... , successive governments have taken ambitious steps to build friendly relations with neighboring countries. The government of Dilma Rousseff is continuing the policies of the previous president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (2003–10), who was successful in consolidating macroeconomic stability but made little progress on reforms. Weak political appetite in congress precludes an ambitious reform agenda. The ruling ... . During the 1990s, the informal sector constituted more than half of Brazil's economy, signifying that the majority of the total workforce was not covered under the labor le...

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... many years of instability and inflation Brazil elects President Cardoso, who had been successfully elected twice. "Cardoso rode the success of the Real Plan to the Brazilian presidency, beating out Lula of the PT [Workers Party] in 1994 and again in 1998 to become the first Brazilian president in modern times to be reelected."" 2. What is the attitude of the people ... ...

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