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With our new offices now operational in Dubai we welcome Middle East, Chief of Operations Glenn Chalkley to the fold. Glenn has 32 years real estate experience spanning London, New York, Hong Kong and the Middle East.

The Brazilian Ministry of Health has confirmed that deaths associated with childbirth fell by over twenty percent last year. This encouraging improvement has been credited by the Government and many other commentators as being mainly due to the new health system for pregnant women. This is the so-called 'Stork Network' ( 'Rede Cegonha'in Portuguese).

After the success of our offices in Canada and Singapore we are please announce the opening of our newest offices in Dubai, UAE. Our Middle Eastern offices have been setup specifically to deal with the growing number of investor from this part of the world

Brazilian commercial aviation is expanding this year. Projected figures for the year (which is, after all, less than half over) forecast record numbers of citizens of the country travelling to either Europe or the USA.

Construction work continues on Casa Nova Residencial with the initial brick work now underway for the first series of apartments in phase one.

The former Brazilian President, Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva will be formally honoured by the city of Sao Paulo later this month. The popular ‘Lula’ was the mentor and immediate predecessor of the current President, Dilma Rousseff and the two still share a great friendship.‘Lula’ as he is affectionately known, will be receiving the three municipal honours of ‘Citizen Paulistano’, the Diploma of Gratitude of the City and also the prestigious Anchieta Medal.

The respected Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) reported on Wednesday of this week that 33% of Brazilians now have internet access at home.
According to their research, this puts Brazil now well into the top half of 154 countries in terms of percentages on-line at home.

EcoHouse Developments are proud to be chosen as official partners in the Army & Navy Club 175th anniversary celebrations in association with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has been our monarch for 60 years and her Diamond Jubilee is a cause for celebration . The Army & Navy Club, of which Her Majesty is a patron of the club and the Duke of Kent its president, is joining in celebrations for this auspicious event which, incidentally, coincides with its own 175th anniversary.

Construction continues on Casa Nova Residencial our latest project in the famous Minha Casa Minha Vida affordable housing scheme. Again, it's in the North East of Brazil, just north of Natal, the capital of the state of Rio Grande do Norte. We are offering ethical, short term investments on this development

It has been announced this week that Eduardo Saverin ( the Brazilian co-founder of the Facebook phenomenon) has formally renounced his American citizenship. He has held this status since 1998. It is believed that this new move is mainly for tax reasons, though speculation exists that other reasons also apply.

The Women's Forum for Economy and Society will meet next month in Sao Paulo, the so-called 'economic capital' of Brazil and indeed the largest city in the whole southern hemisphere. As its name suggests, the organisation is an international grouping of female leaders in governments, business and the media.

Brazil has been doing very well overall in terms of tourism, as well as the more familiar figures about the economy and interest rates. The country’s Ministry of Tourism has announced that the number of foreign tourists visiting last year increased by over five percent to just under five and a half million.

In Brazil today there is apparently a large shortage of suitably-qualified and competent teachers in certain subjects. According to the country's Ministry of Education, the problem is particularly acute when it comes to the key areas of Maths, Physics, Chemistry and Biology, so pupils and students have been missing out.

The world is full of inspiring examples of women who combine raising a family with effectively running large beneficial organisations or influencing progress in many different ways.

Last week on International Women’s Day an important new change to Minha Casa Minha Vida regarding women was announced by President Dilma Rousseff. From now on, if a couple in the scheme separates or divorces, the woman will get priority of tenure and ownership of the house they bought with government help.

EcoHouse Developments received a warm welcome from potential investors at the recent Real Estate Wealth Investor Forum held in Toronto, Canada. EcoHouse CEO Anthony Armstrong Emery was a speaker at the event, and spoke brazil investment, international property investment in general and minha casa, minha vida.. EcoHouse Group where also the Gold Sponsors of this prestigious two day Real Estate event