The Federal University of Minas Gerais is a federal research university located in the state of Minas Gerais. Its main and biggest campus is located at the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. It is one of Brazil's five largest and best universities, being the largest federal university. It offers 79 undergraduate education programs, upon completion of their curricular schedule the student is awarded either a Bachelor's degree, a Licenciate degree, or a Professional title, all officialized by the issue of a University Diploma. It also has 90 postgraduate education programs, awarding 30 postbaccalaureate specialization degrees, 92 Master's degrees, and 72 Doctoral degrees, as well as 41 medical residency programs offered at UFMG's hospital facilities complexes. The UFMG has a population of roughly 72 thousand people among 34,482 undergraduate students, 2,247 postbaccalaureate specialization students, 10,556 Master's and Doctoral students, 3,202 professors, and 4,246 administrative employees. Competition to get into undergraduate programs involved 111,718 candidates to 6740 vacancy openings. It is research-oriented, even at the undergraduate level, whose students are encouraged to take part in research development through the Scientific Initiation program. Out of the number of professors, 761 (24%) are CNPq award-recipients due to outstanding research productivity. It encompasses 860 research groups, 1051 patent deposits in Brazil and abroad, and has the highest score at the Ministry of Education's undergraduate assessment.
The Ibero-American University is one of the most prestigious universities in Mexico. The private institution of higher education is sponsored by the Society of Jesus, and it is recognized as having an international-grade level of excellence. In 2009, the UIA received the SEP-ANUIES Prize as the best private university in Mexico. The Ibero's flagship campus is located in the Santa Fe district of Mexico City. It is ranked by QS World University Rankings as 701-750 worldwide and 7 in Mexico.
Universo Online is a Brazilian web content, products and services company. It belongs to Grupo Folha enterprise.
São Paulo State University is a public university run by the state government of São Paulo, Brazil.
The Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, locally known as PUC or the Catholic University, is a private and non-profit Catholic university. It is one of the largest and most prestigious universities of Brazil. It is maintained by the Catholic Archdiocese of São Paulo. The university is also responsible for the St. Lucinda Hospital (Sorocaba) and the TUCA theatre
CBS Telenoticias was a subscription news television channel operated by CBS, headquartered in Miami. It was the first news channel to broadcast its programming in Spanish and Portuguese languages to Latin America.
The Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte is a public Brazilian university funded by the Brazilian federal government, located in the city of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
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.
Empresa Folha da Manhã is a company owned by Grupo Folha that runs dailies Folha de S.Paulo and Agora São Paulo and classified sheet Alô Negócios, a paper that circulates in Paraná State, Brazil.
The Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo da Fundação Getulio Vargas is a Brazilian private higher education institution founded in 1954 as the result of joint efforts of the Brazilian government and business community with the objective to provide people with the skills needed to tackle the challenges Brazil was going through.
Positivo Tecnologia is a Brazilian technology company headquartered in Curitiba, Paraná. It is the Information Technology arm of the larger organization Grupo Positivo. It is the largest computer manufacturer in Latin America and the tenth largest in the world.
Equity International is a private equity firm founded by Sam Zell to invest in real estate in markets outside of the United States. Since its founding in 1999, it has invested in 28 companies.
EcoRodovias is a Brazilian transportation company mainly focused on highway concessions and associated services. It is one of the largest transportation Company in Latin America.
Via, formerly Via Varejo, is a Brazilian retail company founded in 2010 through the merger of retail companies Casas Bahia, owned by the Klein family, and Ponto, owned by Grupo Pão de Açúcar. Since June 2019, the Klein family own a controlling stake in Via Varejo.
Linx S.A. is a Brazilian management software company and the largest software house in retail management systems in Latin America. According to the American technology consulting firm IDC, Linx retains 40.2% of the retail management software in Brazil. In 2007, Linx was listed for the 3rd time in the Valor 1000 annual report, which lists the 1000 biggest Brazilian companies. In August 2020, payment processor StoneCo merged with Linx's operations in a deal worth $1.1 billion.
David Feffer is a Brazilian businessman who presides over Grupo Suzano since 2003.
J&F Investimentos SA is a private investment holding company that was founded in 1953 and is based in São Paulo, Brazil. The company is involved in myriad business endeavors, such as agribusiness, manufacturing, marketing and sales, electricity generation, waste management, real estate, and publishing, among others. J&F Investimentos is owned by the Batista family of Brazil.
Augusto Heleno Ribeiro Pereira is a Brazilian politician and retired General of the Brazilian Army. He was military commander of the Amazon and Chief of the Department of Science and Technology of the Army. Heleno has declared positions against official politics, particularly about the attitude of the international community in regards to Haiti and the indigenous politics of the Brazilian government.
Oriovisto Guimarães is a Brazilian politician. He has represented Paraná in the Federal Senate since 2019 and he is a member of Podemos. He was president of Grupo Positivo and rector of the Universidade Positivo.
Martín Escobari is Co-President and Managing Director of global growth equity firm General Atlantic. Escobari chairs General Atlantic's global investment committee and leads its business in Latin America.
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