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Along with Argentina, Chile, and the U.S., Brazil is one of the guarantors of the Peru-Ecuador peace process. Brazil is a charter member of the United Nations and participates in its specialized agencies. It has contributed troops to UN peacekeeping efforts in the Middle East, the former Belgian Congo, Cyprus, Mozambique, Angola, East Timor, and most recently Haiti. Brazil is currently leading the UN peacekeeping force in Haiti. Brazil served as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council from 2004-2005. Prior to this, it had been a member of the UN Security Council eight times.
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Brazil is home to the largest mobile market in the region and, at 41.1%, it has the highest rate of mobile penetration in South America except for neighbouring Chile. The mobile panorama in Brazil has changed radically since 2001. From a plethora of small regional companies, the market has consolidated into nine operators, out of which four hold over 92% of the market. Brazil’s four major mobile companies are: Vivo (Telefónica and Portugal Telecom), Claro (América Móvil), TIM Brasil (Telecom Italia Mobile) and Oi (Telemar). The latest market entrant is Brasil Telecom Celular, which launched GSM operations in September 2004. This report provides a brief profile of all Brazilian mobile operators accompanied by relevant statistics.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- VIVO today announced Brazil's first CDMA2000 1xEV-DO service on its Motorola -supplied network in Curitiba, Parana State. As part of an agreement with Motorola Industrial Ltda, the Brazilian subsidiary of Motorola, Inc., to support this CDMA2000 1xEV-DO trial, Motorola is providing network hardware, software, and deployment services. It is upgrading existing Motorola Base Transceiver Subsystems (BTS) with the addition of a new Multi-Channel CDMA Module to enable CDMA2000 1xEV-DO service.
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The NAVTEQ map of Brazil provides detailed road network coverage of Brazil's three largest cities: Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro, and Sao Paulo, including address routing capability. In addition, the map provides coverage of connector highways, allowing for routing to, from and through these three major urban areas. With over 40,000 kilometers of coverage, NAVTEQ's map of Brazil covers approximately 12.5% (or 25.3 million) of the population. Additionally, the map offers numerous points of interest, including restaurants, hotels, museums, petrol stations, and other tourist attractions.
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In addition to coffee, Brazil's exports include iron and steel, concentrated orange juice, soybeans, footwear, coffee, beef, tropical hardwoods, and motor vehicles. Machinery, electrical and transportation equipment, and chemical products head the imports. Most trade is with the European Union nations, the United States, Argentina, and Japan. Brazil is a member of Mercosur.
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Last month, the Brazilian National Biosafety Technical Committee's (CTNBio) approved Monsanto's MON 810 insect protection event, known in the United States as YieldGard® Corn Borer, for future commercial use in corn in Brazil. The CTNBio approval may be followed by a review from the National Biosafety Council (CNBS) to examine social and economic factors. Following a favorable review by CNBS, and approvals of the individual MON 810 events in specific hybrid varieties, farmers will be able to plant these higher-yielding seeds.
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