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  Fernando Henrique Cardoso - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fernando Henrique Cardoso (born June 18, 1931) was the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil for two terms from January 1, 1995 to January 1, 2003.
Fernando Henrique Cardoso was re-elected on October 4, 1998 with approximately 53% of the vote, while his closest challenger, Luíz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT), had about 32%.
Cardoso, often nicknamed "FHC", was elected with the support of a heterodox alliance of his own center-left Social Democratic Party, the PSDB, and two center-right parties, the Liberal Front Party (PFL) and the Brazilian Labour Party (PTB).
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 CARDOSO, FERNANDO HENRIQUE. The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition. 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Cardoso was elected to the Brazilian senate from the state of Sao Paulo in 1986 and two years later helped to found the centrist Social Democratic party.
He was elected president in 1994 and soon moved to reduce government involvement in the economy and to attract foreign investment to Brazil.
Cardoso was reelected in 1998, but the following year popular dissatisfaction with economic austerities and inequities, coupled with a series of demonstrations and strikes, hindered his effectiveness.
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 Cardoso, Fernando Henrique - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
CARDOSO, FERNANDO HENRIQUE [Cardoso, Fernando Henrique], 1931-, Brazilian sociologist and politician, president of Brazil (1995-2002), b.
Cardoso was elected president in 1994 and soon moved to reduce government involvement in the economy and attract foreign investment to Brazil.
Fernando Henrique Cardoso / Sobre decadas y herencias.(Internacional)
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 Fernando Henrique Cardoso   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Fernando Henrique Cardoso (born June 18 1931) was the president of the Federative of Brazil from January 1 1995 to January 1 2003.
Fernando Henrique Cardoso was re-elected on October 4 1998 with approximately 53% of the vote his closest challenger Luíz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) had about 32%.
FHC (as he was sometimes called) was with the support of a heterodox alliance his own center-left Social Democratic Party the and two center-right parties the Liberal Front (PFL) and the Brazilian Labor Party (PTB).
www.freeglossary.com /Fernando_Henrique_Cardoso   (577 words)

  
 Fernando Henrique Cardoso   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Fernando Henrique Cardoso (born June 18, 1931) was the president of the Federative Republic of Brazil from January 1, 1995 to January 1, 2003.
Cardoso was succeeded in 2003 by Lula da Silva.
FHC (as he was sometimes called) was elected with the support of a heterodox alliance of his own center-left Social DemocraticParty, the PSDB, and two center-right parties, the Liberal Front Party (PFL) and the Brazilian Labor Party (PTB).
www.therfcc.org /fernando-henrique-cardoso-61848.html   (502 words)

  
 Fernando Henrique Cardoso Give Fourth Annual Kissinger Lecture - John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Fernando Henrique Cardoso, sociologist, politician and president of Brazil from 1994 to 2002, delivered the fourth annual Kissinger Lecture on Foreign Policy and International Relations at 7:00 p.m.
Cardoso was later elected to the Senate representing the state of Sao Paulo and became one of the founders of Brazil's centrist Social Democratic Party.
Cardoso was elected president of Brazil in 1994.
www.loc.gov /loc/kluge/kluge-cardoso.html   (481 words)

  
 Brazil - Brasil - BRAZZIL - News from Brazil - Fernando Henrique Cardoso and Radical Democracy - Brazilian Politics - ...
Cardoso devoted most of his life energy, as a social scientist, a journalist and as a political leader, to working with others to restore and strengthen Brazilian democracy.
Cardoso differed from many other social scientists whose thinking was rooted in the same Marxian framework in his emphasis on descriptive empirical data and on viewing each historical conjuncture as unique instead of fitting things into theoretical categories.
Cardoso thought it had to be transformed thorough a long, patient process of mobilization of civil society outside the state structure.
www.brazzil.com /2004/html/articles/mar04/p120mar04.htm   (2666 words)

  
 BRAZZIL - News from Brazil - Reelection of Fernando Henrique Cardoso
President Fernando Cardoso's recent announcement that he was interested in seeking a second term in office has sparked a debate about the current presidential electoral system.
Cardoso took charge and publicly displayed his support for the idea, making it clear that he would like to run for president again in 1998 and stay in office until the year 2002.
Cardoso's announcement also leads to questions about why the current presidential electoral system, with the provision prohibiting the possibility of immediate reelection, has remained unchanged since the inception of the republic in 1889.
www.brazil-brasil.com /p16aug96.htm   (3222 words)

  
 FORUM: Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil (1995 - 2003)
Fernando Henrique Cardoso was born in Rio de Janeiro on June 18, 1931.
Cardoso made the transition from academia to politics in 1983 when he entered the Brazilian senate and became a spokesperson for democratic reform.
Cardoso was re-elected to the senate in 1986, and became its leader.
ksgnotes1.harvard.edu /ksginfo/enews.nsf/details/367E2BAC163B0CB885256DE900579B0F   (493 words)

  
 02-071 (Fernando Cardoso)
Fernando Henrique Cardoso, former president of Brazil, has been appointed to a five-year term as professor-at-large at Brown University.
As a young sociology professor, Fernando Henrique Cardoso was a vocal opponent of military dictatorship.
Cardoso has served as a visiting professor at academic centers in Europe and the United States and is professor emeritus of political science at the University of São Paulo.
www.brown.edu /Administration/News_Bureau/2002-03/02-071.html   (604 words)

  
 Pragmatism vs. Nationalism in FHC's Brazil
Cardoso was able to do this largely because a weakness in the nation's morale provided a window of opportunity for changes that the system would otherwise never have accepted.
Cardoso understands that people are unhappy with him because of the economic stress and insecurity that the devaluation has caused.
Fernando Henrique Cardoso represents an older generation, but he has been remarkably able to recognize changes in cultural, economic and social patterns, and to take advantage of the openings that history has presented.
crab.rutgers.edu /~goertzel/cardosobrasa.htm   (3182 words)

  
 Fernando Henrique Cardoso in directory.co.uk
BRAZZIL - News from Brazil - Fernando Henrique Cardoso, a pragmatic...
President Fernando Henrique Cardoso unabashedly stands by everything he ever wrote and insists that, given the same circumstances, he would...
Fernando Henrique Cardoso is the President of the Federal Republic of Brazil.
www.directory.co.uk /Fernando_Henrique_Cardoso.htm   (239 words)

  
 Interview: Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President, Federative Republic of Brazil
Since Cardoso was elected to his first term in 1994, the country has adopted new laws and practices designed to integrate Brazil into the global economy, including constitutional reforms that open key sectors of the economy to foreign investment and guarantee equal treatment for foreign investors.
Cardoso was reelected in 1998, and the centerpiece of his second term has been an ambitious agenda of fiscal reform aimed at imposing discipline in public finances and overhauling Brazil's tax and social security systems.
Cardoso's Real Plan brought monetary stability, allowed authorities to tame inflation from historic highs of 50 percent per month to annual rates in the single digits, raised the real purchasing power of low-income Brazilians substantially, and fueled investment and consumer demand by opening and stabilizing the economy.
www.accenture.com /Global/Research_and_Insights/Outlook/By_Alphabet/TheAgenda.htm   (1900 words)

  
 Brazil - Brasil - BRAZZIL - President Fernando Henrique Cardoso: Eight Years of Government - Brazilian Politics - ...
Cardoso had worked on that project all his professional life, in a variety of roles and through many crises, and his work was bearing fruit.
Cardoso warned that there were problems, and kept trying to get Congress to raise taxes and cut spending, but it was hard to create a sense of urgency when everything seemed to be going so well.
Cardoso is acutely aware of this, and just as committed as anyone to improving the lives of the poor.
www.brazil-brasil.com /pages/blajun02.htm   (4546 words)

  
 Brazilian celebrities and personalities - Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Fernando Henrique Cardoso - or FHC - was President of Brazil from Jan.1st.1995 through Dec.31st.2002.
Cardoso was Ministry of Finances in 1994 when the Plano Real was devised and deployed; the Plano Real managed to bring inflation down from 80% a month to less than 10% per year.
Cardoso's second term was affected by several external (crisis in South Asia, Russia and Argentina, terrorist attack on Sept. 11th 2001) and internal factors (currency abrupt devaluation, energy crisis) which undermined his popularity.
www.v-brazil.com /culture/Brazilian-celebrities/fernando-henrique-cardoso.html   (236 words)

  
 WNYC - Mad About Music: Fernando Henrique Cardoso (June 04, 2006)
Fernando Henrique Cardoso was President of the Federative Republic of Brazil from January 1995 to January 2003, winning both elections by an absolute majority.
Cardoso serves as a professor at large at Brown University and is the holder of the “Cultures of the South” chair at the Library of Congress.
Cardoso Well, I must say to you, very frankly, that from time to time we have to make such a difficult decision, and alone, that you have to be really alone.
www.wnyc.org /shows/mam/episodes/2006/06/04   (4119 words)

  
 Amazon.de: The Accidental President of Brazil: A Memoir: Bücher: Fernando Henrique Cardoso,Bill Clinton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Cardoso, who served as Brazil's Finance Minister in the early 1990's and then president from 1995 to 2002, shows in his first-rate memoir how far his country has traveled in the 125 years since Emperor Dom Pedro.
Cardoso appears, by virtue of being a third-generation politician raised in an upper-middle-class household, to have been minted for the presidency.
And while Cardoso's family history would seem to have predisposed him to the role of public man, his story is that of a maverick whose curious mind and love for his country helped bring Brazil into the 21st Century as a formidable economic and political power.
www.amazon.de /exec/obidos/ASIN/1586483242   (517 words)

  
 Fernando henrique cardoso - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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 Fernando Henrique Cardoso   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
FHC (as he was sometimes called) was elected with the support of a heterodox alliance of his own center-left Social Democratic Party, the PSDB, and two center-right parties, the Liberal Front Party (PFL) and the Brazilian Labor Party (PTB).
As a result, President Cardoso had difficulty, at times, gaining sufficient support for some of his legislative priorities, despite the fact that his coalition parties hold an overwhelming majority of congressional seats.
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 The Harvard Crimson :: News :: Former Brazilian Leader Says Democracy Is Ongoing Process   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Former Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso warned against a one-size-fits-all approach to democracy in a speech at the JFK Jr.
Cardoso, who served as president of Brazil from 1995 to 2003, said that there is no universal form of democracy—each nation develops its own brand.
Cardoso also stressed the need for increased global cooperation among governments, turning a critical eye to the current organizations that are supposed to do this job.
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 "The Accidental President of Brazil"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
At an event hosted by the Inter-American Dialogue on March 30, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, former president of Brazil and co-chair of the Dialogue, explained that although he came from a powerful political family, he never considered a political career early in life.
Cardoso said that it was only when he went into exile at the start of Brazil's military dictatorship in 1964 that he realized he might have a future in politics.
I support democratic rules and an increase in social programs, Cardoso explained, adding that financial measures alone "won't fix peoples lives." He also said that it is crucial to have economic growth to generate employment and reduce social inequality-growth is even more important in this regard that social policy or land reform.
www.iadialog.org /summaries/march06/cardoso.asp   (550 words)

  
 Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Cardoso began his political career when he was elected alternate Senator for the state of Sao Paulo for the Brazilian Democratic Movement in 1978, serving until 1979.
Cardoso is currently a Professor at the Thomas J. Watson Jr.
Cardoso is the recipient of numerous Doctorates Honoris Causa from universities in the United States, Venezuela, Chile, Portugal, Spain, Germany, France, Italy, England, Slovakia, Russia, Israel, and Japan.
www.clubmadrid.org /cmadrid/index.php?id=39   (695 words)

  
 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Fernando Henrique Cardoso to Receive 2003 J. William Fulbright Prize for International ...
William Fulbright Prize for International Understanding will be awarded to Fernando Henrique Cardoso, the former president of Brazil who consolidated his country’s democracy, curbed inflation there, and invested in health, education, and human development programs recognized by the United Nations as international models.
Cardoso’s emphasis on improving health care in poor rural areas resulted in a 25 percent decrease in infant mortality.
Cardoso currently chairs the Club of Madrid and the High Level Panel of Eminent Persons on United Nations-Civil Society Relations and serves as co-chairman of the Inter-American Dialogue and as coordinator of the working group in charge of reviewing the process of Ibero-American Summits.
www.fulbright.org /press_release/100103.htm   (817 words)

  
 Fernando Henrique Cardoso Encyclopedia Article @ CeramicArtist.com (Ceramic Artist)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Fernando Henrique Cardoso, who governed Brazil from 1995 through 2002, told Reuters on Tuesday evening that the only way his party's candidate, Geraldo Alckmin...
Cardoso is a founding member of the University of Southern California Center on Public Diplomacy's Advisory Board.
In the beginning of his political life, Fernando Herique was elected Senator of the state of São Paulo for the former MDB, Movimento Democrático Brasileiro (Brazilian Democratic Movement), in 1982.
www.ceramicartist.com /encyclopedia/Fernando_Henrique_Cardoso   (1361 words)

  
 Biografías de Líderes Políticos CIDOB: Fernando Henrique Cardoso (Brasil)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Desde marzo de 1990 Cardoso pasó a dirigir la oposición del PSDB en el Senado al Gobierno de Collor, adalid de un proyecto de estabilización financiera y liberalización económica que perseguía, más allá del apaño coyuntural, introducir grandes reformas estructurales.
Cardoso confirmó al punto su decisión de presentarse a la reelección al amparo del nuevo artículo constitucional.
En otro ámbito, Cardoso acogió en Brasilia el 26 de octubre de 1998 al peruano Fujimori y al ecuatoriano Jamil Mahuad para la firma de un acuerdo de paz que puso fin a su contencioso fronterizo en el Alto Amazonas.
www.cidob.org /bios/castellano/lideres/c-042.htm   (3202 words)

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