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Tuesday, July 16, 2013 Share this: Immigration reform means great things for the economy Now that lawmakers in the Senate have come together to pass a bipartisan piece of legislation to fix our broken immigration system, it's up to the House of Representatives to do the same. And that makes this the perfect time to learn more about the issue. In the days ahead, those members of Congress have to make a choice about the right way to reform immigration -- or if they want to proceed at all. As the national debate begins in earnest, we want to make sure you have information you need to answer questions in your community. So check out this video, then share it so that people know that immigration reform makes a ton of sense for the economy. http://www.whitehouse.gov/share/immigration-and-economy Hi, everyone -- If you want tangible evidence of the way that the new health care law is already helping ordinary people, it's worth having a conversation with one of the 8.5 million Americans who received rebates from their insurance companies this summer. Just ask the folks who got checks in the mail.  Because of the Affordable Care Act, insurers are required to spend at least 80 percent of premium dollars on medical care, instead of overhead like salaries or advertising. And if an insurance company doesn't meet that standard, it has to provide a rebate to its customers.  It's a really big deal, and we want to make sure everyone understands how it works. Here's a graphic that breaks things down. Will you share it to help answer questions in your community? http://www.whitehouse.gov/share/health-care-rebate     SAVE THE DATE!             Join us for a    Discussion on the Expansion of Credit in Brazil       When: Thursday, July 25, 2013       Where: Shearman & Sterling LLP 599 Lexington Avenue (at 53rd Street) Conference Room 2G-H, 2nd Floor New York City       Time: 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM        Confirmed Speakers: Paulo Vieira da Cunha Partner and Head of Research EMVal Partners LLC Paulo Rogério Caffarelli Vice President of Wholesale International Business and Private Bank Banco do Brasil Élcio Gomes Rocha Chief Economist Banco do Brasil Brazil: Midyear Economic and Political Outlook Paulo Vieira da Cunha, Partner and Head of Research, EMVal Partners, LLC Paulo Vieira da Cunha is a Partner and Head of Research at EMVAL Partners. Mr. Vieira da Cunha completed a two-year appointment as Deputy Governor at the Central Bank of Brazil, where he was also a member of the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (COPOM). For nearly a decade, he produced and managed research on Latin America for the global securities industry, first at Lehman Brothers and later at HSBC. Mr. Vieira da Cunha holds a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. Maria Claudia Ribeiro de Castro, Global Fixed Income Team, OppenheimerFunds Maria Claudia Ribeiro de Castro is a senior analyst with the Global Fixed Income Team at OppenheimerFunds.  She is responsible for Latin America and Africa in the overall portfolio strategy.  Claudia has covered emerging markets for over a decade; she started her career in the global securities industry at Morgan Stanley, where she conducted macroeconomic research at the Global Economics group focusing on Latin America.  Previously, Claudia taught economics at the University of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium and was a research fellow at the Central Bank of Spain, Madrid.  She also held research positions at the IMF and the World Bank in Washington, DC.  Claudia received a Ph.D. in economics from Columbia University and a Master's degree in Political Science from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.  Márcio Garcia, Associate Professor, PUC-RIO Márcio Garcia is associate professor at PUC-Rio, Brazil, since 1991, having already served as Department Chairman and Director of both Graduate and Undergraduate Studies. During 2013, he is visiting the Sloan School, MIT, and the NBER. He holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University Economics Department. His areas of research are International Finance and Monetary Economics. Marcio has been visiting professor/scholar at the economics departments of Stanford, Chicago, and MIT, in the US, and at Paris School of Economics (then, DELTA) and Université D'Evry-Val-D'Essone, in France. He has consulted for international and Brazilian institutions, as The World Bank, IMF, IADB, ECLAC/UN, BM&F Bovespa, BNDES, Icatu, ANBID, NEO Investimentos, and others. He is a member of the Bellagio  Christopher Garman, Director, Latin America, Eurasia Grupo Christopher Garman is a Director at Eurasia Group, the Head of its Latin America practice, and the Lead Analyst on Brazil.  From 2001 to 2005 Mr. Garman worked as a Senior Political Analyst at Tendencias Consultoria Integrada, Brazil´s largest economic and political consulting firm. Prior to that, he held fellowships at Instituto de Estudos Economicos, Sociais e Politicos de Sao Paulo (IDESP), where he researched central bank politics in the region, and Centro de Estudos de Cultura Contemporanea (CEDEC), where he conducted field research on Brazilian federalism. Mr. Garman earned an M.A. in political science from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD).  He has conducted extensive field research in Brazil, and has published articles in World Politics, Latin America Research Review, and the Brazilian Journal of Political Economy. Paulo P. Miguel, Partner and Chief Economist, Quest Investimentos Since March 2005 Paulo Miguel is Partner and Chief Economist responsible for the Macroeconomic Research at Quest Investimentos. Paulo was responsible for derivatives products and local markets at Banco Itaú from 2002 to 2005. Previously, he worked as Economic and Research Director at Banco Interatlântico, among other positions. From 2002 to 2006 he was professor of international finance at Insper. He also routinely contributes with Folha de São Paulo, a major Brazilian daily newspaper. Paulo holds a Master's Degree in Economics from Universidade de São Paulo and a Master's Degree in Business from INSEAD. Paul M. Rodel, Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Paul Rodel is a corporate partner and a member of Debevoise's Securities and Latin America Groups. He represents Latin American, European and US clients in the energy, media and financial services industries in registered, private and offshore capital markets transactions. Mr. Rodel joined Debevoise in 2005 and became a partner in 2010. He received his B.A. summa cum laude from Tulane University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in 1992 (studies with distinction at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in 1990-1991) and his J.D. from Columbia University School of Law in 1996, where he was a James Kent Scholar, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and Editor-in-Chief of the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law. Mr. Rodel began his career in the New York and Frankfurt offices of Davis Polk & Wardwell and worked in the New York and Geneva offices of the management consultancy McKinsey & Company. Mr. Rodel speaks fluent Portuguese, Spanish, French and German.  Jose Roberto Azevedo / Brazilian - America Chamber of Commerce /Executive Director Ruthe Phillips (Senior Head of Event ),Denise de Alcantara, Benito Romero, fundador da Casa do Brasil