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Money transfers from Portugal to Brazil set a record

Danilo Cardeal, 40, from Bahia state, counts every euro he earns as a merchandise deliveryman in the Portuguese capital. For 11 months in Lisbon, he has systematically met the financial goals he set to take his wife Carmen and his two children, one 10 and the other 12 years old, from Ilhéus (Bahia), his hometown, to the other side of the Atlantic.

The Brazilian's determination has already allowed him to buy a motorcycle in cash for €3,290 (US$3,282) and has guaranteed a pension of between €500 and €1,000 that he sends to his family . . .

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