Rio de Janeiro

Brazilians have a self-deprecating joke about the chronic inability of their country to somehow merge its vast natural resources and technological potential–creating the type of synergism that would make the country a major player on the international stage. “Brazil is a nation of the future,” they say–“and always will be.”

One of the recent examples validating this cynicism is how the now nine-year process for Brazil to purchase a fleet of new fighter aircraft began.

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