Bankers' names for Finance minister in Rousseff's next government

Tuesday, November 4th 2014 - 04:53 UTC

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Brazilian banker Luiz Carlos Trabuco Cappi, president of Bradesco, turned down an invitation from president Dilma Rousseff to occupy the Finance ministry as of next January first. According to the Sao Paulo financial publication Valor, there was no insistence on the issue from political sources. Read full article

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ChrisR
Poisoned Chalice to the power infinity.
Nov 04th, 2014 - 04:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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BOTINHO
Both names suggested by Former President Lula are well known, and would be good choices to replace Mantega as Finance Minister.

But note the subtle comment about the “ chemistry ” with President Dilma. She has portrayed herself as THE Economist in Brasil, and would obviously resent anyone independent, or (dare I say it) actually better qualified than she.

Better to leave personal differences and childish jealousies aside for the good of our country, as we are now in a technical recession and January is knocking at the door.
Nov 04th, 2014 - 05:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Jack Bauer
“Dilma is very much her own finance minister” ......
that sort of lets Mantega off the hook, then ?? not really - if he had a pair, he'd have told her where to get off the first time she obliged him to deny what he'd been told to say only the day before.....he deserves the prize for being a manipulated rat and for putting up with it.
As to Trabuco, CEO of Bradesco, didn't think he'd accept...he knows all too well that the DumboAss would try to use him, and end up destroying his reputation, as she did with Mantega. Meirelles could be a reasonably good choice, not only because of his previous post as Finance Minister , and his extensive banking experience, but exactly because he won't want to take sh*it from DumboAss .....she still has to learn that she is no more than a medium level manager - and a bad one at that, catapulted to the top by Lula because she's his 'yes' woman - and let people who know their business, get on with it.
Nov 05th, 2014 - 07:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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