Not mine, but very interesting set

[Mr Hoover]

Originally Posted by Captain Video

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.

I've just been reading "A death in Brazil" by Peter Robb.Explains the situation very well.
https://books.google.pt/books/about/...on&redir_esc=y
Only goes up to about 20 years ago so
the latest "happenings" are not mentioned.