Itabuna
Itabuna , city (1991 pop. 185,277), Bahia state, E Brazil, on the Itabuna River. A cacao-producing center, it also has a well-developed cattle industry and a chemical factory.
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Beach blanket Brazil: global hotel chains see tourism on the rise in Brazil and are spending big bucks now.
Magazine article from: Latin Trade; 3/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...That's especially true in and around Bahia state, in the northeast, where investors have...18-hole golf course on the Sauipe coast in Bahia state. Previ later bought out Odebrecht's...third beach resort--and its second in Bahia state--in 2003, a $23 million bungalow-type...
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BRAZIL: CHARGED WITH VOTING FRAUD, POWERFUL SENATORS LEAVE OFFICE TO PRESERVE POLITICAL RIGHTS.
Newspaper article from: NotiSur - South American Political and Economic Affairs; 6/8/2001; 700+ words
; ...Magalhaes--the powerful political boss of Bahia state and former president of Senate. Once an airplane left Salvador, the capital of Bahia state, for Europe. In the middle of the flight...replied Magalhaes, but I run the city. Bahia state has a governor, but I give the orders...
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Brazilian vaccinia viruses and their origins.(PERSPECTIVE)
Magazine article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases; 7/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Brazil dates back to 1804, when human vaccine arrived at a port in Bahia State on the arms of slaves returning to Brazil from Lisbon, Portugal (2) (Figure 1). From Bahia State the slaves were sent south to Rio de Janeiro State, possibly passing...
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Overseas Private Investment Corp.: opening new foreign markets for franchising: federal agency's approach creates opportunities for U.S. franchisors to break into markets they would not have considered. (World Without Borders: Franchising's International Appeal).
Magazine article from: Franchising World; 4/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...woodcarvings sold on the streets of cities such as Salvador in Bahia State are so respected in artistic circles that the Inter-American...foundation for further economic growth in places precisely like Bahia State, making them even better U.S. trade partners. Not A New Development...
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Brazil slaves freed.(Currents)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: New Internationalist; 11/1/2003; 154 words
; Brazilian authorities announced in September that they had freed about 800 slave workers at a coffee farm in Bahia state, the largest discovery since a clampdown on the practice began in the 1990s. Some 200 workers were also found at another farm with...
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Burning rubber.
Magazine article from: Latin Trade; 5/1/2007; 128 words
; ...Bridgestone Firestone, a global tire producer, opened a new 75,000 square-meter production facility in Camacari, in Brazil's Bahia state. The US$160 million project will make tires for passenger vehicles and light trucks. The project is part of a seven-year...
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Food for thought.(POINT OF VIEW; intellecutal property violations)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Latin Trade; 2/1/2006; ; 224 words
; A toy vendor wanders near a beach resort in Imbassai, Bahia state, Brazil, his body obscured by a veritable who's who of inflatable toys: SpongeBob SquarePants. a Power Ranger, Odie of Garfield...
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BRAZIL: BAHIA SEEKS BUSINESS IN THE OIL BUSINESS.
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 10/5/2008; 550 words
; ...Petrobras. The executive secretary at RedePetro Bahia and the Bahia state branch of the Sebrae, Nicol?s Honorato, informs that the first...Companies in the Oil, Gas and Energy Productive Chain at the Bahia State branch of the Sebrae, Aline Lobo, the missions to Angola and...
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El Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social.(BRAZIL)
Magazine article from: Latin Trade; 5/1/2006; 45 words
; EL BANCO NACIONAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO ECONOMICO E SOCIAL, Brazil's state-owned development bank will lend Suzano Bahia Sui Celulose, a Brazilian paper and timber company, US$1.09 billion to expand a plant in Mucuri, in Bahia state. The cost of the total investment comes to $1.59 billion.
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Another side of Brazil. (Executive Travel Salvador, Brazil).
Magazine article from: South Florida CEO; 1/1/2003; ; 692 words
; ...modern, urban country. Few people make it farther north, to Bahia state, where the city of Salvador offers a quieter, more out-of...Brazilian population -- all are trademarks of Salvador in Bahia state, the cradle of Afro-Brazilian religions Candomble and Umbanda...
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