Brazilians sometimes wryly remark that they live in a country of the future but that the future never comes.
Imposing in territory (world's fifth largest country) and population (fifth most populous, at 190 million), Brazil has never come close to fulfilling its potential, having been mired for decades in authoritarian governments, hyperinflation, staggering inequalities and a curious ambivalence about the rest of South America and, indeed, the rest of the world.
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