Diplomatic missions in Brasilia and the UN System in Brazil unite on May 17 to again renew their commitment to fight for equality and dignity for all. On the International Day Against LGBTI-phobia – Discrimination Against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex People (IDAHOT) — May 17 — the European Union Delegation in Brazil, in ...
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 17 May, 2019 | Topics:
Press Releases, Public Affairs, U.S. & Brazil
On May 10, 1944, in the midst of World War II, an American PBY-Catalina amphibious aircraft on a routine flight from Belem to Recife fell from the sky near a small settlement in the rugged sertão of Rio Grande do Norte. All ten members of the crew, U.S. sailors attached to the Navy maritime patrol ...
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 10 May, 2019 | Topics:
Events, History, News, Public Affairs, Recife
U.S. Consulate and Cinemateca Capitólio will screen feature films and documentaries in free sessions from March 26 to April 2 Porto Alegre celebrates its anniversary on March 26 and the U.S. Consulate decided to honor the city and its residents with a free showcase of films at the most iconic movie theater of Porto Alegre, ...
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 19 March, 2019 | Topics:
Art & Culture, Events, News, Porto Alegre, Press Releases, Public Affairs
Washington, D.C., February 22, 2019 – Assistant Secretary Kimberly Breier will travel to Brazil and Paraguay February 24 to March 2 to promote regional prosperity, security, democracy, and human rights. From February 24 to 28, Assistant Secretary Breier will travel to Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, and Sao Paulo to deepen U.S.-Brazil cooperation in support of ...
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 22 February, 2019 | Topics:
Embassy, Press Releases, Public Affairs
The Public Affairs Section at the U.S. Consulate General in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is publishing this Funding Opportunity Announcement for projects to be selected in 2019 – Annual Program Statement 2019 (Cycle II). We invite proposals that strengthen ties between the United States and Brazil, through cultural and exchange programs that highlight shared values ...
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 11 February, 2019 | Topics:
Education, English Learning, Fact Sheets, Public Affairs
Fifty public high school students from all parts of Brazil will return from the United States on February 3, after participating in the 17th exchange of the Youth Ambassadors Program.
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 31 January, 2019 | Topics:
Art & Culture, Education, Embassy, English Learning, News, Notification, Press Releases, Public Affairs, Scholarships and Exchanges, Study in the U.S., U.S. & Brazil, Youth Ambassadors
Partners of the Americas (Partners), the U.S. Department of State (DOS), and NAFSA: Association of International Educators (NAFSA) announce a new Innovation Fund grant competition to create higher education institutional partnerships between Brazil and the United States.
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 18 October, 2018 | Topics:
Education, Innovation, News, Public Affairs, Scholarships and Exchanges, Western Hemisphere
The third edition of the program will take 250 young leaders from 36 Latin American and Caribbean Brasilia, 20 August 2018 – The United States announces on Wednesday, August 22, the names of the 20 Brazilians selected for the Professional Scholarships Program – an initiative of the 2018 Young Leaders of the Americas (YLAI), sponsored ...
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 21 August, 2018 | Topics:
Events, Press Releases, Public Affairs, Sao Paulo
On July 18, 2018, 60 recipients of the English Access Microscholarship Program visited U.S. Embassy Brasília for an afternoon-long Intensive Session. Students from Taguatinga, DF participated in this event, one of many occurring during the month of July throughout Brazil - in Salvador, BA; Recife, PE; Franca, SP; Belém, PA; and Uberlândia and Belo Horizonte, ...
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 18 July, 2018 | Topics:
Art & Culture, Education, Embassy, English Learning, News, Public Affairs, U.S. & Brazil
In honor of Women’s History Month, U.S. Consulate General in Recife, in partnership with YLAI Alumni Camila Borges and IVLP Alumni Alfredo Junior hosted a dynamic event to promote networking and encourage linkages between female entrepreneurs in Recife titled “Café com Estratégia—Edição Mulheres”. Thirty-one women from different backgrounds, representing start-ups, established business and social enterprises ...
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 27 March, 2018 | Topics:
Business, Economic Affairs, Events, Gender Issues, News, Public Affairs, Recife
| Tags: empreendedorismo, networking
The U.S. Consulate General in São Paulo launches a photo contest “What do you like the most about the United States?” sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. The two winning photos will be published as cover pages for the Consulate’s page on Facebook, and the authors of the photos will each win as a ...
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 25 January, 2018 | Topics:
Art & Culture, News, Public Affairs, Sao Paulo
American Presence Officer in Belo Horizonte Rita Rico welcomed the public to the American Day cultural and sports event held outside Belo Horizonte’s Mineirão stadium. The event was
covered by local TV Globo Minas . American Day was co-sponsored by the American Presence Post in Belo Horizonte. The event took place in advance of the inaugural Brazil vs. Argentina American football ...
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 16 December, 2017 | Topics:
Belo Horizonte, Events, Public Affairs, Sports
| Tags: #sports, Belo Horizonte
On September 21 and 22, the Information Officer of the U.S. Consulate General in Sao Paulo, Mariju Bofill, visited Londrina, one of the most important cities in the state of Parana.
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 30 October, 2017 | Topics:
American Spaces & BNCs, News, Public Affairs, Sao Paulo
The Country Public Affairs Officer and American Presence Officer hosted more than 80 Minas Gerais guests from government and educational, cultural and commercial sectors at a Kentucky Derby-themed Independence Day party. The event promoted Kentucky Bourbon imports by offering guests the traditional ‘mint julep’ cocktail. The celebration was
covered by local TV show ‘Programa Gui Moreira’ , which airs on the local SBT ...
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 6 July, 2017 | Topics:
Belo Horizonte, Events, Public Affairs
| Tags: 4July, Belo Horizonte, Kentucky
The American Presence Post in Belo Horizonte invited English-language students sponsored by the U.S. Mission to an exclusive screening of the Academy Award-nominated film Hidden Figures on May 10, 2017. The screening, along with other international showings,
was noted by a NBC news report in the United States. Hidden Figures tells the story of three African-American women mathematicians who worked ...
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 10 May, 2017 | Topics:
Belo Horizonte, English Learning, News, Public Affairs
| Tags: ACCESS, Belo Horizonte
The Fulbright Commission this year celebrates 60 years in Brazil. Since 1957, Fulbright has offered scholarships to graduate students, fellows and researchers who want to make a difference in their communities. Over these six decades, Fulbright has sent over 3,500 Brazilians to the USA and brought over 2,900 North Americans on exchange programs to Brazil.
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 15 March, 2017 | Topics:
Alumni, Education, Embassy, News, Press Releases, Public Affairs, Scholarships and Exchanges, Study in the U.S.
On February 27, cultural heritage professionals from Brazil, Colombia, Ghana, Jamaica, Mozambique, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and South Africa will gather in Charleston, South Carolina for a Department of State sponsored workshop on the protection of sites and antiquities associated with the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 23 February, 2017 | Topics:
Art & Culture, History, News, Public Affairs
February is National African American History Month. President Trump issued the following proclamation to commemorate the role African Americans have played in U.S. history:
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 2 February, 2017 | Topics:
Human Rights, News, President of the United States, Public Affairs
| Tags: Donald J. Trump
NASA’s one-of-kind, high-altitude climate monitoring plane, the ER-2, landed in Recife on September 29, as part of its return trip to the United States following a month long mission from California, to Recife, to Walvis Bay, Namibia to observe above cloud aerosols and how those particles interact with clouds and change their ability to warm ...
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 3 November, 2016 | Topics:
Consul General, Education, English Learning, News, Public Affairs, Recife
On Tuesday, September 27th Vice Consuls Christian Olsen and Cristian Martinez-LuSane delivered a presentation on the American electoral process at the Associaçao Brasil America (ABA), Recife. With the national elections just weeks way in the U.S., the Vice Consuls benefited from a captive audience eager to learn more about the nuances in U.S. elections. More ...
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 28 September, 2016 | Topics:
Events, Featured Event, News, Public Affairs, Recife
| Tags: US Elections
Google is using its popular search engine to make it easier for Americans to vote this November. The company will provide a summary box detailing
state voting laws at the top of the search results whenever a user appears to be looking for that information. The information will focus on the rules particular to the state where the search ...
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 19 August, 2016 | Topics:
Featured Event, Public Affairs
| Tags: US Elections
Rio de Janeiro, July 11, 2016 – As part of its Olympic and Paralympic cultural and educational “Sports for All” campaign, PA Rio hosted the Commissioner of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Jacqie McWilliams for a program on sports for educational development. During her visit to Rio de Janeiro, the speaker engaged with Brazilian educators ...
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 11 July, 2016 | Topics:
2016 Olympics/Paralympics, Events, News, Public Affairs, Rio de Janeiro, Speeches, Sports, U.S. & Brazil
| Tags: 4July, Draper, OlympicPrideAmericanPrejudice, Underwood
Rio de Janeiro, July 8, 2016 – U.S. filmmaker Deborah Riley Draper and Hollywood star Blair Underwood visited Rio de Janeiro between June 27 and 30, 2016, to participate in the Brazilian première of the film Olympic Pride, American Prejudice. Directed by Draper and narrated by Underwood – also executive producer of the film –, Olympic ...
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 8 July, 2016 | Topics:
Art & Culture, Consul General, Events, News, Public Affairs, Rio de Janeiro, U.S. & Brazil
| Tags: 4July, Draper, OlympicPrideAmericanPrejudice, Underwood
Good music straight from Nashville to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the founding of Belém! In spite of being born without his left forearm, Tony Memmel learned how to play the guitar all by himself after building his own model of adhesive tape to fix a peak to his arm. Ain’t that cool? If you ...
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 14 May, 2016 | Topics:
Art & Culture, Embassy, Events, Public Affairs, U.S. & Brazil
Program Signifies Important Step in White House’s Commitment to an Entrepreneurship Network in the Americas The Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative (YLAI) Professional Fellows Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, is looking for young Brazilian entrepreneurs to attend a four-week business and social entrepreneurship training in October and November 2016, in the ...
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 6 May, 2016 | Topics:
Press Releases, Public Affairs, Scholarships and Exchanges, Western Hemisphere
Social media. You can’t ignore it, and political candidates can’t either. Increasing numbers of young people get their news from Facebook, Twitter and their competitors. Even as today’s social media networks offer users information about the world, they offer advertisers, political candidates among them, new tools to reach specific audiences with messages tailored just for ...
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 22 March, 2016 | Topics:
Featured Event, Public Affairs
| Tags: US Elections
Independent U.S. film directors Lacy Schwartz and Ramona Diaz visited Recife on the first stop of the Mission’s American Film Showcase (AFS) Program. During two days in Recife, the filmmakers screened their documentaries and talked to students about movie industry. Lacey’s film Little White Lie, an autobiographical account of her own path to discovering her ...
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 11 March, 2016 | Topics:
Art & Culture, Events, Public Affairs, Recife
The U.S. Consulate of São Paulo celebrated Black History Month on February 25-26 with two special commemorative events. On Thursday, February 25th the Consul General provided opening remarks for a Consulate wide event highlighting the origins of Black History Month in America and the contributions of African-Americans to society. The event took the theme further ...
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 29 February, 2016 | Topics:
Art & Culture, Events, Public Affairs, Sao Paulo, Social Inclusion
It is impossible to comprehend Brazil without understanding the dimensions of this continent-sized country, which occupies a land mass larger than that of the lower 48 of the United States. Brazil’s land border, which it shares with ten South American neighbors, is five times larger than the border between the United States and Mexico. Brazil ...
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 29 October, 2015 | Topics:
Ambassador, Business, Economic Affairs, International Security, Political Affairs, Public Affairs, U.S. & Brazil
Selected entrepreneurs will participate in two-week trainings in the U.S. The U.S. Department of State, in partnership with the Brazilian Micro and Small Business Service (SEBRAE), is in the process of selecting up to 100 of the most dynamic Brazilian entrepreneurs, working in agribusiness, health services, medical services, and advanced manufacturing to participate in the ...
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 16 October, 2015 | Topics:
Business, News, Press Releases, Public Affairs, U.S. & Brazil
The U.S. government Special Advisor for International Rights of People with Special Needs, Judith Heumann, visited Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia last month to attend a series of activities celebrating the 25th anniversary of the “Americans with Disabilities Act,” a law that protects the rights of people with disabilities in the United States. ...
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 3 September, 2015 | Topics:
Events, Human Rights, Public Affairs, Sao Paulo, Social Inclusion
The U.S. Consulate General in Rio de Janeiro, in partnership with Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and the Pacifying Police Unit (UPP), brought two renowned Brazilian fighters to the community of Providência. Fabrício Werdum, world heavyweight champion, andThomas Almeida, who competes in the bantamweight category, visited the headquarters of UPP Providência on July 30, 2015. The ...
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 10 August, 2015 | Topics:
Consul General, Events, Public Affairs, Rio de Janeiro
On July 30, the US Consulate General in Sao Paulo promoted an internal action in support to the Blue Heart Campaign, launched by the United Nations in 2013, which commemorates July 30 as the World Day against Trafficking in Persons. Consulate employees wore blue, and gathered by the flagpole with the Consul General Ricardo Zuniga ...
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 31 July, 2015 | Topics:
Consul General, Events, Public Affairs, Sao Paulo
Alumni coordinators at the Consulate General in Rio de Janeiro and at U.S. Embassy Brasilia joined forces to organize a two-day intensive, hands-on workshop for 12 participants from Rio de Janeiro, Bahia and Minas Gerais) on July 9 and 10, 2015 – “Alumnus to Advocate”. The participants’ profiles included strong leadership potential and commitment to community service, with the objective of identifying alumni that could establish local state chapters for the US-Brazil Exchange Alumni (USBEA) community. Among the selected participants were alumni from ...
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 20 July, 2015 | Topics:
Alumni, Events, Public Affairs, Rio de Janeiro, Scholarships and Exchanges
The new U.S. Consul General in Rio de Janeiro, Mr. James Story, and his wife Susan Story, along with the Consular Section Chief, Michael Yoder, received nearly 300 guests on the sunny afternoon of June 30, to celebrate the 239th anniversary of the independence of the United States of America. The event was held at ...
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 2 July, 2015 | Topics:
Consul General, Events, Public Affairs, Rio de Janeiro
Interview given by Ambassador Liliana Ayalde to Sergio Leo, from Valor Econômico newspaper, published on 06/19/2015. Liliana: Brazil and the United States will form a “partnership at the highest level” A few weeks before Dilma Rousseff’s official visit to the United States, work at the US Embassy in Brasília has been stepped up. While negotiations ...
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 19 June, 2015 | Topics:
Ambassador, Economic Affairs, Interviews/Op-eds, Political Affairs, Public Affairs
Opinion article written by Ambassador Liliana Ayalde for the newspaper Folha de São Paulo and published on June 16, 2015. After a historic Summit of the Americas in Panama in April, there is a palpable sense of optimism in the West. For the first time since 1959, the presidents of the United States and Cuba had ...
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 16 June, 2015 | Topics:
Ambassador, Business, Economic Affairs, Interviews/Op-eds, Political Affairs, Public Affairs, Western Hemisphere
The United States Consulate in Sao Paulo, in partnership with the NGO Botucatu Institute and the support of Sebrae – Brazilian Support Service for Small Enterprises- and Botucatu Municipal Government, organized a training program for Botucatu women entrepreneurs to foster the development of women’s technical and conceptual business abilities by offering a series of workshops ...
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 14 May, 2015 | Topics:
Business, Events, Public Affairs, Sao Paulo, Social Inclusion
R.J. Cooper award-winning chef shares North American cuisine at events in Belo Horizonte, São Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro From April 17-28, the United States Diplomatic Mission in Brazil is sponsoring the visit of U.S. celebrity chef R.J. Cooper to Belo Horizonte, São Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro, to share his award-winning interpretation of North ...
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 17 April, 2015 | Topics:
Art & Culture, Belo Horizonte, News, Public Affairs, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo
International Conference on Immigration Museums 10:00 a.m., Thursday, March 26, 2015 Good morning. Thank you for that warm introduction. I’m so happy to welcome you to this conference. This event and the photography exhibit that opens here tomorrow represent the strong relationship between Ellis Island and the Sao Paulo Immigration Museum – a project that ...
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 1 April, 2015 | Topics:
Art & Culture, Events, Public Affairs, Sao Paulo
U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, Liliana Ayalde, visited Rio de Janeiro to celebrate the 450th anniversary of the city. On March 17, Ambassador Ayalde and Consul General John Creamer enjoyed a music concert at historic “Beco das Garrafas,” the famous birthplace of the Carioca Bossa Nova in the 1950s and 60s. On March 18, Ambassador Ayalde ...
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 18 March, 2015 | Topics:
Ambassador, Events, Public Affairs, Rio de Janeiro, U.S. & Brazil, Video
This competition is open to higher education institutions in the Western Hemisphere that promote study abroad or exchange programs in any field in either or both directions between the U.S. and Latin America, the Caribbean and Canada. To apply on January 15:
www.100kStrongAmericas.org/Educate to learn about past winners and guidelines, including Competition 3 supported by ...
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 8 January, 2015 | Topics:
Education, News, Public Affairs, Scholarships and Exchanges
Ambassador Liliana Ayalde and Consul General Hankins had a private luncheon with the six students from the state of São Paulo who were selected to the Youth Ambassadors Program. In the meeting, Ambassador Ayalde congratulated the students on their selection to the program, discussed their community service activities, and got a sense of the issues that ...
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 8 December, 2014 | Topics:
Ambassador, Education, Events, News, Public Affairs, Sao Paulo, Scholarships and Exchanges, Youth Ambassadors
| Tags: Youth Ambassadors 2015
VISIT USA, the official U.S. tourism fair, took place last week in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Campinas. Over 1,500 visitors attended the events, a new record for the fair, and an indicator of the increasing number of Brazilians traveling to the United States; in 2013, there were 2 million Brazilian tourists and the ...
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 1 August, 2014 | Topics:
Events, Public Affairs, Sao Paulo, Travel & Tourism
Interview granted to Cláudio Motta and Bernardo Guimarães, from AmCham-Rio, and published on June 3, 2014. Liliana Ayalde analyzes bilateral relations and, in an exclusive interview with Brazilian Business magazine, predicts new business opportunities US companies continue to bet on the Brazilian market, says the US Ambassador to Brazil, Liliana Ayalde, in an exclusive interview with Brazilian Business ...
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 5 June, 2014 | Topics:
Ambassador, Economic Affairs, Education, Political Affairs, Public Affairs, Trade and Commercial Affairs, Travel & Tourism, U.S. & Brazil, Visa Waiver Program
Vice Consul Samuel Callan Downing visited Sorocaba on March 14 to promote people-to-people exchanges and to bolster collaboration between Sorocaban and American industry and government. With more than 100 export industries, Sorocaba is one of Brazil’s most important manufacturing centers, concentrating technologies related to auto parts and wind energy. The city is actively courting foreign ...
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 14 March, 2014 | Topics:
Events, Public Affairs, Sao Paulo
“Football is more than just the World Cup, it’s more than just the game”, said Jurgen Klinsmann, coach of the U.S. Men’s National Team, after the announcement of the Sports for All initiative by the U.S. Ambassador to Brazil Liliana Ayalde. Coach Klinsmann’s statement proved to be true as, during their visit to Brazil in ...
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By U.S. Mission Brazil | 18 January, 2014 | Topics:
Ambassador, Events, Public Affairs, Sao Paulo
| Tags: sports envoy
Blog of Laurence Yugo Uehara, 2012 YA Blog of João Neves, 2011 YA Blog of Raquel Helen Silva, 2008 YA Blog of Amanda Ariela, 2012 YA Blog of Ítalo Souza, 2012 YA Blog of Diana Ketlen, 2012 YA Blog of Alice Nicolau, 2012 YA Blog of Lais Barbosa, 2012 YA Blog of Alan Jales Coutinho, 2011 YA, at Phillips Academy, Exeter Blog of Renato Dornelas, 2012 YA Blog of Bruna Lobato (Natal) – 2010 Youth Ambassador Blog of Rebecca Carvalho, 2009 YA, at Lawrence University Blog of Leonardo da Silva (Wayne State University) Blog of Vanessa Milost (Exeter) Blog of Airton G. Martins (UC Irvine) Blog of Janssen Costa (Cushing) Blog of Ranniery Franklin Ribeiro, 2009 YA, at Phllips Academy, Andover Blog of Bárbara Teixeira (UC-Riverside) Blog of Giovani Santos (UC-Riverside) Blog “Laíze nas Américas” Read More»
By U.S. Mission Brazil | 11 December, 2013 | Topics:
Education, Public Affairs, Scholarships and Exchanges, Youth Ambassadors
| Tags: Youth Ambassadors
