The state of Sao Paulo had 223 deaths through Wednesday, the largest number in the country.
The most contentious comments precede his appointment, when he was little known outside his native state of Sao Paulo.
Arapua expanded throughout the state of Sao Paulo and then around the country.
Across the entire state of Sao Paulo, there were 571 murders - a rise of 48% on October 2011.
The machines replacing the men who cut down sugar cane can already be seen in parts of the state of Sao Paulo and elsewhere.
We found that over 70% of the tonne-miles carried by one railway in the state of Sao Paulo consisted of its own firewood and steam locomotives.
He is working with the Secretary of Education in the state of Sao Paulo to rectify the situation, creating teachers in how to educate 13-18 year olds in entrepreneurship.
The grandson of Lebanese immigrants, Jacob, now 63, was orphaned at age 16 and inherited his father's textile store in Lins, a small town in the state of Sao Paulo.
This has been avoided, the report says, in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo where sugar cane farmers are obliged to leave a percentage of their land as natural reserves.
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The Retail of Petroleum Products for the State of Sao Paulo Union (Sincopetro) reported that by Tuesday evening, at least 50 fuel stations were completely out of gasoline, ethanol and diesel.
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Salvador, Cachoeira (state of Bahia), Sao Paulo and Belo Horizonte will host the meetings.
Paulo Maluf, a former governor of Sao Paulo state, failed to make a run-off for his old job.
In October, Mario Covas, the governor of Sao Paulo state, publicly blasted his housing officials for their slowness.
Another ex-guerrilla turned moderate, Jose Genoino, lost the election for governor of Sao Paulo state but is tipped for defence minister.
Earlier this week, the governor of Sao Paulo state, Geraldo Alckmin, ordered tighter inspections of all venues, including nightclubs, cinemas and theatres.
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Now, as Mr Cardoso struggles to hold his coalition together, he faces losing another vital ally, Mario Covas, the governor of Sao Paulo state, who was gravely ill this week.
In Brazil last month, a referee was kicked in the chest after the final whistle of a third-division match of the Sao Paulo state championship.
He recently left his job as governor of Brazil's richest state, Sao Paulo, to run for presidency.
When Mr Cardoso became president in 1995 on the back of his inflation-beating plan, Mr Covas, elected governor of Sao Paulo, helped out by restoring the finances of Brazil's biggest state.
As mayor of Ribeirao Preto, a city of 500, 000 in Sao Paulo state, Mr Palocci privatised some municipal services and brought businessmen into his administration.
When Banespa is privatised, any buyer will gain a large and very liquid bank with a well-sited network of more than 550 branches in Sao Paulo state, Brazil's biggest financial and business market, says Paulo Zaghen, the central-bank director in charge of rescuing state banks.
So Mr Brito set out to exploit his state's position at the heart of Mercosur, midway between Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires.
She said she believes the spiral of violence began in May when the Sao Paulo state government took a more aggressive stance against the PCC and drug gangs.
This latest scandal may spell the end for the political machine built by Paulo Maluf, a conservative populist who was variously the city's mayor and Sao Paulo's state governor during Brazil's military government of 1964-85.
As a non-Italian, the archbishop of Sao Paulo would be expected to name an Italian as secretary of state the Vatican No. 2 who runs day-to-day affairs another plus for Vatican-based cardinals who would want one of their own running the shop.
So rather than just tackling the gangs, Sao Paulo's state government needs to treat the underlying causes: the lack of training and supervision of prison staff, and the overcrowding and poor facilities in jails.
The man regarded as the PCC leader, Marcos Herbas Camacho, also known as Marcola, and a dozen criminals who make up the rest of the gang's command structure are currently held in jails in Sao Paulo state.
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