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...corporate headquarters in Rio de Janeiro but at government ministries in Brasilia. In the past this has led to overstaffing and inefficiencies that could hinder the pace of future growth. "There has to be a change of mentality from being big to being more profitable," notes Ana Siqueira, an energy analyst with Icatu, a Rio de Janeiro investment bank. The best way to do that, it appears, would be to bring in more shareholders. --Reported by Daniela Hart/Sao Paulo
Positively, Siqueira Campos, Otavio Correa and the rest of their comrades, became Avenida Atlantica in Copacabana, famous in Brasilian people's heart...
...people of Rio de Janeiro were awakened by the boom of cannon, the rattle of machine guns, the noise of troops tramping through the streets. News spread that Fort Copacabana had revolted, was shelling Rio's other forts and the Ministry of War. Artillery Lieutenant Siqueira Campos became the first hero of the Revolution of 1922 by dropping a shell squarely into a wing of the Ministry of War, in the heart of the city, six miles from Copacabana...
There were 17 men in the Fort who preferred death to surrender. Siqueira Campos grabbed the flag, tore it into 17 pieces. Each of the 17 pinned a strip of the flag to the breast of his tunic, and together they marched out. At the gate they were met by a man in a dark blue business suit, who said his name was Octavio Corrêa and who wanted to join the band. Siqueira Campos tore his strip of flag in two and gave half to Octavio Corr...
...hero of the uprising, Siqueira Campos, had a street named after him in Copacabana and a ship, which last month was the subject of a diplomatic incident. He died in an airplane accident ten years ago. The two remaining survivors are Private Santos and Colonel Eduardo Gomes. Colonel Gomes is Chief of Military Aviation. He is expected soon to be named Secretary General of the Ministry of Aviation which President Getulio Vargas created last week...