Round 10: Tossup 4

In this country, Sama ran the only asbestos mine in the Americas, which has recently transitioned to mining rare earth elements to compete (-5[1])with China. A public money-transfer system in this country, Pix, has drawn ire from Donald Trump and US tech companies. In 2020, this country’s politician Abraham Weintraub made anti-Chinese remarks that jeopardized the trade of this country, the world’s top soybean producer. The 2025 (10[1])iteration of the UN’s climate change conference, COP30, will take place in this country (10[1])where political corruption was unearthed in Operation Car Wash during the Dilma Rousseff (10[1])(“JEEL-muh hoo-SEF”) administration. For 10 points, what alphabetically-first (-5[1])namesake of BRICS (“bricks”) is led by (10[2])Lula (10[1])da Silva? ■END■ (10[3])

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