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...counter the setbacks, Collor strives to keep his personal popularity high with feats of derring-do. On weekends he can be spotted practicing karate (he has a black belt), riding his motorcycle or piloting an ultra-light aircraft. The son of a wealthy, political family, he makes no attempt to hide his affluence, favoring custom-tailored European suits and fancy watches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brazil The Biggest Shake-Up | 8/6/1990 | See Source »

...personal style gets mixed reviews. What some call confidence others call arrogance. The one thing few dare to call him is Fernando; the President dislikes being addressed by his first name. Collor, says his chief of staff, Marcos Coimbra, "is secure, responsible, determined." Others charge that Collor is too autocratic. Says Herbert de Souza, who runs a left-wing think , tank in Rio: "He's like a doctor who tells us he's going to cause us the maximum pain and suffering, but it's for our own good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brazil The Biggest Shake-Up | 8/6/1990 | See Source »

...will offer low-income workers a onetime wage bonus. Following through on the rest of his program will depend heavily on the returns from those elections, when as many as 70% of the current legislators may be replaced. The question is whether the infusion of fresh blood will help Collor in his drive toward the First World -- or will erect new Third World roadblocks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brazil The Biggest Shake-Up | 8/6/1990 | See Source »

WORLD: Brazil's Fernando Collor de Mello tries the most radical economic reform ever -- but struggles to make it stick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page: August 6, 1990 | 8/6/1990 | See Source »

While economists believe Collor's program is well reasoned, it has angered Big Business, alienated much of the middle class and invited the risk of a major recession. -- Old demons vs. new democracy could re-Balkanize Yugoslavia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page: August 6, 1990 | 8/6/1990 | See Source »

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