'ECONOMIST' JOURNALIST DISCUSSES BRAZILIAN ETHANOL AT UNICA MEETING IN SAO PAULO

The Sugarcane Agribusiness Union of the State of Sao Paulo, better known by its Portuguese acronym, UNICA, invited Indian journalist and author Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran, who regularly writes for Britain’s “The Economist”, based in New York City, to talk about Renewable Energy to an audience composed of businesspeople, journalists, government officials, and leaders from the energy industry. The meeting took place at Sao Paulo’s World Trade Center, on Monday, September 4^th.

At 10 a.m., the president of UNICA, Eduardo Pereira de Carvalho, addressed the gathering. Mr. Vaitheeswaran’s presentation took place at noon. The meeting at the WTC/SP foreshadows the Ethanol Summit 2007, which will take place in Sao Paulo in June 2007.

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