Word: braziller
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Cesario and two of his associates are suspected of trafficking in minors to obtain a profit. Although lawyers like Cesario routinely help foreigners expedite adoption proceedings, arranging adoptions for profit has been illegal in Brazil since November 1984. Cesario has admitted that he handled 150 adoptions at an average price of $5,000 a child, ten times what an attorney would normally charge for the paperwork involved in the process. He claims, though, that his fee included medical costs and that he was simply providing a humanitarian service. A federal prosecutor is reviewing evidence to determine what charges...
...Brazil at 12, 2:30, 5, 7:30, 10 p.m. Also Fri.-Sat. at midnight...
Among other things, Musich pointed to heartening signs of positive economic growth in two of Latin America's major economies: Argentina (with a foreign debt of about $51 billion) and Brazil (about $107 billion). He forecast that Argentina's economy would grow 4% this year and Brazil's 3.5%. At the same time, Musich noted, Latin American countries have successfully rescheduled payments on $100 billion of their $370 billion in foreign obligations. Last year the Latin debt total grew only 2%, meaning that for the first time in many years the debt actually declined about 2% in inflation- adjusted terms...
...Brazil at 12, 2:30, 5, 7:30, 10 p.m. Also Fri.-Sat. at midnight...
...most farmers, the problem is a lack of customers. Foreign sales of U.S. farm products have faltered because dozens of countries from Brazil to China have become more self-sufficient, while heavily indebted Third World nations lack the money to buy significant imports. This year total U.S. farm exports are expected to dip to $27.5 billion, down 12% from fiscal 1985 and 37% from 1981. At the same time, U.S. imports of such products as fish, fruit and vegetables have increased. Earlier this month the USDA announced that during May the U.S. became a net importer of farm products...