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Former car dealer is Brazil’s new mining and energy minister

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 24, 2014 | 2:00 pm Europe Latin America Iron Ore Potash 

[caption id="attachment_812538" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Eduardo Braga (54) takes over a ministry dealing with an alleged kickback and bribery scheme at state-run oil company Petrobras. He also faces faces a chaotic electricity sector.[/caption] Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has named former car dealer...

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