David@sri-unix (07/12/82)
My uncle used to live in Brazil and he would be in the US a few days every
other month. On these occasions we talked about Brazil. Brazil is a military
dictatorship run by the army (my uncle, once as a 'guest of the army' got
priority on an air force transport over two air force officers!). Brazil is
also fairly technologically advanced and has a 500% import tax on most items
to encourage you to buy Brazilian. They manufacture almost anything. The have
been engaged in a peace-time rocketry program for a few years. Also they happen
to be engaged in peaceful nuclear research with Argentina last I heard. They
need power, but their hydroelectric capacity is incredable and they hardly need
nuclear power. With the high level of technology, research into nuclear power
(supposedly capable of atomic weapons by the 1990's) and now this rocketry
program, it's not hard to guess what they might be up to.
Dave.
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