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Government and independent websites that provide an overview of the issues involved in investing in Brazil.

Investments in Brazil, Step By Step
http://www.braziltradenet.gov.br/Investimentos/
CDINVESTIMENTO/pdf/investimento_en.pdf

Ministry of Foreign Relations, 2004. 81 pages PDF. Foreign capital, how to start a company, labor legislation, foreign labor, international contracts, economic indicators, information technology, antitrust legislation, environmental legislation, consumer rights, public works and services, financing, cultural incentive laws, contacts. [English]
Brazilian source Brazilian source of information

Foreign Investment in Brazil
http://www.braziltradenet.gov.br/ARQUIVOS/
Publicacoes/Estudos/PUBForeignInvestment.pdf

Tozzini, Freire, Teixeira e Silva Advogados, 2002. 39pages PDF. Covers preliminary investment vehicles, establishment of a Brazilian subsidiary, joint ventures and mergers and acquisitions, foreign capital registration, taxation and intellectual property. [English]
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Investment Climate – Brazil
http://www.ic.gc.ca/trade (click on "Trade", then on "International Market Research Reports") http://www.focusbrazil.org.br/ccg/
US Commercial Service.  Chapter 6 of the Country Commercial Guide for Brazil is an 11-page overview of Brazil’s investment climate. [English]

Sistema de Promoção de Investimentos e Transferência de Tecnologia para Empresas (SIPRI)
http://www.braziltradenet.gov.br/
Investimentos/i/sipri.aspx
The Investment Promotion and Technology Transfer System for Companies (SIPRI) aims at attracting foreign direct investment to Brazil and at establishing partnerships between non-Brazilian and Brazilian companies, for technology transfer to Brazil. Abroad, SIPRI operates throughout Brazilian Trade Sectors (“Secoms”), in Brazilian embassies and consulates. Register on BrazilTradeNet http://www.braziltradenet.gov.br/UsuariosPesquisa/
Cadastro/frmUsuarioPesquisa.aspx
. [Portuguese, Spanish, English]
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Mineral Business – Investors Guide in Brazil
http://www.dnpm.gov.br/assets/minebusiness/pdf/livro.pdf
National Department of Mineral Production (DNPM), 2006, 146 pages PDF. Geo-diversity and mineral potential, mineral development and technology, economic performance, resources management, legal and financial issues. [Portuguese, English]
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