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Brazil's economic turmoil last month caused Chrysler regional manager Dennis Kelly to stop and reconsider the auto maker's plans to build a $315-million factory here--for "less than four seconds." Despite the turbulence in Brazil's financial markets, a run on the currency and an austerity program that is already causing economic hardship and labor unrest, Chrysler is forging ahead with its giant truck assembly plant in Parana state north of here. "It was never an option to stop.

Brazil's economic turmoil last month caused Chrysler regional manager Dennis Kelly to stop and reconsider the auto maker's plans to build a $315-million factory here--for "less than four seconds." Despite the turbulence in Brazil's financial markets, a run on the currency and an austerity program that is already causing economic hardship and labor unrest, Chrysler is forging ahead with its giant truck assembly plant in Parana state north of here. "It was never an option to stop.

While U.S. officials focus on the contagious turmoil in East Asia, a sharp slowdown expected in the Brazilian economy is likely to spell bigger trouble for the many American companies that have gotten rich in recent years off this country's remarkable resurgence. Legions of U.S.

While U.S. officials focus on the contagious turmoil in East Asia, a sharp slowdown expected in the Brazilian economy is likely to spell bigger trouble for the many American companies that have gotten rich in recent years off this country's remarkable resurgence. Legions of U.S.