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Brazilian Government Approves $240m to Support Local Entrepreneurs Interested in Developing Farming in Mozambique
Brazil will support Mozambique’s agribusiness to the tune of $240 million approved by the Brazilian government to support local entrepreneurs interested in developing farming in Mozambique this year, state-controlled Radio Mozambique reported on...
First Phase of a Mozambique Anti-retroviral Medication Factory to be Operational By the End of 2009
Health authorities in Mozambique have announced that the first phase of an anti-retroviral medication factory was due to be operational by the end of 2009. Mozambique has approved the construction of a pharmaceutical plant that will provide drugs to treat...
Major Beef And Leather Producers in Brazil Agree Not to Use Cattle Raised in Recently Deforested Areas of the Amazon
Major beef and leather producers in Brazil have agreed not to use cattle raised in recently deforested areas of the Amazon rainforest. Deforestation is a major contributor to climate change, and Brazil loses an estimated three million hectares of forested...
Secretary General of the Organization of American States to Travel to Honduras
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, is to travel on Friday to Honduras to continue carrying on the mandate of the OAS Special General Assembly that instructed him to undertake diplomatic initiatives...
Cocaine Cartel Leader Extradited to Face Charges in the United States
Juan Carlos Ramirez-Abadia, a/k/a “Chupeta,” one of the leaders of Colombia’s most powerful cartel, known as the “Norte Valle Cartel” (NVC), was extradited this week to face federal charges in the Eastern District of New...
Greenpeace has Welcomed the Extension of the Amazon Soy Moratorium
Greenpeace has welcomed the decision to extend by one year the Amazon soy moratorium. The announcement was made at a press conference in Brasilia by the soy traders association (ABIOVE), together with Brazil’s new Environment Minister Carlos Minc,...
Brazil Proposes to Regulate Foreign Travel to Amazon
The Brazilian government is seeking greater control over religious, environmental and other foreign groups traveling to the Amazon.
