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Brazil
and Globalization
One
year ago, global financial markets were concerned that
Brazil would elect a former Trotskyite as president
and wreck the country's economic prospects.
One
year later, Luis Ignacio Lula
da Silva is indeed in office, but — to investors'
surprise — the country has made significant strides
towards safeguarding its economic
future.
A
look at life in Rios's shantytowns
points
to surprising paradoxes in the age of
globalization. And Brazil's
rubber industry serves as a reminder of the
country's real high points — and true lows.
Finally,
we look at Brazil by reflecting upon the Amazon
river basin.
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