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2 unusual facts about José Serra


Corigliano Calabro

It is the birthplace of footballer Gennaro Gattuso and Francesco Serra, father of Brazilian politician José Serra.

Expresso Tiradentes

On April 28, 2009, Mayor Gilberto Kassab and Governor José Serra announced an agreement to amend the project, now to be called Metrô Leve Expresso Tiradentes.


HIV/AIDS in Brazil

Brazil invoked the Article 71 for the first time on August 22, 2001, when José Serra, Brazil’s Minister of Health, authorized Far Manguinhos—a Brazilian pharmaceutical company—to produce Nelfinavir, a drug patented by Pfizer but licensed to Roche in the Brazilian market.

Instituto de Economia da Universidade Estadual de Campinas

It is also a great supplier of policy makers in the country, such as: Celso Furtado, influential economist in the country, Aloízio Mercadante (Senator, SP), Luciano G.Coutinho (recently appointed as chairman of BNDES), José Serra (governor of São Paulo) and many others.


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