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Hopefully Brazil's social systems can handle the influx of extractive wealth, but odds are low.
by lukas099 3y ago
Hopefully Brazil's social systems can handle the influx of extractive wealth, but odds are low.
- bee_rider 3y agoA US-driven, extractive wealth transformation in a South American country… I mean what’s the worst that could happen, right?
- dylan604 3y agoWhat's the most exported item from South America that does not get snorted?
- Symbiote 3y agoFrom Brazil, iron ore and soya beans. https://oec.world/en/profile/country/bra https://oec.world/en/profile/country/bra
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoRaw materials. The mining industry in Peru and Chile is huge. I think drugs were ever really exported from Colombia and maybe Bolivia? But Bolivia also has a huge trove of raw materials.
- ethbr0 3y agoAlso, Venezuelan oil, before they shot their industry in its foot.
- CameronNemo 3y agoI dunno but Chile exports a ton of copper to China.