{"id":74255,"date":"2015-09-10T19:39:45","date_gmt":"2015-09-11T03:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=74255"},"modified":"2015-09-10T19:40:41","modified_gmt":"2015-09-11T03:40:41","slug":"nyt-as-a-boom-fades-brazilians-wonder-how-it-all-went-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=74255","title":{"rendered":"NYT: As a Boom Fades, Brazilians Wonder How It All Went Wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York Times<\/a>: “Highlighting the strain, Standard & Poor\u2019s downgraded Brazil\u2019s credit rating to junk status on Wednesday, igniting a broad sell-off of Brazilian financial assets on Thursday. The blow is expected to increase Brazil\u2019s borrowing costs while focusing even more scrutiny on the government\u2019s inability to rein in public spending.”<\/p>\n

The average IQ in Brazil is 87<\/a>, just two points above American blacks, so of course it is going to be a basketcase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New York Times: “Highlighting the strain, Standard & Poor\u2019s downgraded Brazil\u2019s credit rating to junk status on Wednesday, igniting a broad sell-off of Brazilian financial assets on Thursday. The blow is expected to increase Brazil\u2019s borrowing costs while focusing even … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29627],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brazil-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t