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<text id=90TT2813>
<title>
Oct. 29, 1990: World Notes:Brazil
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
Oct. 29, 1990 Can America Still Compete?
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
WORLD, Page 64
World Notes
BRAZIL
Cupid in the Cabinet
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<body>
<p> Love is blooming in Brazil, where private affairs can arouse
public passions. Justice Minister Bernardo Cabral, 58, was
forced to resign this month after the press revealed his
romance with fellow Cabinet member Zelia Cardoso de Mello, the
Economy Minister. Their relationship became common knowledge
after Cabral, who is married, and Cardoso de Mello, who is
single, openly danced cheek to cheek at her 37th birthday
party. Cardoso de Mello's love life had become the subject of
speculation after a reporter spotted an engagement ring on her
finger.
</p>
<p> Despite a poll that said 90% of Brazilians did not consider
the affair sufficient reason for dismissal, President Fernando
Collor de Mello was worried that the scandal might damage his
administration's credibility. His sensitivity is
understandable: three weeks ago, a woman from the state of
Alagoas claimed that the President was the father of her
10-year-old son. Last month a candidate for governor in the
state of Rio Grande do Sul was hurt by allegations from his
former wife that he had deserted their three children. And in
the state of Amazonas, gubernatorial candidate Gilberto
Mestrinho was attacked by his opponents for having nine
children by four women. But the snickering slogan "Vote for
Mestrinho--he could be your father" backfired: Mestrinho won
by a landslide.
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