Austerity measures to balance the budget, if Dilma is Brazil’s next president

Saturday, August 21st 2010 - 13:45 UTC

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Brazil's ruling coalition candidate could adopt austerity measures to balance public accounts if elected president in October and also favours a heavier state hand in the oil and mining industries, her party chief told reporters. Read full article

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harrier61
Austerity! Budget cuts! da Silva slacked off to make himself popular. Hard times ahead!
Aug 21st, 2010 - 02:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Forgetit87
Not no much. The government only had a smaller surplus than it was used to (2 vs 3%). There was no deficit.
Aug 21st, 2010 - 03:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Billy Hayes
I think that harrier is talking about britain; brazil is ok; I will be in brazil in 2011 with my girls, in avenida 9 de julho sp.

brazil will spend those cuts in those subs; 3 is the best number.
Aug 21st, 2010 - 07:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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harrier61
“The centre and depot of the slave trade was the town of São Paulo. Originally a rendezvous place for Portuguese, Dutch, and Spanish pirates, it later became a refuge for criminals, who mixed with Native American and African women and actively participated in the capturing and selling of Guaranís as slaves.”

The Haze is going home!
Aug 21st, 2010 - 10:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Forgetit87
“Dutra did not rule out that Rousseff's government could tax mineral exports as a way to provide incentives for value-added manufacturing industries.”

Great. An industry friendly policy like the one we had during the 60s and 70s, a period of rapid industry expansion. What is missing in Rousseff's discourse is the promise to devalue our savagely over appreciated currency, something that would also be of benefit to the industry and would reduce current account deficit.
Aug 22nd, 2010 - 01:42 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Pheel
4 harrier

Are you kidding, descendant of the rulers of the slave trade until Industrial Revolution?
I don´t use to enter in your childish play of warmongering and insults, but:
Wash your dirty mouth before speaking about America, so ignorant!
You have become so self inflated that you can´t see what is evident. History is plenty of injustices, America do have many, but YOU ARE NOT a legitimized nation to make judgments...first put your grandpas to trial for the Irish, Kenyan, Indian, etc massacres...you, butcherers of hundreds of thousands of iraqi children during the 1990s medicine boycott!
You can be more inconsistent, you sound better when warmongering, at least is your only pretended reason!
Aug 25th, 2010 - 12:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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