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		34679 on June 24, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: FAA releases TRUST: Free online training required ... Brazil has the world's 9th largest GDP. Does this look like an undeveloped country: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo

marcinzm on June 25, 2021 [–]

Depends if you live in this part of Sao Paulo or not:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favela

Brazil is around the 80th in terms of per capita GDP which is a much saner metric for the wealth of a country in terms of social issues.

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