Brazil's presidential candidate Jose Serra, center, of the opposition PSDB party, gestures as he campaigns in Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 24, 2010. Serra will face Dilma Rousseff of the ruling Workers Party in a presidential runoff Oct. 31. (Austral Foto/Renzo Gostoli)
Semi-finished steel slabs are cut at the Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN) in Volta Redonda, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, March 13, 2003. CSN, which began operations in 1946 and privatized in 1993, is Brazil's oldest integrated steel producer in Brazil and boasts being the largest in Latin America. The establishment of CSN paved the way for Brazil's current industrialization. With low production costs and huge reserves of iron ore, Brazil replaced Mexico as the number 2 US steel supplier in 2002, after Canada. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
Galvanized steel rolls of the line at the Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN) in Volta Redonda, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, March 13, 2003. CSN, which began operations in 1946 and privatized in 1993, is Brazil's oldest integrated steel producer in Brazil and boasts being the largest in Latin America. The establishment of CSN paved the way for Brazil's current industrialization. It is the only tin-plate producer in Brazil. With low production costs and huge reserves of iron ore, Brazil replaced Mexico as the number 2 US steel supplier in 2002, after Canada. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
