	first interstate i estimates loss on brazil first interstate bancorp chairman joseph pinola said the bank holding company would lose about mln dlrs per year after taxes if it had to put its medium and long term debt on non accrual status in an interview he said that could result in about a pct decline in annual ings per share pinola said first interstate like other banks has not yet decided to put the loans which brazil stopped paying interest on last month on non accrual status none of us really wants to injure negotiations that might be going on he said first interstate reported to the securities and exchange commission last week that it has about mln dlrs in medium to long term loans to brazil it said on december its nonperformind brazilian outstanding debt totaled about mln dlrs first interstate also has about mln dlrs in short term loans or trade lines to brazil pinola said he believes the solution to the brazilian debt crisis will be more political than economic which he said he finds very disquieting and discomforting reuter 
