Dreams deferred in Brazil as teetering Rousseff slashes student loans


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  • Saturday, 30 Apr 2016

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff waves as she leaves a ceremony marking the extension of the Programa Mais Medicos (Program More Doctors), at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil April 29, 2016. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

CARUARU, Brazil (Reuters) - Jordânia Feitosa was three months into nursing studies at a private university in northeast Brazil when she learned her student loan application had been denied.

Unable to afford the fees, the 18-year old farmer's daughter dropped out and now hopes against high odds to land a coveted slot at a free public university.

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