1.   The most blatant example of inappropriate EC aid, the report claims, is the Carajas iron ore project in the Brazilian state of Para.

2.   And the Argentine province of Buenos Aires has sold bonds as has the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais.

3.   Cardoso said Wednesday that Brazilian states would be required to provide specific services in return for the federal money they receive.

4.   Coffee prices, however, fell on a report of rain in a Brazilian state.

5.   Construtora Sultepa already operates in six Brazilian states from southern Santa Catarina to northeastern Maranhao, where the company helped build an airport.

6.   Enron owns stakes in natural gas distribution systems in seven Brazilian states and in two Rio de Janeiro gas companies, Cia. Estadual de Gas and Riogas.

7.   For years, Ceara has had a enviable reputation among Brazilian states for fiscal responsibility and initiative in attracting new industries.

8.   Gilberto Gil, like Caetano Veloso, Gal Costa and Carlinhos Brown, comes from the Brazilian state of Bahia.

9.   Houston-based Enron said in October it was close to an agreement to buy stakes in natural gas distribution systems in seven Brazilian states.

10.   Humberto Falcao, a soybean farmer in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, is always looking for ways to improve his harvest.