"The biggest Brazilian investor in Africa - and one of the biggest investors in the continent from anywhere - is Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, which is usually known as Vale. It is one of the three biggest mining companies in the world and is the world's biggest iron ore miner, controlling about 27% of the global market. It also produces coal, nickel, copper, bauxite, alumina, aluminium and a wide range of other commodities. As a result of the needs of its mining operations, it also invests heavily in power plants, railways and port infrastructure. Vale currently has investments totalling $7.7bn in nine African countries and plans to invest more than $18bn in Africa over the next five years but much will depend on the direction of global markets over that time." "The firm's biggest investment, however, is its Moatize coal mining project in the Moatize Basin of Tete Province in northwestern Mozambique."
Senaten i Brasilien godkände på tisdagen en banbrytande lag som ska garantera nätneutralitet. 23 april 2014 president Dilma Rouseff har förklarat att hon ska underteckna lagen, som ska presenteras på en global konferens om internets framtid under onsdagen.
Organized in partnership with the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br) and /1Net, the meeting congregated 1,480 stakeholders with active voices, including remote participation, from a diversity of 97 nations.
EFF April 25, 2014 | By Danny O'Brien President Rousseff called for the establishment of a "civilian multilateral framework for the governance and use of the Internet."
Joe Leahy, FT With additional reporting by Thalita Carrico in São Paulo? Comment by Gulliver, June 23: "High quality global journalism requires investment. Please share this article with others using the link below, do not cut & paste the article. See our Ts&Cs and Copyright Policy for more detail. Email ftsales.support@ft.com to buy additional rights. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5e79204e-da5a-11e2-a237-00144feab7de.html#ixzz2X7DWghCS For a very long time the media has been trumpeting the emergence of a new middle class, proclaiming the amount of people “rescued” from poverty around the world. Is non-sense, what we have is a very large amount of shoppers who now can shop due to state hand-outs. If cheap credit (easy money) and state benefits are removed there will be a global meltdown and the end of it is inevitable because in the long run is unsustainable. This is probably just the beginning."
Dave Zirin on June 26, 2013: As reported on the website of The Nation Institute, Galeano has spoken. Here is what he has to say. "As far as I’m concerned, the explosion of indignation in Brazil is justified. In its thirst for justice, it is similar to other demonstrations that in recent years have shaken many countries in many parts of the world. Brazilians, who are the most soccer-mad of all, have decided not to allow their sport to be used any more as an excuse for humiliating the many and enriching the few. The fiesta of soccer, a feast for the legs that play and the eyes that watch, is much more than a big business run by overlords from Switzerland. The most popular sport in the world wants to serve the people who embrace it. That is a fire police violence will never put out.” That second to last sentence—“The most popular sport in the world wants to serve the people who embrace it”—is one we shouldn’t forget. You see it in the streets, favelas, and beaches of Brazil, where soccer hasn’t stopped just because the season of protests has started. You see it in the great Brazilian players like Neymar and Hulk who have supported the protests. You see it in the calls by demonstrators for “FIFA quality hospitals and schools.