Ok mr fascist mods who deleted the "stop fetishizing the global south" thread? I was proud of my joke in that!
Yeah, I also liked my post there
So I will just post this related Robin Brooks tweet here:
https://twitter.com/RobinBrooksIIF/status/1700997639683424663
Brazil surpluses come from exports to China and Latin America and other 3rd world nations.
Imports from Russia are fertilizers, necessary products for the exportation business.
Exports are a very reliable source of income, which is why Brazilian GDP has declined 40% since 2010 after the commodities crash while US GDP has gone up by 35%.