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Dilma tries to get closer to the business community.

In addition to calling on former Minister of Agrarian Development Miguel Rossetto and the Minister of the Civil House, Aloizio Mercadante, for the campaign, President Dilma Rousseff is expected to choose a name from the market to replace Guido Mantega, who will leave the Finance Ministry in a possible second term; she also intends to talk to agribusiness about the ethanol crisis.

In addition to calling on former Minister of Agrarian Development Miguel Rossetto and the Minister of the Civil House, Aloizio Mercadante, for the campaign, President Dilma Rousseff is expected to choose a name from the market to replace Guido Mantega, who will leave the Finance Ministry in a possible second term; she also intends to talk to agribusiness about the ethanol crisis (Photo: Roberta Namour).

247 President Dilma Rousseff has redoubled her efforts to reach out to the business community. After delegating the coordination of her reelection campaign to former Minister of Agrarian Development Miguel Rossetto, she appointed the Minister of the Civil House, Aloizio Mercadante, as the spokesperson for her economic program.

Furthermore, she indicates that she will choose a name from the market to replace Guido Mantega, who will leave the Ministry of Finance in a possible second term. The list includes names such as Abílio Diniz, Josué Gomes da Silva, and Nelson Barbosa.

The president also intends to speak with the agribusiness sector to try to alleviate the unease caused by the ethanol crisis resulting from Petrobras' price freeze.

Read here A report by Claudia Safatle and Rosângela Bittar on the subject.