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A rush to the land of the $35 martini
Updated: 2011-08-21 07:54
By Simon Romero (The New York Times)
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Foreign work permits in Brazil surged 144 percent in five years. Michelle Noyes, a New Yorker, now works in Sao Paulo at an asset management firm. Photographs by Daniel Kfouri for The New York Times |
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