... the US FBI) want to question him in connection with the big Petrobras scandal and the Lava Jato (car wash) money laundering operation connected to it. The questioning is of a general nature, and not connected to any legal action at this time.
The Brazil supreme federal tribunal, meanwhile, has authorized that a judge in the southern city of Curitiba be assigned to the case of , Lula's former chief-of-staff, Jose "Ze" Dirceu, who is now officially a defendant in a case that if proven, will make him the ...
... UNSC members was increased from 11 to 15. We support the idea of a further expansion and believe that the developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America are underrepresented in the UNSC. Therefore, we support the applications from India and Brazil for permanent representation in the UNSC. We believe that a permanent presence of the African continent in the council must be ensured in a similar way because, let me stress this again, the developing countries are clearly not sufficiently represented and they could play a bigger role ...
... drought in over a century provided impetus for the agriculture ministers of the BRICS nations to gather in Brasilia in March and launch a manifesto designed to make the group a key player in the global food security regime. But they did. Now the world is waiting.... ... business ethics perspective the effort makes sense and can add value to the BRICS brand.
But success depends on China, India and Brazil, who are impacted by drought and infrastructure problems that step on their economic performance. And Russia is dealing ...
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India holds international workshops on the theory and practice of peacekeeping, has opened the Center for United Nations Peacekeeping in Delhi, and provides government-sponsored military training for Africans.
In 2005, Brazil launched its own
Training Center for Peacekeeping Operations
, which has trained over 15,000 troops.
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Georgy Toloraya:
BRICS: an attempt to agree on a long-term strategy
Russian UN military observers are coached by the Army Training ...
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That’s all I have to say to everybody for now. EWE
DATA ANNEX
Extent of no-tillage adoption with > 100000 ha)
Country Area under No-tillage (ha) 2008/2009 (source: UN FAO 2009)
USA 26,500,000
Brazil 25,502,000
Argentina 19,719,000
Canada 13,481,000
Australia 17,000,000
Paraguay 2,400,000
China 1,330,000
Kazakhstan 1,200,000
Bolivia 706,000
Uruguay 655,100
Spain 650,000
South Africa 368,000
Venezuela 300,000
France 200,000
Finland 200,000
Chile ...
