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The din of development shatters its eardrums; factories and skyscrapers, bridges and highways, sprout with the suddenness of tropical plants. But if accuracy had a place in publicity, the slogan would be: “Grow at the expense of Brazil.” Despite its deceptive splendors, this development is a banquet to which few are invited and whose main dishes are reserved for foreign stomachs.
Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
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