Brazil's air trouble due to politics, analysts say

(Reuters) - An air crash that killed at least 199 people in Sao Paulo
last week follows nearly a year of chaotic air travel in which
flight delays and cancellations became routine.




Critics say President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva appointed
friends and allies rather than career civil servants when he
created the new aviation authority ANAC last year. Previously,
the Air Force controlled civil aviation.


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Brazil's Lula says low inflation as vital as growth

(Reuters) - "Obviously we could be growing more ... but distributing
income and controlling inflation are just as important."




Lula also said he expected growth to pick up in the second
half of the year.


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