NYTIMES / S.ROMERO
As Brasil's economic might grows...so do its neighbors' resentments.
Recently, indigena bloodied Bolivia's President Evo Morales...forcing him to abandon a controversial Brasil-backed Amazon highway.
There have been other Brasil-led development tensions in Guyana, Argentina and Peru.
“Now Brasil is engaging Latin America more deeply, without a clear policy of addressing the anxiety that can accompany this process,” says a Brasilian professor. “There’s the real danger of being on the receiving end of anger in certain places.”
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