14/03/2008 - 06h41
Brasil 'se tornou ator econômico de peso', diz 'The Guardian'
Em um sumplemento especial de 20 páginas publicado nesta sexta-feira, o jornal britânico The Guardian faz um balanço do Brasil e afirma que "mais conhecido pelo futebol, samba e sensualidade, ele se tornou um ator econômico de peso".

Land of contrasts

Brazil is enjoying high employment, low inflation and steady economic growth. But that comes with vast social and environmental problems. Rory Carroll reports
Rory Carroll
The Guardian, Friday March 14 2008
Picture Brazilian exuberance and odds are you are not thinking economics. This, after all, is the land of carnival.
But picture this: a country where investment inflows are running at record levels, where exports of everything from soy to biofuels are surging and where the incomes of rich and poor alike are rising and driving a consumer boom.

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Rory Carroll is the Guardian's Latin America correspondent