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Folha de S.Paulo (sometimes spelled Folha de São Paulo), also known as simply Folha (Portuguese pronunciation:, Sheet), is a Brazilian daily newspaper founded in 1921 [3] under the name Folha da Noite and published in São Paulo by the Folha da Manhã company.
These pastries are an important part in Madeira and the Azores of the "Terça-feira Gorda", a festival also known as the Carnaval that is the same holiday as "Fat Tuesday" or "Mardi Gras" elsewhere. In Hawaii the day is called "Malasada Day" and it dates back to the time of the 19th-century sugarcane plantations.
Grupo Folha is the second largest Brazilian media conglomerate, after Grupo Globo. It was founded by Octávio Frias (1912–2007) and led by his son Luiz Frias since 1992. [1] The group publishes Folha de S.Paulo, the largest circulation paper in the country, which since 1986 keeps the leadership among quality general-interest newspapers in ...
Banco Banespa (Banco do Estado de São Paulo) was a Brazilian regional bank, founded in 1909 by the state government of São Paulo. The bank was privatized in November 2000 by the government of former president Fernando Henrique Cardoso and sold to Spanish bank Santander .
Octavio Frias de Oliveira (5 August 1912 in Rio de Janeiro – 29 April 2007 in São Paulo) was a Brazilian businessman who gained recognition for turning newspaper Folha de S. Paulo – acquired by himself and partner Carlos Caldeira in August 1962 – into one of the most influential Brazilian media organizations.
A snap regional election will be held in Madeira on 23 March 2025, [1] to determine the composition of the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Madeira. The election will replace all 47 members of the Madeira Assembly, and the new members will then elect the President of the Autonomous Region. This election, the third in just one ...
The National Bank for Economic and Social Development or NBESD (Portuguese: Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social, abbreviated: BNDES) [2] [3] [4] is a development bank structured as a federal public company associated with the Ministry of the Economy of Brazil. The stated goal is to provide long-term financing for endeavors ...
Brazil, [b] officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, [c] is the largest and easternmost country in South America.It is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh largest by population, with over 212 million people.