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Drought in Brazil is not a new problem. In particular, this year it is markedly severe in the Northeastern part of the country, affecting over two and a half million people in nearly 600 municipal areas.

Construction begins on Casa Nova Residencial, with initial groundwork, drainage and the construction of the first outbuildings that will be our sales offices over the duration of the development.

Casa Nova Residencial is our latest Minha Casa Minha Vida social housing project and ideal for short term investments

On Tuesday of this week a new Brazilian-USA commercial project was launched; it involves the north American department store chain Macy's, the largest such chain the the entire USA. The enterprise will involve Macy’s selling a wide range of Brazilian goods in their stores for a special ten-week period between April and July.

Last Friday an incident was initiated by Jerome Valcke, the Secretary General of the international soccer organisation FIFA. Mr.Valcke was commenting (in French) about Brazil's readiness and preparations to host the World Cup in 2014. According to the news agencies he said that the country needed a "kick in the ass" if it was to make adequate preparations in time.

In recent years, the so-called BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China and, most-recently, South Africa) have become more and more prominent. This is because they are widely seen as up-and-coming economic powers, seriously set to challenge the United States, Japan and several others as economic giants as this century progresses. In general terms these emergent states are expected to approach, if not exactly equal the economic giants of the last half-century or so.

Last week the President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff attended an important meeting of the 'Minha Casa Minha Vida' affordable housing scheme. At the gathering 'Dilma' reiterated that in her view Brazil’s income equality was steadily improving. Moreover it was doing so at a better rate than many so-called developed countries.

Less than a week after she returned from her official visit to the US, President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil will swap roles. Instead of being a visitor to the North Americans, she will play host to them.

Minister of Social Security Garibaldi Alves Filho praising ECOHOUSE and reafirming Government support for ECOHOUSE, its developments and its commitment to ethical, short term investments in Brazil at the recent Salo Imobilirio XI Natal Brazil Real Estate Exhibition. (Fully subtitled version in English)

EcoHouse Developments once again had their regular stand at the 'A Place In The Sun Exhibition', this time at Earls Court, London.. The event was once again a runaway success and focused on international property investment and ethical investments in Brazil.

According to a recent report by the Paris-based IEA (International Energy Agency) Brazil is now the tenth largest consumer of electrical energy in the world. The figures show that in the last decade usage went up by slightly over the world average increase of 30%.

On Thursday of this week, President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil will host a meeting in Brasilia with key members of the government of Uruguay.

The delegation from the neighbouring country will be led by President Jose Mujica and will also include Uruguay’s Foreign Minister, Luis Almagro and in addition the ministers of Industry and Economy.

As part of the preparations for the 2016 Olympics, the Brazilian Government has announced new funding to allow for the development of two vital transport projects in Rio de Janeiro. The pledges have been jointly announced by President Dilma Rousseff and the mayor of the city of Rio de Janiero, Eduardo Paes

Mr Garibaldi Alves Filho, Minister of Social Security, Brazil, Praised EcoHouse Developments for their contribrution to the state and country at last weeks Real Estate Exhibition in Natal