Consider this:
(1) During the Junta days, Brazil grew at a faster rate than today.
(2) If Brazil is such a powerhouse, why Latinos are still coming to the U.S. instead of rushing to Brazil?
(3) What branded manufactured everyday products from Brazil do you buy in your country, region or neighboring countries?
(4)Why Australia has a per capita GDP (not the PPP B*lls**t) much larger than Brazil given that both major exports are very similar in nature and that the current
Brazilian GDP is slightly larger than Australia?
(5)If Brazil is the future, expect favelas sprouting in your city, region and country very soon.
(6) Lula, at best ,is the new Neville Chamberlain (a fool in the international stage,
an appeasement moron).

1)Brazil is inherently geared towards an oversized State.
Think of Greece now, Brazil in the future. With the same
institutional problems such as corruption, Mussolini era
work legislation and the like.

2)If Brazil is coming up fast, then how come there aren’t
thousands of Latin Americans leaving the U.S. and rushing
to Brazil? What products vis a vis Jumex, Corona Beer, and
franchises like Chivas USA do Brazil export to this hemisphere and beyond? Manufactured mass market branded product!!! Not some aircraft that is essentially State Owned.

3)Why Australia has a GDP per capita more than twice the
size of Brazil even though both are essentially
competitors in natural resources exports and have GDPs that
are a few billion apart?

4)If Brazil is the future, the end of the world is near.
Soon, California, Sydney, Zurich and Berlin will have
massive favelas like Rio.