The Libra area who was announced discovery in 2010, is located 183 km off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, at a water depth of 1,964 m. The region has about 15 billion barrels of recoverable oil, according to the ANP.
Last week, during the 11th Bid Round of the ANP, were auctioned 142 exploration areas for 30 companies from 12 different countries, for a total of U.S. $ 2.82 billion.

The auction will be the first under the 2010 legislation that increased state control over the reserves in the Campos and Santos basin. The adoption of production sharing regime, replacing the concessions, causes the State to have a part of the physical production in each oil field.
The company pays a bonus to the Union when signing the contract and makes the exploration at their own risk. If they find oil, they get paid in oil by the State. In addition, they will receive another tranche, which is their gain. The rest is for the Union.
In this model, as the Union has ownership of oil, after production they must carry it, refine it, store it or sell it, or the government can even hire companies to do this, paying them, and will receive from them money from the sale.

In the regime of concessions companies are left with all the oil, but pay rates that vary with the volume of production and international oil prices. Ie the Union auctions the rights to explore areas to companies, which pay an initial value, which depends on the risk of the exploration.
In the concession model, the government does not need to have structures for transportation and sale of crude oil, for example, and focuses only on supervising the payment of taxes and other fees.

The text also points out that the Receita Federal(IRS) is internationally recognized for having excellent technical skills and good performance indicators, and is considered modern. I would have to disagree with this one. They might have great processies for getting money but they make your life miserable to get anything done with them. Try to go to a Receita Federal on any week day. Prepare to lose your day there.

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In other indicators such as the rate of dropped calls, internet connection problems for mobile access and voice network, the companies achieved the goals set forth by the agency. The results are for the period November 2012 to January 2013.

The first quarterly review of the FCC, released in February, also had demonstrated difficulty of the operators in achieving the goals of network connection data. The evaluation began to be made after the FCC halted sales of new lines for 11 days in July last year, because of the poor performance of the operators.

The companies had to submit plans for investments in network improvements, the service user and decreased service interruptions. Investments in the service provided for the triennium 2012-2014 totaled U.S. $ 30 billion.

Different from these results, what you see on the streets is another story. It’s very hard to connect your phone in the big cities of Brazil and the speed is something that will make you give up. Using your phone in Brazil?! Just forget about it!

“Most of the evangelical churches in Angola are of Brazilian origin, and this is a problem, they play to the weaknesses of the Angolan people and make false advertising,” said a secretary Angolan government, which concluded, “They are just a business. ”

About 15% of Angola’s population is evangelical, that slice has grown, according to the government. The churches await an acknowledgment to return to work, but many may not receive it. According to the government, the strength of the Brazilian evangelical churches in Angola raises concern. “They are deceiving people, they are a business, it is more than obvious, they are selling miracles.”

Apparently the angolan government sees what the brazilian government fails to see or care. These churches are just money makes taking advantage of the poor and weak.

To find out more about braziian for profit churche, click here.   Just recently the owner of Universal church was profiled at Forbes most rich Brazilians. Churches don’t pay taxes in Brazil and they are a business there more than everywhere!

Source: Folha de Sao Paulo

Brazil has already enough problems and this kind of problem do not help in anything. I wish these guys would take their aggressive attitude and do something against politicians. Instead of targeting innocents on the street. Give me a break!

The group’s intention is that surfing earns presentation status and becomes the official candidate to enter the program of the Olympic Games.

As a result of the meeting, the minister said he will send a formal request to the president of the International Olympic Committee and to the president of Brazilian Olympic Committee for the inclusion to be evaluated.

The hope now is that the IOC will approve a presentation event of the sport in the 2016 Olympics, to be held in Rio.

During the meeting the Minister was presented with a surfboard and was invited to get to know the sport closely, which is practiced by more than 35 million people in over 100 countries and moves approximately R$ 9 billion only in Brazil.

See some photos of Jesus Luz down below:

Not sure why, but this guy brings this blog lots of traffic.

The national secretary of High Performance Sports was in Foz do Iguacu on Wednesday, for the official launch of the international event. In diplomatic mission on behalf of the Minister Aldo Rebelo, the emissary of the government admitted that extreme sports are a priority for the folder.

According to the secretary, the design of skate parks across the country has the minister Rebelo engaged on it. They say the government is studying a model to be a financier of the sport parks, in partnership with local governments.

Skateboarding is currently one of the most popular sports in the country. According to a survey commissioned by the Brazilian Skate Association, in 2009, 5% to 7% of all brazilian households have a practitioner of the sport.

The arrest occurred in the city’s bus station during a special operation of the Civil Police of Minas Gerais, which was supported by local municipal guard. He was arrested in the company of his girlfriend and with him were seized three knives, a machete and brass knuckles.

This is the image that was posted on his online profile and that started the case

The boy was being monitored by police since last Thursday, when he came to town to visit his girlfriend who lives there. After being involved in a trouble situation with a hotel staff, he moved to another facility, last Friday. But a receptionist suspected behavior of the guest and by checking his name on the internet, found the controversies related to him.

The police filmed the action and posted online.

The former “panicat”(a member of the TV Show Panico na TV) Nicole Bahls became the subject of controversy in the first story recorded on the streets in her new phase in the show. Back to the program last week, she was at the book signing of  the author Gerald Thomas in Rio accompanied by her crew. The “panicat” tried to hide the embarrassment when Thomas reached into her dress to mock the tv crew.
Gerald Thomas himself made a comment about his attitude to stick his hand in the girl’s dress.
- “I put my hands in the girl. And everything ends under warm blankets”.

The theater director also spoke about the incident on his blog where he said he did what many would like to do between four walls. Thomas also criticized the approach of the media about the fact, saying that the press was catty and explores only the sensational side of it: “GERALD THOMAS rapes Nicole Bahls!” And ended the text with what he called a warning: “Women are not objects. But they should not be presented themselves as such.”

The confusion happened at a bookshop in Rio but Thomas only faced the team of Panico na TV with the same weapons that they use: a very sarcastic and invasive humour. He first reached under her dress, then tried to lower the crotch of another comedian in that crew. To Nichole Bahls, that asked him to speak about his “project” (the book he was launching), Gerald said: “My project is doing a baby on you tonight!”

Source and pictures: http://ego.globo.com/noite/noticia/2013/04/escritor-enfia-mao-dentro-do-vestido-de-nicole-bahls.html

According to the images, on Tuesday (9) night, the 25 year old man arrives at the gas station with two accomplices. First he and his cronies render the attendant. Soon after, the man, wearing a blue blouse on the video, suddenly falls to the ground.

Without understanding what had happened, one of his comrades guard the gun and tries to raise his colleague. The attendants of the gas station that just got robbed had to remove the body of the thief from there. According to the Police, to escape, the other criminals left the body in a nearby street. The suspicion is that the robber had a massive heart attack, but the cause of death will only be confirmed after the autopsy.

This kind of news gets brazilians going. The article that was the source to this has plenty of comments from Brazilians commenting about it.

Source: http://tvig.ig.com.br/noticias/brasil/ladrao-passa-mal-e-morre-durante-assalto-a-posto-de-gasolina-51680e2b2892a81dbf000011.html 

The man, from Pari-Cachoeira community 315 km away from the county and only 30 km away from the border of Brazil and Colombia had to travel by canoe to the town, where he was seen at the Army Hospital. Apparently the victim’s brother accidentally threw the harpoon.

According to reports, the young man was injured diving into the river to catch fish trapped in a “Kakuri” – trap made with wooden sticks holding fish that swim against the tide – when the brother, who was in the river, saw the movement in the water, thought it was a fish and hurled the harpoon.

According to information obtained from the TV Amazonas, the teenager was operated by a medical team and is recovering well. Ouch!

The increase in food prices is a major factor responsible for lifting the overall rate of inflation in the country, which reached 5.84%. Among the causes for the high prices are climate problems and variations in spending of these restaurants with rent, employee salaries and taxes.

The highest average price found by the survey was in Diadema, in Greater São Paulo, R$ 37.41. The lowest was in Fortaleza, R$ 21.18. Follow the order, the Southeast (R$ 29.85), Midwest (R$ 26.85), South (R$ 26.55) and Northeast (R$ 23.74).

Imagine you work, and you have to eat out everyday, it makes your life a little bit complicated.

The sheriff said the couple got on the van in Copacabana, towards Lapa. Other passengers also came in but were forced to get out in Botafogo. The boyfriend was then handcuffed and the abuses began. The only weapon used was an iron bar. During the time they stayed with the couple, they stopped in Niterói, the woman used the card to buy drinks at a gas station and withdraw money at a Banco do Brasil. In São Gonçalo came in a third suspect, who also raped the victim. As the card limit of the foreigner was reached, they returned to Copacabana, to the building where the couple lived, forced the woman to go in her apartment and pick up more cards, returned to São Gonçalo and made further withdrawals. At a gas station, bought more drinks, and at another put gas in the vehicle.

This report was published this weekend on the O Globo newspaper, and brings us to the question of what’s the difference between this case and what happened in India and became world famous? Just one, in Brazil more than what we would like to think, these cases happen at every moment and we do not give any importance anymore. Robberies and all kinds of crimes happen to tourists in the country and all the police may say is: “what are you doing here?” Go back to your country.

Another report in O Globo, shows how the public notaries in the country are part of a scheme of property fraud and how that affects everyone interested in buying property in Brazil. We are going to write about it this week and my advice for you is stay out of Brazil. Not only the prices are expensive but the title might be fake too and as a foreigner you are an easy target!

I found the idea very cool, because even doing the workout at the gym, sometimes we just forget about the butt, and it’s only worked on a few sets of squats.

The only thing is the coach, that seems a little irritant with a Brazilian-accented English. A little bit like Borat. They also pass the image to be filming lessons on the beach in Rio de Janeiro, but we know it is not where they are!

Leandro Carvalho, a Brazilian dancer that became a personal trainer, is also the creator of Brazil Butt Lift. I had never heard of his name until i saw the infomercial on TV the other day. The method of training created by Leandro works the three major muscles of the buttocks and according to him, you’ll have fun getting ready for bikini wear in the summer with Brazilian dance, cardio and body sculpting movements.

That’s why they call him the Buttmaster!

Can’t forget to mention the way Americans say his name: Liendrou Carvallou! Good job dude!