The far more contentious socioeconomic controversy simmering in Brazil at the moment concerns the distribution of oil revenues to the states.

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Like other insiders of his day, he made another fortune playing shorts on the way down, then spent the Great Depression buying up underpriced assets at fire sale prices, using his cash hoard to quickly enter new businesses like liquor distribution the moment Prohibition was lifted.

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