Highs and lows of Brazil's economic boom - 30 Sep 2007

The US and European financial markets may have had their troubles in the past month, but there's one economy that is defying the global trends ...
Brazil's stock market has closed at a seven-year high on Friday - a sign Latin America's largest economy is building momentum.

But despite the positive turn toward prosperity, it seems not everyone's set to benefit.

Al Jazeera's Gabriel Elizondo reports