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Despite a poll that said 90% of Brazilians did not consider the affair sufficient reason for dismissal, President Fernando Collor de Mello was worried that the scandal might damage his administration's credibility. His sensitivity is understandable: three weeks ago, a woman from the state of Alagoas claimed that the President was the father of her 10-year-old son. Last month a candidate for governor in the state of Rio Grande do Sul was hurt by allegations from his former wife that he had deserted their three children. And in the state of Amazonas, gubernatorial candidate Gilberto Mestrinho...
BRAZIL. Like Pakistan, Brazil solemnly denied for years that it had an atom bomb program. The country's new civilian President, Fernando Collor de Mello, has admitted publicly that such a military effort was under way, and has ordered it closed down. He shoveled a symbolic two scoops of lime into a 1,050-ft. test-site shaft last month and ordered the site closed...
...recent public statements, experts both inside and outside Brazil remain less than convinced that the country is finally out of the Bomb business. The Collor government still refuses to sign the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty -- "an unjust instrument" because it does not apply to acknowledged nuclear powers, the Foreign Ministry says. There are also doubts about whether the government controls the military...
...government and others decide such questions as the export of advanced technology helps to determine whether countries like Brazil will become nuclear missile powers. Usually the decisions are made on short-term foreign policy grounds -- the need to give Collor a pat on the back, the desire to be involved with Brazil's development. But the technology is long term, and the entire world must live with the consequences...
...Brazil the oil shock strikes just as President Collor de Mello's radical anti-inflation regime, which includes a tight monetary policy, is beginning to show results. Inflation, which hit 73% a month before the plan took effect last March, has cooled to less than 13%. Government officials predict that Brazil will lose $3.3 billion because of higher oil costs and loss of exports through 1991. If prices stay at $25 per bbl., next year's energy bill will grow $2 billion. As a result, Brazil may not resume payments on its foreign debt of $115 billion...