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To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (91298)	6/9/2012 6:31:50 PM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218008

But more “indecent” was the request made by the President of Spanish telecom group Telefonica, Cesar Alierta, who was also part of King Juan Carlos’ entourage. The chief of the telecom group, owner of Brazil’s Vivo, asked Dilma to facilitate visas for Spanish workers. As Telefonica plans to cut 6,000 jobs in Spain, a potential solution to minimize the negative impacts on Spain’s already lagging economy would be to transfer these employees to Brazil. Since 2007, approximately 11,000 Brazilians were stopped while trying to enter Spain, a number considered high by Brazilian authorities, who slapped back the Spaniards and adopted the so-called “reciprocity measures” by implementing stringent measures for the entry of Spanish tourists in Brazil. Hence, this last request made by Telefonica was considered indecent to Brazilians. Though it seems that both governments are working to solve the issue. Message 28196986 A lesson on the above to countries that impose silly rules on Brazilians. Circumstances are chanaging real fast and fresh in Brazil's memory are the silly rules...