Not mine, but very interesting set

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I can't quite point out what are the roots of the problems of Romania, but Brazil just started wrong since when the Portuguese set foot here in 1500. They were not like the settlers of the Mayflower in America, who wanted to build a new home free from the persecutions they suffered in England. The Portuguese just wanted to take as many riches they could and go back to Portugal. The whole colonial History of Brazil was like that. Not at all different from the colonial History of the rest of Latin America. This created a very corrupt culture, that is really difficult to get rid of.

We had a few good moments during the 20th Century, most of those in the 1950's but those were short-lived dreams.