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Many Brasileros are finding that a booming Brasil economy offers more opportunity now than a weakened USA.
Brasil's unemployment rate is at a historic low of 7%.
It's currency...the real...is near a 12-year high vs the usd.
Lower and middle class incomes are rising rapidly.
And frequently...Brasileros even earn more than their U.S. counterparts.
"But we're seeing that a significant part of what we call the Brasilian diaspora is coming home, because there are comparatively so much more opportunities here than there were five or 10 years ago,"reports a government official.
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