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| Peter Robinson cancels Brazil trip over marching season fears | Peter Robinson cancels Brazil trip over marching season fears |
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| Peter Robinson has cancelled a planned investment trip to Brazil because he is concerned about the potential for a difficult marching season. | Peter Robinson has cancelled a planned investment trip to Brazil because he is concerned about the potential for a difficult marching season. |
| The first minister said he thinks it would have been wrong to be away if there were difficulties on the ground. | The first minister said he thinks it would have been wrong to be away if there were difficulties on the ground. |
| Mr Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness had been invited by Marfrig, the Brazilian parent company of Moy Park. | Mr Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness had been invited by Marfrig, the Brazilian parent company of Moy Park. |
| Mr McGuinness has yet to indicate whether he will still travel. | |
| Sinn Féin sources said the party's emphasis would be on matters to closer to home | |
| Both men visited Marfrig's headquarters in Sao Paulo in March last year. | Both men visited Marfrig's headquarters in Sao Paulo in March last year. |
| "I just think things are so serious that to be out of Northern Ireland at this time would be entirely wrong," Mr Robinson said. | "I just think things are so serious that to be out of Northern Ireland at this time would be entirely wrong," Mr Robinson said. |