8 . BRAZIL'S METAORPHOSIS   -- date, 2015
The Economy          

Brazil — it’s the “B” in the acronym BRICS, five emerging economies once seen as soon-to-be superpowers. After economic troubles in the 1990s, Brazil has risen to new global prominence -- it’s drawing in more investment, working on global issues ranging from climate change to peacekeeping, and even hosting the 2016 Olympics. But some of Brazil’s trickiest problems -- deep divisions over how to tackle serious income inequality, weak civic institutions and poor regional leadership — have held it back.




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