Tourist Cities and World Heritage The Minister of Culture, Roberto Freire, participated in the opening of the 3rd Brazilian Meeting of Tourist Cities and World Heritage, on Tuesday (11/4), in Brasília. The event was held by the Institute of National Historical and Artistic Heritage (Iphan) - an institution ...

6th edition of DOCTV Latin America Registrations are open for the 6th edition of the program DOCTV Latin America, coordinated in Brazil by the Ministry of Culture (MinC), through the Secretariat of Audiovisual (SAV), in partnership with the Empresa Brasil de Comunicação (EBC). The contest, which encompasses the 18 countries ...

Retail Trade The Brazilian retail trade recorded in February a 0.2% drop in sales and a 0.1% rise in nominal revenue compared to January. The data are from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) and were released today in Rio de Janeiro. Despite being negative, the result of the ...

Tourism in Brazil Brazil Brazil has a huge potential to be explored in the tourism sector, but it must take better advantage of its heritage. This is one of the findings of a national survey conducted for the Ministry of Tourism to measure the population's perception of investments and impressions of the ...

Brazil + Tourism Program The Minister of Tourism, Marx Beltrão, announced, on Tuesday (11), the Brazil + Tourism, a package of measures to strengthen the sector in the country. The program has proposals to deburocratize the sector, increase the number of tourists, issue electronic visas, expand the regional air network, and open 100% the ...

Amazon An international study led by the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) reveals that the floodplain areas present in the Amazon are the "Achilles heel" that can make the forest collapse. This is because these flooded regions of the forest are, contrary to what was thought ...

National Braille Day This April 8, the National Braille Day is celebrated. The date is dedicated to reflection on the importance of mechanisms that favor the development of people who are blind or have low vision. The Braille system of writing and reading was created about 200 years ago ...

Minimum wage The government has proposed a minimum wage of R$ 979 for next year. The value is in the project of the Budget Guidelines Law (LDO) of 2018, presented today (7) by the ministers announced the ministers of Planning, Dyogo Oliveira, and Finance, Henrique Meirelles. Currently, the minimum wage is R$ ...

Manatees As part of the Manatee project of the National Institute for Amazon Research (Inpa/MCTIC) four manatees (Trichechus inunguis) were removed from semi-captivity, in Manacapuru (68 kilometers from Manaus), on Wednesday (5), to be returned to nature. The animals will join another individual, taken from captivity, in the headquarters ...