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Brazil presidential candidate pledges aggressive financial policies to ward off threats from recovering economies

by Ray Clancy on August 9, 2010

Brazil needs aggressive finance policies as the rest of the world recovers from the economic downturn, according to the frontrunner in the country’s upcoming presidential elections.

‘We are going to have to combine all possible policies to protect ourselves from a phenomenon that I think has already started, of big, aggressive international competition,’ said Dilma Rousseff, outgoing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s former energy minister. [click to continue…]

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Noise and air pollution levels in Panama cities to be tackled

July 28, 2010

Some 70% of people in Panama are affected by noise levels greater than those allowed by international standards, according to a new study. Vehicles are the major source of noise contamination, according to the research carried out by the University of Panama. In some areas traffic noise is as high as 81.5 decibels, well above [...]

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