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Growth puts strain on Brazil infrastructureBy Joe Leahy in BrasíliaPublished: March 27 2011 16:17 | Last updated: March 27 2011 16:17What is keeping Miriam Belchior, Brazil's minister of planning, awake at night – is it delays in the country's plans to host the World Cup soccer final in 2014 and the Olympics two years later?No, says the minister, it is Brazil's airports, which are struggling to cope with annual average growth in passengers of 10 per cent over the past seven years on the back of an increase in the country's middle classes.EDITOR'S CHOICEAnalysis: Brazil: Platform for growth - Mar-15Brazil in quest to seize farming opportunity - Mar-06Brazil plans curbs on farmland speculators - Mar-06Brazil to curb spending on housing - Feb-28Brazil calls for currency system overhaul - Feb-19beyondbrics: Brazil - Feb-10You have viewed your allowance of free articles.

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