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Sure, when oil extraction started, Brazil has not been a colony for a century but the extraction culture was there.
Still, without colonialism, Brazil wouldn't be a thing, there was pretty much no commerce there, unlike with some african areas
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Sure, when oil extraction started, Brazil has not been a colony for a century but the extraction culture was there.
Still, without colonialism, Brazil wouldn't be a thing, there was pretty much no commerce there, unlike with some african areas