There's an Awful Lot of Money in Brazil Workers at the Hair Beleza Natural Salon celebrate the phenomenal success of their company. What's Portuguese for miraculous? Milagroso? Try Brazil! While the world has been transfixed by the astonishing economic growth in China and India, just out of the spotlight Brazil has been busily turning a once moribund economy into a juggernaut. That's right Brazil, where not so long ago you could watch the inflation rate tick higher by the hour, unemployment grew just as quickly and a clapped out nation was in the vice of a military dictatorship. Brazilians were nevertheless ebullient, optimistic and hopeful but few outside the country gave them or their country much of a chance at even modest recovery let alone give the world's big players a run for their money. And as the momentum builds, tens of millions of Brazilians are being winched out of poverty and into relative prosperity. Within a few years it's estimated the nation's middle class will number 150 million. The boom is reverberating from boardrooms to the favelas. "It's the Brazilian moment! It's a rich fantastic country. We've always said we're going to be the country of the future but this future never came. I think we're there." EDUARDO PAES - Mayor Rio De Janeiro "It's a great position to be in isn't it ? This decade for sure is Brazil's decade" EIKE BATISTA Businessman North America Correspondent Michael Brissenden goes, well, to Rio - the city centre stage of