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Why I'm convinced Biden administration would go for military intervention in Brazil.
We know the environmentalism talking point (Biden even brought it up specifically during the debates) and that Bolsonaro is seen as the tropical Trump.
But that's just the de jure casus belli.
We know the environmentalism talking point (Biden even brought it up specifically during the debates) and that Bolsonaro is seen as the tropical Trump.
But that's just the de jure casus belli.
The real motivation? Brazil is the country with perhaps the largest reserves of rare earths in the world (at least 86.8Mt), rivalling China. Mining rights are a major political dispute in Brazil, since those minerals are in Amazon, large part on land under Indigenous rights...
Aside from niobium (Brazil holding over 90% of world's reserves), the global market for rare earths is currently dominated by China.
Ability to exclusively exploit the Amazon (which would be done through heavy regulation under environmentalism pretence) is strategically crucial.
Ability to exclusively exploit the Amazon (which would be done through heavy regulation under environmentalism pretence) is strategically crucial.
Just as the Scramble for Africa was justified with necessity to globally outlaw slavery; so will 21th century see the birth of greenperialism. https://twitter.com/RippRamon/status/1325483997225480193
slov's been told you! https://twitter.com/voxdotcom/status/1327247483026739200
