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Yes, that's my read of the situation as well. This means that the US government will have 3 companies able to build combat aircraft to choose from.

The USAF was pretty impressed by their submission to the competition, enough to give them a chance(the desire to avoid dependence on Lockheed-Martin also played a role).

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Er, no. Minas Gerais(the 'milk' part of the pair - it's a state renowed for its dairy products even today, something that started because it was the main foodstuff supplier for the capital in the 19th century, the ranching capital of Brazil was Rio Grande do Sul back then - 'coffee' was São...

Not only that. The end of the slave traffic(1850) priced slaves out of everyone but the richest. Once, owning a slave was possible for the middle class, and even former slaves that had a trade; by the 1870s, not even Northeast plantation owners had more than a handful of slaves(with near all of...

The southwestern coffee planters by 1891 were the main political power block in Brazil(although the sugar planters of the Northeast still had some political power). They will demand the Brazilian government save them by buying the coffee. Floriano, having many other problems, may(my first...

Of course not; it's a rigged game. They let slip Bolsonaro in, but managed to neutralize him. This time, no one even close to what Bolsonaro promised to be in his first running(let alone exceeding that) will be allowed to run.

Brazil will be in some pretty big trouble, but may solve some of it by expanding. It will be easier to claim the Guyanas than Uruguay and Paraguay, but the latter are more important than the former(the Paraguay River still is the fastest and most reliable access to Mato Grosso State in 1891 - it...

I did. The change in the last two weeks has been THAT stark, though. Before, I've had some suspicions things would change as every every possible 'right-wing' candidate was discarded(meaning Bolsonaro was becoming the only possible candidate to face Lula), but I didn't count Moraes and the...

Lula will not stay; either he gets impeached or he loses the 2026 election. Since last week there have been signals the persecution of Bolsonaro and his followers is being dropped; may be a temporary thing, but I think the plan right now is Bolsonaro 2.0 in 2026, with the office of the president...

Eh, I met a few of those when I used to go to anime conventions and showings in the late 90s-early 00s. But you are right in they weren't the main demographic, or even a big one.

After almost two years, Brazilian Supreme Court Minister Alexandre de Moraes has revoked the banning on Rumble and Locals, allowing those to operate in Brazil again. This is the most recent of decision reversals by Moraes, which includes the unblocking of accounts of journalists and...

Seconded.

Yes( biggest one is front quadrant area, which is the one to be the most armoured, increases, which means increased weight), but everything is a trade-off.

The alliance that had sustained him in Colombian Congress has collapsed. I wouldn't be surprised if he gets impeached.

Not stupidity, different priorities. They will easily accept an economy crash as long as they are in the top, and the disparity of wealth between them and the others below is big enough. Do you think Mugabe was really unhappy with Zimbabwe's economy being in the shitter? I certainly don't - him...

South African politics is tribal politics, with the Afrikaners and English-speaking whites merely being other tribes. What do you do with a tribe you see as an enemy? You take everything from them, if you can.

Oh yeah, that one is really good.

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He will have a way to influence Brazil in individual issues, not on the general trend. I don't expect him to do much more than stop the Brazilian government from harassing Twitter and Facebook, and ease the pressure on Bolsonaro(even then, not much). Which is... good, I guess, but it doesn't...