Mr Barbosa says Brazil takes seriously the charge that it only criticises and never proposes.
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Judge Barbosa angered government supporters when he convicted senior members of the Lula government.
BBC: Barbosa made first black head of Brazil's Supreme Court
As inflation falls, expectations will quickly follow, says Nelson Barbosa, the deputy finance minister.
Judge Joaquim Barbosa, who was born into a poor family, has been praised for his judicial independence.
BBC: Barbosa made first black head of Brazil's Supreme Court
Mr Barbosa, 58, was elected by his fellow judges, following the Court's tradition of nominating its most senior member.
BBC: Barbosa made first black head of Brazil's Supreme Court
The Knicks got stingier on defense in the fourth quarter, and Lin was switched from guarding Calderon to Leandro Barbosa.
It has sensibly kept the services of Fabio Barbosa, who used to head ABN's Brazilian operations and is widely admired.
The government wants the real interest rate to fall to 2%-3%, but Mr Barbosa insists this is not a formal target.
Mr Barbosa boasted that he considered the consequences of his decisions.
Perhaps as a result, American officials seem to know less about Brazil than any other big economy, says Rubens Barbosa, a former Brazilian ambassador in Washington.
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All but two of Brazil's 27 states have now signed such agreements, and by May 4th 250 cities will have done so, says Fabio Barbosa, the treasury secretary.
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Two mixed-race judges had previously been members of the court, but Mr Barbosa said he was the first one who could be "widely recognised as a black man".
BBC: Barbosa made first black head of Brazil's Supreme Court
Mr Barbosa will focus his attention on Brazil's consumer-credit markets, which have historically been held back by swingeing interest rates and wide bank spreads but are now expanding rapidly.
Born in the remote town of Paracatu in the state of Minas Gerais and the son of a builder, Mr Barbosa was educated in Brazil's much criticised state school system.
BBC: Barbosa made first black head of Brazil's Supreme Court
Most judges in the Supreme Court agreed with Mr Barbosa's report, in which he accused the three men of using public funds to pay members of Congress for support in crucial votes.
BBC: Barbosa made first black head of Brazil's Supreme Court
Even if implemented in full, they will merely slow the rate of increase in government spending, keeping it constant or slightly lower as a share of GDP, concedes Nelson Barbosa, a senior finance official.
According to Nelson Barbosa, executive secretary of the Ministry of Finance, the need for further federal spending to cover losses may fall if there is increased formalization or if the benefited sectors grow more than expected.
America charges an average tariff of 46% on Brazil's top 15 exports to the world as a whole, whereas Brazil's average tariff on their American equivalents is just 14%, according to Rubens Barbosa, Brazil's ambassador in Washington.
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