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Scope and Contents Ahh! Brazil, we often think about the country as some sort of wonderful exotic getaway, a land where African roots are still at the surface, a land where samba and the 'Jogo de Cintura', the game of the hips, rules. But as Latin America's largest country Brazil also has the largest economy. And in recent months that economy has been faltering. International monetary organizations have pledged new loans to shore up the Brazilian economy. But those loans are tied to specific government...