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Brazil's Rousseff picked aide Barbosa as new finance minister - source


    BRASILIA (Reuters) - President Dilma Rousseff has picked Planning Minister Nelson Barbosa, a leftist economist and her close aide, as Brazil's new finance minister and the announcement will be made later on Friday, a senior government official told Reuters.

    Current Finance Minister Joaquim Levy is stepping down over a series of disagreements with Rousseff on economic policies.

    (Reporting by Lisandra Paraguassu; Writing by Alonso Soto)