Érica Santana and Roberta Lopes
Reporters - Agência Brasil

Brasília - The government is looking for a solution to the Varig problem which will protect Brazilians who are abroad. "We will not let Brazilians get stranded because of this," says minister of Foreign Relations, Celso Amorim. "Itamaraty will protect and assist Brazilians who are abroad. We will do everything we can, but somethings are out of our hands," said the minister.

The Civil Aviation Agency (Anac) says it believes there are some 16,000 Brazilians abroad, with over 5,000 in Germany at the moment for the World Soccer Cup.

Translation: Allen Bennett