Chapter 152 The Brazilian Threat Theory and Prosperous Mexico

Style: Historical Author: Baichuan ZizhuWords: 4984Update Time: 24/01/12 12:17:00
In addition to arranging things for Enke Electric, San Jose is also doing something that has been planned for a long time, which is to exaggerate the Brazilian threat theory and add some information to the Brazilians. During this time, they are also constantly summarizing publicity methods and strategies. .

After Enke Electric gradually became formalized, he arranged for people to take charge of the finances, and then went to the market to find professional managers and became a hands-off shopkeeper.

San Jose actually only knows three guys about the American electrical industry, namely Edison, Tesla and Jack Welch. The first two people are long gone. Jack is probably still in school, and as far as the electrical industry is concerned, It’s hard to say whether he made GE or GE made him, so he is not particularly superstitious about Buffett and Jack.

He initially planned to set up Enco Electric in Boston, but after seeing the strong dominance of General Electric, he decided to

Directly set Enke's headquarters in New York, otherwise under the shadow of General Electric, Enke Electric will be killed by General Electric sooner or later. It is estimated that there will be no bones left. Now it is a last resort to carry out cooperative procurement. San Jose also tries its best to cooperate with other factories Cooperate and gain authorization.

He didn't want Enke Electric to die early, at least he wanted to make some splash.

The most powerful thing about GE at present is its merger and acquisition capabilities. They now own shares in more than 150 companies in the United States, and GE is part of the powerful Morgan consortium. The way they want to bring you down is very simple. You have a good product. , it’s mine now, what am I planning to acquire from you? If you don't want to, then you are doomed.

After all, New York still has a relatively fair competitive market, and there are also other American consortiums here.

So he is not very worried about the development of Enke Electric.

The three most powerful countries in Latin America are now Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina.

Mexico and Brazil have begun to have good luck, and the next two decades will be a good era for them.

St. Jose is at Harvard University, and occasionally he meets some Mexican students at Harvard. You must know that Argentines are almost non-existent at Harvard. Of course, some of them are not Mexicans at present, but Mexicans, from California and Germany in the south of the United States. Texas.

Mexico has been developing steadily for more than 20 years and has a relatively close relationship with the United States. There are still a lot of Mexicans in the United States. About 8% of the Mexicans are now. Some of them existed after the United States annexed Mexican territory. Their appearance is also relatively easy to identify. They are a bit like the Gauchos of Argentina, with darker skin and a lot of mixed race.

Saint Jose heard a joke about Mexicans in later life,

"What Mexicans hate most is that Americans occupy half of Mexico. What they hate more than this is that Americans only occupy half of Mexico."

This was Mexico's best golden age since its founding. After being cut off by the United States, in the ten years after World War II, the average annual economic growth rate exceeded 6%. Later generations were called the "Mexican Economic Miracle." In Asia, Africa and Latin America at that time, , only Brazil can compare with it.

In contrast, there is the "Brazilian economic miracle", but unfortunately there is no "Argentine economic miracle" in later generations.

Among the three major Latin American countries, Mexico's political and economic system is the most complete and stable, and it is quite advanced and has the highest centralization. After a series of reforms, Mexico has established a political model that is compatible with the economic modernization model.

This model can be summarized as two important political systems, one is an institutionalized and powerful presidential system, and the other is an official one-party democracy with a corporatist structure.

If not for time constraints, Sanjesé would have wanted to visit Mexico City. He doesn’t know if Mexico City is sinking now.

The Mexicans also had some quarrels with the Soviets, and later they had a good relationship with the Cubans.

Last year, the United States' attempt to establish a military base in Mexico was blocked. It can be said that it is currently in an unprecedented state of prosperity. There are no Colombian drug lords or warlords here, and the people live and work in peace and contentment.

The recently outgoing president of Mexico is Miguel Valdez of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. Mexico elected its own president almost at the same time as the United States. Miguel was the first civilian president since the 1910 revolution. Under his leadership, , take strong measures to promote the country’s economic development.

Adolfo Cortinez, who was elected in December last year, is Miguel's designated successor. After taking office, he implemented an independent political policy towards the outside world, rejected the policy of establishing a military agreement proposed by the United States, and opposed the establishment of the Organization of American States and NATO. Contact, this is a good point of fire.

Saint Jesé has always believed that a country has its national destiny, and Mexico and Brazil are now prospering in their national destiny.

Mexico is the only country in Latin America that has not experienced any form of coup or civil war after 1930. This record of political stability is almost unique among all developing countries.

Compared with Brazil, many of Mexico's reform experiences are actually suitable for Argentina to learn from. After all, Mexico once had a large number of hacienda owners, and it can be said to be the most successful land reform in Latin America.

In 1934, Mexico implemented the Cardenas economic and political reforms, which completely destroyed the Caudillo latifundia system and allowed national capital to replace foreign capital and control the country's most important economic lifeline. They also ended the warlord melee and strengthened the central government. centralization.

Brazil also started industrialization under the leadership of Vargas. Brazil has a land area of ​​8.51 million square kilometers, ranking fifth in the world. It has more than 30 kinds of mineral reserves, which ranks among the top in the world. Among them, iron ore reserves are 33.3 billion tons, accounting for 10% of the world's total. about 10%.

In 1949, under the leadership of the Brazilian government, the first Brazilian state-owned steel plant, the Horta Redonda Steel Complex, was established between Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. This year, the production capacity is expected to reach 1 million tons.

It is still growing and is currently the largest single steel plant in Latin America. Its construction target was 3 million tons. Later, after many years of construction in the 1970s, this number became 5 million tons.

It seems to be similar to the five-year long-term goal of 5 million tons of the La Plata Steel Plant in San Jose. It is indeed very ambitious, but his goal is about five years.

San Jose has high hopes for the La Plata Steel Plant. It currently has sufficient construction funds. It has issued the first domestic construction bond and has sufficient bank loans. Its initial investment is about 10 million U.S. dollars. Pay back the rest slowly,

Construction started in October last year has accelerated again, and it is expected to have at least a 500,000-ton medium-sized blast furnace by the end of this year, making it the second largest steel plant in South America.

And this can be said to be the most advanced steel smelting technology in the world. With VAI's LD converter technology, it will far surpass Brazil's previous generation converter technology. In fact, this is also the cornerstone of the rise of the Japanese steel industry after World War II.

His initial goal of building a steel plant was actually not that big. He originally just wanted to build a 1 million-ton steel plant, but he found that his funds and mining companies were getting bigger and bigger, and he had a transportation fleet. The expected target has been expanded from 1 million tons to 3.2 million tons, and finally to 5 million tons, and the funds have continued to increase, San Jose estimates.

In fact, if Thunder Mining can handle Bolivia's Mutong Iron Mine, at least Argentina will not be short of iron ore in the next few decades. In the era of maritime global trade, there will be no shortage of coal. Colombian coal mines and Australian coal mines will also have cheap shipping. There is a steady stream of ships, and the only thing you need to worry about is whether there is enough navy to ensure the safety of Argentina's shipping routes.

The iron ore in Australia has not yet been mined. St. Hesse needs to consolidate Thunder Mining's legal rights and interests in Australia, and must be careful to mine the coal mine first.

The rise of a big country depends first and foremost on sufficient strength. Strength is the basis for becoming a big country. However, when a big country is finally recognized as a big country by the international community, it is not just a matter of its own strength.

There is data that shows that South Africa's steel industry seems to be quite powerful. Last year, the entire country produced more than 1 million tons of steel.

Sanjesé made some deductions when considering how to package Brazil into a great power, but found that the clown turned out to be himself.

Why do Americans hate Argentina now? It’s because Argentina is too out-of-the-box and doesn’t have enough strength. It’s half full of water.

It can be said that Bilon is the country that attracts the most hatred in Latin America. If you don't mess with it, who will? In contrast, Brazil and Mexico are really hiding their capabilities and biding their time.

Is Brazil going to be a big country in the future? Yes.

Of course, she is only a regional power, not a global power.

The default global power in the future, in addition to the five gangsters, can barely include Japan, simply because of its one-to-one economic strength.

On its way to becoming a great power, a country will inevitably experience some major tests in its foreign relations. A successful great power can not only withstand the test, but more importantly, it uses these major events to establish a long-lasting diplomatic tradition as a great power.

Germany and Japan were both losers in World War II and fell on the road to the rise of great powers. As for Italy, let’s not mention it.

The influence of these traditions has strategic significance, and in turn will effectively promote the growth of strength.

Sanjesé mobilized the Brazilian branch of the Falcon Bureau and the Brazilian branch of Prairie International to investigate, but he still started his performance with bumps and bumps.

I say if you have it, you have it. It doesn’t matter how many bowls you have eaten.

The Monroe Doctrine created a tradition of enduring strategic significance for American diplomacy.

It is still a bit exaggerated to say that North and South America are the backyard of the United States. After the Solomon Declaration, it took the United States a full hundred years to eliminate most of the influence of France, Germany, and the United Kingdom here. It is difficult for Spain and Portugal to influence Latin America. This is caused by the lack of national strength.

The Monroe Doctrine was published in 1823. The United States stated at that time that European powers should no longer colonize the Americas or get involved in matters related to the sovereignty of American countries such as the United States and Mexico.

As for disputes between European countries, or wars between countries and their American colonies, the United States remains neutral. If relevant wars occur in the Americas, the United States will regard them as hostile acts.

The following is a scrapped draft, published first and then revised. I am sorry that this later became the legal basis for the Yankees to interfere in South American affairs.

Despite this, there are still countries in Latin America that are at odds with the United States, such as Argentina, Mexico, and Canada. The United States' number one ally in the Americas is only Colombia. Now Brazil's reliance on the United States is seriously against Argentina's interests.

Of course, it can be said that it is relatively difficult to exaggerate the Brazilian threat theory. Saint Jose simply compiled three versions, the Canadian threat theory, the Brazilian threat theory, and the Mexican threat theory.

It should be a perfect way to attract American firepower. Whether these are true or not is no longer important.

Morton Manor, Queens, New York,

Sanjesé has withdrawn from studying at Harvard University and will leave for Argentina in a few days.

But Brazil didn't do this, and Saint Jose felt that he didn't have a clear idea of ​​the details.

He has been preparing for this for almost two years, and as a result, Brazil is now even more prosperous.

"Guerrero, what do you think of this propaganda?"

The three major threat theory strategies that Saint Jose has improvised can almost be mistaken for reality.

In this era, Brazilians believe that they will become a world power in a few decades.

Guerrero looked through the articles drawn up by Sanjesé and felt that they were a bit outrageous.

"Brazil: A Military Power"

"Brazil, One of the Five Great Powers in the 20th Century"

"Canada: A Future Rival to the United States"

"Mexicans Can Say No"

"Mexico - Latin America's Future Leader"

"Why Mexico Needs Socialism"

"The Era of the Monroe Doctrine Is Over"

"Boss, is this too exaggerated? Will anyone believe it?"

"Well, it's a bit exaggerated, but I think it will be very marketable. After all, there are not many smart people."

After all, Brazil has failed to realize its ambitions, and its current international status does not match its potential.

Brazil is currently one of the most dynamic countries in the world, and the source of its confidence, that is, the huge potential behind the land, has never disappeared.

A hundred years ago, Brazil's social structure was semi-slavery and semi-feudal. It only had its first university fifty years ago. Now it has become the most dynamic country in the world.

In 1920, it was easy to observe that for a hundred years, industrialization had been a special phenomenon in the North Atlantic countries, and the continuous carving up of the rest of the region was a general trend.

However, it turns out that this "status quo" and "trend" completely disappeared after just a few decades, and countries in eastern and southern Asia quickly took over the baton of industrialization.

Sanjesé believes in the endless possibilities of the future. Brazil in the future has failed because of possibilities outside the trend, and Brazil in the more distant future may also succeed because of possibilities outside the trend.

After Guerrero read the article, he even had reason to believe that Brazil should be a world power in twenty years, and bragging would not raise taxes anyway.

In fact, San Jose's goal is to make this future slower. He does not want to reverse the historical trend, but for the rise of the Argentines, he also has to cause trouble for the Brazilians.

The rise of a country has always been bloody.



The following is a scrapped manuscript, I will post it first and then edit it, sorry.

The following is a scrapped manuscript, I will post it first and then revise it, sorry.



Of course, it can be said that it is relatively difficult to exaggerate the Brazilian threat theory. Saint Jose simply compiled three versions, the Canadian threat theory, the Brazilian threat theory, and the Mexican threat theory.

It should be a perfect way to attract American firepower. Whether these are true or not is no longer important.

At that time, Brazilians believed that by the end of the century, they would become a world power.

After all, Brazil has failed to realize its ambitions, and its current international status does not match its potential.

Brazil is currently one of the most dynamic countries in the world, and the source of its confidence, that is, the huge potential behind the land, has never disappeared.

A hundred years ago, Brazil's social structure was semi-slavery and semi-feudal. It only had its first university fifty years ago. Now it has become the most dynamic country in the world.

In 1920, it was easy to observe that for a hundred years, industrialization had been a special phenomenon in the North Atlantic countries, and the continuous carving up of the rest of the region was a general trend.

However, it turns out that this "status quo" and "trend" completely disappeared after just a few decades.

Sanjesé believes in the endless possibilities of the future. Brazil in the future has failed because of possibilities outside the trend, and Brazil in the more distant future may also succeed because of possibilities outside the trend.

San Jose has reason to believe that Brazil should be a world power in twenty years.

Of course, it can be said that it is relatively difficult to exaggerate the Brazilian threat theory. Saint Jose simply compiled three versions, the Canadian threat theory, the Brazilian threat theory, and the Mexican threat theory.

It should be a perfect way to attract American firepower. Whether these are true or not is no longer important.

Morton Manor,

Sanjesé has withdrawn from studying at Harvard and will leave for Argentina in a few days.

"Guerrero, what do you think of this propaganda?"

The three major threat theory strategies that Saint Jose has improvised can almost be mistaken for reality.

At that time, Brazilians believed that by the end of the century, they would become a world power.

"Brazil: A Military Power"

"Brazil, One of the Five Great Powers in the 20th Century"

After all, Brazil has failed to realize its ambitions, and its current international status does not match its potential.

steal fragrance