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Brazil tries to rescue meat industry from scandal

by Damian WROCLAVSKY Agence France-Presse BRASILIA, Brazil  -Brazil’s government fought Wednesday to save the country’s meat industry from getting burned in a corruption scandal that has prompted several countries to pull Brazilian beef and chicken from the menu. Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi did not mince his words. “What we are suffering now is a blow, a punch to the stomach,” he told the Senate. “We have to recover, to reorganize our forces, to travel around […]