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Fleet Boston's Meirelles says no retreat in Latin America.

Since the US$16 billion proposed merger between Fleet Financial Group and BankBoston was announced in March, Henrique C. Meirelles, the former president and chief operating officer of BankBoston, has been at the center of speculation about the new bank's plans for Latin America. LATIN TRADE Associate Editor Sergio R. Bustos spoke to Brazilian-born Meirelles about the proposed Fleet Boston bank and his new role as head of global banking for the eighth-largest US. bank. This is an excerpt from his remarks. The ful

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