Oh wow. I didn't realize that. Just skimming over the Wikipedia entry, it looked like it had a lot of problems while in service and they just eventually decided to stop throwing money into it.
Looking into it, I guess they already have a replacement. A British Helicopter Land Ship
HMS Ocean which they'll rename the
Atlantico. Only twenty years old. Hopefully it doesn't have as many serviceability issues as their previous Carrier. Though this one only operates helicopters apparently.
I wonder if Brazil will actually want an aircraft carrier in the future they can operate jets off of. Preferably one they can buy new perhaps? Though $100 million for a helicopter landing ship ain't that bad of a deal I suppose, especially after seeing the money put into the
Sao Paulo. And I guess Brazil doesn't exactly have many maritime threats unless it wants to conquer French Guyana.