Nordeste do Brasil & USA

COMÉRCIO (12/4/2007)
Cônsul dos EUA fala sobre exportação

Cônsul dos Estados Unidos para o Nordeste do Brasil, proferiu palestra na Fiec (Foto: Francisco Viana)

"A cônsul dos Estados Unidos para o Nordeste do Brasil, Diana Page, realizou palestra sobre ‘‘Impacto dos Custos em Setores do Comércio Exterior Cearense’’, em evento promovido pela Federação das Indústrias do Estado do Ceará (Fiec), ontem à noite, na sede da entidade. O evento foi realizado pelo Centro Internacional de Negócios (CNI), unidade subsidiada à Fiec e que tem como missão capacitar e estimular empresas industriais do Ceará a investirem no mercado de exportação.A solenidade contou com as presenças do presidente da Fiec, Roberto Macedo; do secretário de Desenvolvimento Econômico da Prefeitura de Fortaleza, José de Freitas Uchoa; e da diretora da Usaid, Jennifer Adams.A cônsul apresentou um estudo onde identifica as perdas verificadas ao longo de corredores logísticos selecionados, analisando o caminho percorrido pela mercadoria desde a fábrica até o destino final - porto ou aeroporto.No relatório, apresentado pela cônsul, o Estado do Ceará apresenta um custo total de perdas no valor de US$ 10,553 milhões, um impacto que representa um grande obstáculo para o desenvolvimento da economia cearense, afetando negativamente a massa salarial e transferindo para empregados e produtores as perdas detectadas.

No estudo, três produtos - calçados, a castanha de caju e as frutas - foram selecionados pelo peso econômico que incidem nas exportações cearenses, sendo a fruta a que responde com maior representatividade no setor, 50% da receita referente à exportação de frutas no Brasil.

Experiência

Diana Page é mestre em Política Pública Internacional pela Johns Hopkins University e é bacharel em Ciências Políticas pela University de Michigan. Assumiu o consulado norte-americano em Recife em agosto de 2005, trabalhou por quatro anos na embaixada dos Estados Unidos na Cidade do México, sendo dois na área da diplomacia pública.Iniciou sua carreira diplomática em 1990 como vice-cônsul em Georgetown, Guyana e entre 1992 e 1994 trabalhou na Embaixada dos Estados Unidos em Brasília na área de Direitos Humanos. "

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Reino Unido e Irão: futuro?

Trata-se de uma questão delicada cuja resolução poderá ditar o rumo do Irão e do Médio Oriente.

Notícia:
Associated Press

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's Arabic-language channel said Sunday it planned to air "confessions" from two of the 15 British sailors seized by Iran 10 days ago, as the British government said it was in direct contact with Iran over the captive crew.
In Tehran, about 200 Iranian youths threw rocks and firecrackers at the British Embassy in a protest on Sunday, calling for the expulsion of the country's ambassador because of the standoff.
The satellite channel Al-Alam said it would broadcast excerpts of what it said were "confessions" from two of the crew. The station broadcast video of the Britons earlier this week, including footage of a captured marine apologizing for entering Iranian waters "without permission."
The report Sunday did not say when the latest statements would air or name the sailors.
The crew of sailors and marines was detained by Iranian naval units March 23 while patrolling for smugglers as part of a U.N.-mandated force patrolling the Persian Gulf. Iran insists the sailors had trespassed into its waters, but Britain says the team was in Iraqi waters.
British Defense Secretary Des Browne said his government was in "direct, bilateral communication with the Iranians." A Ministry of Defense spokeswoman said Browne was referring to letters and other contacts between diplomats, rather than any new face-to-face talks.
Browne, on a visit to Afghanistan, said Britain had "the support of almost the whole international community" in calling for the release of its personnel.
Britain maintains they were in Iraqi waters when detained, but Iran has contended the Britons entered its waters illegally.
In Iran, hardliners called for their government to remain firm.
At Sunday's protest, several dozen policemen prevented the protesters from entering the embassy compound, although a few briefly scaled a fence outside the compound's walls before being pushed back, according to an Associated Press reporter at the scene.
The protesters chanted "Death to Britain" and "Death to America" as they hurled stones into the courtyard of the embassy. They also demanded that the Iranian government expel the British ambassador and close down the embassy, calling it a "den of spies."
Britain's Foreign Office said there had been no damage to the compound.
A British Foreign Office spokeswoman in London, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with government rules, said diplomats were working normally inside the embassy.
"There is a police presence outside and there is no risk to those inside," said the spokeswoman.
British government and defense officials refused to discuss a report that claimed a Royal Navy captain or commodore would be sent to Tehran as a special envoy to negotiate the return of the personnel.
The official would deliver an assurance that British naval crews would never deliberately enter Iranian waters without permission, the Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported.
Transport Minister Douglas Alexander said Britain was engaged in "exploring the potential for dialogue with the Iranians."
"The responsible way forward is to continue the often unglamorous, but important and quiet diplomatic work to get our personnel home," Alexander told the British Broadcasting Corp.'s Sunday AM program.
British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett appeared to soften rhetoric against Iran Saturday — though she stopped far short of the apology sought by many in Iran.
"I think everyone regrets that this position has arisen," Beckett said in Bremen, Germany, before returning to England. "What we want is a way out of it."
President Bush on Saturday called for the release of the sailors and marines and labeling their capture "inexcusable behavior."
"Iran must give back the hostages," Bush said. "They're innocent, they did nothing wrong, and they were summarily plucked out of waters."
Eight British sailors and seven marines were detained by Iranian naval units March 23 while patrolling for smugglers near the mouth of the Shatt al-Arab, a waterway that has long been a disputed dividing line between Iraq and Iran.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called world powers "arrogant" for refusing to apologize.
"Instead of apologizing over trespassing by British forces, the world arrogant powers issue statements and deliver speeches," Iran's official IRNA news agency quoted Ahmadinejad as saying during a speech in the southeastern city of Andinmeshk.
A poll published in the Sunday Telegraph newspaper found that 66 percent of respondents trusted Blair and Beckett to resolve the crisis, while 28 percent did not. Only 7 percent thought the government should be preparing to use military force.
Pollster ICM interviewed 762 adults by telephone March 30 and 31. The margin of error is 4 percentage points.
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Associated Press writers Jill Lawless and David Stringer in London, and Deb Riechmann in Camp David, Md., contributed to this report.

Presidente da AG da NATO visita Ucrânia

Notícia:

NATO

NATO PA President José Lello (Portugal) delivered the keynote address at a NATO Roundtable on “Parliament’s Role in National Security and Defence” which took place in Kyiv, Ukraine on Monday 26 March.

Mr Lello also had the opportunity while in Kyiv to hold meetings with the speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, Oleksandr Moroz, and members of the Ukrainian Delegation to the NATO PA, led by Hryhoriy Illyashov. He also held informal meetings with other Rada members and media figures. Speaking at the conclusion of his visit, Mr Lello said, 'Thirty years ago, my own country, Portugal, went through the transition from authoritarianism to democracy so I can speak from first-hand experience about the process of introducing a new culture into the security sector.' Noting that this was the first visit to Ukraine by an Assembly President since last year?s parliamentary elections, Mr Lello said that he had been very pleased to reaffirm the Assembly's commitment to its close relationship with the Verkhovna Rada. 'It is for Ukraine to choose its course and our members stand ready to work with their Rada colleagues, and provide any advice and assistance that might be asked for.'

Presidência Alemã: negociações UE para reactivar diálogo entre Israel e a Palestina

Fotografia: agêcnia Reuters

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Uma posição assumida claramente pela presidência alemã, e que Portugal deverá dar a sua continuidade.

International Heral Tribune - 01 de Abril de 2007

JERUSALEM: In her first trip to the Middle East as the EU president, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany offered Europe's help in bringing Israel and the Palestinians back to the negotiating table, and in trying to build on a new burst of international efforts to restart peace talks.
Merkel also called on Iran to immediately release 15 British sailors and marines seized in the Gulf on March 23. "Britain has the full solidarity of the European Union," Merkel said in a speech at Hebrew University. "We demand the immediate release of the 15 British soldiers."
Merkel, who was meeting Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Sunday, said the Europeans were ready to offer support, but ultimately the two sides must resolve their differences themselves.
"The Europeans must not assume that they could force a solution. We can't and I don't want to do it," she said in her speech. "Within my abilities, I would like to support the sides to walk the path toward peace."
Her visit came after the Arab world renewed a land-for-recognition offer to Israel last week. Since then, the Quartet of Mideast mediators - the United States, the European Union, the United Nations and Russia - has said it hopes to arrange a meeting with moderate Arab states, Israel and the Palestinians before the summer. Merkel , who now holds the rotating EU presidency, plays an important Quartet role. [...]