Latin American led recovery?

Originally posted by eljefejesus
not a brazil fan, eh?

peru's doing well for now, but I don't see how they'll catch up to chile anytime soon. i wonder how many reforms they have on their plate and if they can keep growing quickly for a long time. it hasn't been peru's century in the 1900's but hey, it's a whole new game.

no, brazil has been given one of the world natural wonders and they're wrecking it, in the past legal and not illegal logging is destroying the rainforest. yes peru has had their rubber boom days but the small part of the amazon they have today is amongst the most protected of rainforest in the world. give it time, brazil's ways will come and bite them in the ass, accelerated by the financial loss of the 2014 world cup and 2016 olympics i might add.

peru have had their problems over the years yes, gorilla activity, incompetent governments but in the past 15 years or so have come along quite nicely. easily the fastest growing economy in s. america in the past 10 years, i'm not saying they'll catch chile, argentina or brazil anytime soon but they will. peru is ideal for investment at the moment, tourism is an an all time high despite the 'global recession'.

Originally posted by trev33
no, brazil has been given one of the world natural wonders and they're wrecking it, in the past legal and not illegal logging is destroying the rainforest. yes peru has had their rubber boom days but the small part of the amazon they have today is amongst the most protected of rainforest in the world. give it time, brazil's ways will come and bite them in the ...[text shortened]... r investment at the moment, tourism is an an all time high despite the 'global recession'.

no, brazil has been given one of the world natural wonders and they're wrecking it, in the past legal and not illegal logging is destroying the rainforest

that doesn't mean it will "crash and burn", furthermore, didn't other countries do that before?

yes peru has had their rubber boom days but the small part of the amazon they have today is amongst the most protected of rainforest in the world

so what? how does that give than an advantage (in terms of economy)?

brazil's ways will come and bite them in the ass, accelerated by the financial loss of the 2014 world cup and 2016 olympics i might add.

Im not sure what you're referreing to, what exactly will "come and bite them in the ass"?
why is it that nobody looks at the obvious advantages of having the world cup, or the olympics? more people will come, more people will buy local goods, it will help businesses, etc ,etc.

Originally posted by generalissimo
[b]no, brazil has been given one of the world natural wonders and they're wrecking it, in the past legal and not illegal logging is destroying the rainforest

that doesn't mean it will "crash and burn", furthermore, didn't other countries do that before?

yes peru has had their rubber boom days but the small part of the amazon they have tod ...[text shortened]... people will come, more people will buy local goods, it will help businesses, etc ,etc.[/b]

so many questions.. not enough answers 😉

you're just going to have to trust my judgement (or not) but in terms of staging the olympics (not so sure on the wc) it's pretty much been proven that whoever hosts the event loses money in doing so, now i'm not an expert in brazil and the financial situations of everyone in the country but it seems to me that the money lost on the olympics could be better spent elsewhere.