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To: calgal who wrote (5722)	1/23/2004 10:15:04 PM
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Brazil President Unveils Cabinet Changes By VIVIAN SEQUERA Associated Press Writer BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) -- Brazil's president carried out a sweeping Cabinet overhaul Friday to make room for a new coalition partner as he pushes his legislative agenda. By reserving two seats in the 32-member Cabinet for the powerful Brazilian Democratic Movement, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won a commitment from that party to support him in Congress. Silva needed extra help to pass his 2004 legislative program, which includes a renewed emphasis on fighting poverty and ambitious reforms of electoral, court and labor laws. Until now the president's seven-party coalition, led by Silva's Workers' Party, had a 29-vote majority in the 513-member Chamber of Deputies, but was weak in the 81-member Senate, holding only 26 seats altogether. For Silva, wooing the Brazilian Democratic Movement means 77 more votes in the lower house of Congress and 22 in the Senate. LATEST NEWS Bolivian Labor Federation Calls Strike Three Indicted in Argentine Scandal Brazil President Unveils Cabinet Changes U.S. Denies Role in Peru Arms Case Colombia Eligible for U.S. Military Aid Latest News Brazil President Unveils Cabinet Changes Brazil Science Minister Amaral Resigns Ranchers Block Road in Brazil in Protest Death Toll Rises in Deadly Brazil Rains "Now, we are united in a new way that will increase our potential for promoting change," Silva said. Silva was elected in October, 2002 on a pledge to create 10 million new jobs during his four-year term. But unemployment rose during the new government's first year. "Social development is the greatest challenge for this government," said Paulo Resende, a political science professor at Sao Paulo's Catholic University. "Brazil shows social indicators that seem almost intractable." Brazil is poised for 4 percent economic growth in 2004 and a rise in foreign investment, according to most economists. In other changes, Silva demoted his pointman for combatting hunger, fired the ministers of education and women's affairs and also demoted the labor minister. The newly arriving party got the ministries of communications and social security. Two new Cabinet-level posts were created: a social services coordinator that fused two previous positions, and congressional affairs coordinator. The overall size of the Cabinet remained the same. --- Associated Press Writer Tom Murphy in Sao Paulo, Brazil contributed to this report. Copyright 2004 Associated Press. All rights reserved.