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Will changes help perk up Starbucks? The Norman TranscriptStarbucks publicizes when it is going into new countries -- including Argentina, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Portugal this year -- but does not break out sales or profits for individual countries outside the U.S.
For many international travelers, the new focus on foreign markets is welcome. Chocolate and Starbucks coffee were the first tastes of home for Kim Masten, a former Starbucks barista from Aberdeen who recently spent four months in Haiti. "I've missed Starbucks so much," she said during a layover in Chicago. Enzio Garayp of Brasilia, Brazil, goes out of his way to visit Starbucks shops when he travels in the U.S. and Canada, and he wants one closer to home. "There are a couple in Sco Paulo, and we're looking forward to getting them in Brasilia," he said. 
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