Mato Grosso (Brazil)

Tumbling soybean prices worry Brazilian farmers

This place used to be the middle of nowhere.Then Brazilians desperate to escape poverty settled the region beginning in the late 1970s. They cut down the trees and scrub bushes that covered the land. First, they planted rice....

Deforestation in Mato Grosso, Brazil

acquired July 28, 2006 An inland state of central Brazil, deep in the Amazon interior, Mato Grosso was long isolated from the outside world. A railroad, followed by highways and airplanes, eventually connected this state with...

A Brazilian Mission to Dubai Looks for a Piece of the Middle East

With an eye to the business potential in Dubai, the Mato Grosso state branch of the Brazilian Micro and Small Business Support Service (Sebrae Mato Grosso) is going to promote a delegation to the emirate in 2009. We also...

Abuse law protects Brazilian man

A law introduced in Brazil two years ago to protect women from domestic violence has been used to protect a man who was being abused by his ex-wife. It is thought this may be the first time the legislation has been used to...