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Ozires Silva, Rector of Unimonte and Founder of Embraer
Ozires Silva, current Rector of Unimonte and Founder of Embraer argues that the education system in Brazil should be reformed in order to face a competition that is growing internationally. He also talks about entrepreneurship, the founding of Embraer and the importance of innovation and research for the future of Brazil.

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Brazil’s Agriculture: Embrapa is Leading Agricultural Research in Brazil

April 19, 2012

Pedro Arraes, President of Embrapa
Pedro Arraes talks about Embrapa and how the public institution linked to the Ministry of Agriculture was created as a strategy from the government to hamper the food crisis scenario and give support to growth in the agricultural sector.

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Impact of the Internet on Brazilian Music Industry

April 18, 2012

Marco Camargo talks about the internet revolution and how it changed the music industry. According to the Music Producer, there must be a higher accuracy on the internet on how to download music, communicating it to the music author, to the artist, to the musicians, to the conductors, like it used to be done when records were sold.

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Engineering in Brazil: “Highly Competitive” says Niplan Engeneering – Brazil

April 18, 2012

Paulo Nishimura, President of Niplan Engenharia
According to Paulo Nishimura, there are positive developments in the oil and gas, mining and infrastructures sectors. But nowadays, the construction and industry sector has become highly competitive, so the national players, are going through an alert period in terms of competitiveness, even though the future growth scenery is very optimistic.

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Organic Agriculture in Brazil: Organic Farming in the Federal District

April 16, 2012

Joe Valle, Founder of Fazenda Malunga and Congressman
Brasília has many credit lines for agricultural production; it has a very good soil, logistics and warehouse facilities. There have been very attractive opportunities for the agricultural companies that have been settling down in the Federal District.

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Turismo no Brasil: Copa do Mundo e Olimpíadas

April 13, 2012

Segundo a Organização Mundial do Turismo, os desembarques internacionais de turistas no mundo cresceram 4.4% em 2011 (980 milhões de desembarques) em relação a 2010 (939 milhões). Isso significa que há um crescimento de cerca de 40%, desde 2003.

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Destination Brazil: Unique Trips in Brazil

March 15, 2012

Bobby Betenson, Operations Director, and Martin Frankenberg, Business Development Director of Matuete Brazil Travel Design
Time is sometimes more precious than money. Matuete is primarily focusing on those whose free time is limited and who would like to experience something unusual; a unique trip either in Brazil or elsewhere. Brazil is a unique destination thanks to its great diversity and size.

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Brasilia: Architecture of Brasilia

March 11, 2012

Sometimes called the Picasso of Brazilian architecture, Oscar Niemeyer, the visionary architect of Brasilia, is still living and still working; he turned 104 in December 2011

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Transport in Brasilia: Brasilia Subway

March 2, 2012

David José de Matos, President Director of METRO DF (Metropolitan Company of the Federal District of Brazil)
The plan of Metro DF is to make Brasilia transport more accessible, including subway, since the current figures show that only 150,000 people make use of the subway transport. This is a very small number when taking into account the size of metropolitan Brasilia – 2,5 million citizens.

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Dudalina: Brazil Textile Company

March 2, 2012

Dudalina is a Brazilian textile company which is aiming to show its success and high quality textile products further behing the borders of Brazil. Dudalina is a family-owned company which has grown immensely during the last years and is expected to continue this trend.