Arminio Fraga

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Arminio Fraga (born July 20, 1957 in Rio de Janeiro) was the former president of the Central Bank of Brazil, from 1999-2002. He is also a former associate of George Soros and his Quantum Fund. Since 2001 he has been a member of the influential Washington-based financial advisory body, the Group of Thirty.

In 2003, he founded the Rio de Janeiro based investment company, Gávea Investimentos.

Fraga has been called the Alan Greenspan of Latin America for his skillful handling of Brazilian monetary policy during his tenure as CBB president.

Fraga worked for both Fernando Collor de Mello and Fernando Henrique Cardoso governments. ^[1]

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1. ^ A guerra eleitoral e o mercado na Internet