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I have been doing a little bit of research for this particular entry. We were told to take a look at the country of Brazil, and the current political situation of the country.

From the investigations I have conducted, Brazil is currently in a very interesting situation. The President’s advisor is being accused of buying votes, drug cartels are murdering hundreds to thousands of people a year while immigrants from northern parts of the country migrate to the favelas which surround many of the prosperous districts of the largest cities.

Looking back to post World War 2 Brazil, one might see why the situation is as such. After the second World War, the Unite States and Russia launched into an arms race which was followed by proxy war campaigns around the world. The United States was seeking to combat the spread of the Soviet Union’s influence of communism throughout the world while avoiding another all out world war. Having originally been governed by civilian rule, Brazil was overthrown by its own military in 1964, launching the country into oppression under a strict military dictatorship. This regime suspended the constitution of the country and used illegal Death Squads to reign terror across its lands. It then launched an industrial campaign with the country’s economy, cutting back on necessary established economy to attempt to boost appeal to foreign investors. This set of policies became a “Brazilian Solution” so to speak and other, similar programs, were then instituted across the rest of Latin America to help fight the approach of communism. Unfortunately, the dilemma that followed was that of the establishment of socialism under heavily military regimes.

Recovery from such events can take a country many years, those years made even longer if a country is ruled by an unjust or corrupt government. Will Brazil ever recover? Only time will tell.

Till Next Time,

-God Bless-

Acrid