Brazil, Country of the Future?

Interesting what the internet archives for you. Here is a BBC Article from April 2000 - so much has happened in the past 10 years... and yet there is so much to do.

"Generations of Brazilians have long been taught that they lived in 'the country of the future'.
With its vast territory, natural resources and economic potential, its people were led to believe that Brazil had a guaranteed place as one of the world's leading countries." (bbc.co.uk)

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