111.   Yesterday, the Brazilian government moved to defend its currency by nearly doubling its prime lending rate and buying reais.

112.   A Brazilian government expedition has made contact with members of a remote Amazon Indian tribe never before exposed to Western culture, a local news agency said Sunday.

113.   A London-based environmental group said Friday that the Brazilian government ignored a United Nations offer two months ago to send special fire-fighting equipment to Roraima.

114.   A report that the Brazilian government will exceed market estimates when it releases its crop estimate on Thursday was bearish on the market.

115.   Ambassador Carlos Luiz Coutinho Perez was recalled by the Brazilian government just hours after he was freed by Peruvian guerrillas, O Globo TV reported Saturday.

116.   Billed as the largest privatization in Latin America, the Brazilian government intends to sell off a controlling stake in state-run telecommunications giant Telebras Wednesday.

117.   But experts disagree on just how much is released, and a leading ecologist says the Brazilian government is fudging the numbers.

118.   Chairman Laurent Beaudoin said Brazilian government subsidies to Embraer Aircraft could do serious damage to Bombardier Aerospace.

119.   Despite its March announcement, the Brazilian government has not formally communicated its intention to stop the project to the other countries involved.

120.   For the Brazilian government, the economic crisis in southeast Asia was a pretext for speculators.