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

ANSWER: Brazil [or Brasil; or Federative Republic of Brazil; or República Federativa do Brasil]
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PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
David CiardellaVermont BWilliams A19-5
Jonathan SchnipperBrandeis MozartBoston College A48-5
John HalsunUConn ABoston University A5210
William KikerDartmouth ABrown A59-5
Sidarth EratMIT ABrown B6410
Ben MoweryVermont ATufts B6710
Akif IsmailWilliams CDartmouth C7210
Jackson PriceDartmouth BWilliams B8910
Finley CampbellTufts AAmherst A9310
Rafael GómezAmherst BBoston University B9410
Jack YesnerBrandeis BeethovenHarvard9410
Shining SunBoston College ABrandeis Mozart10910
Lucas GuanBrown ADartmouth A10910
Matthew KohnWilliams AVermont B10910

Summary

TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
UK (North)UK5100%40%99.00
UK (South)UK7100%57%92.00
Northern CaliforniaUS4100%25%95.75
Southern CaliforniaUS786%43%89.33
Eastern Canada (1)US5100%40%93.80
Eastern Canada (2)US9100%11%81.89
FloridaUS4100%50%90.75
Great LakesUS12100%50%97.33
Lower Mid-AtlanticUS9100%22%98.00
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS10100%60%105.50
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS2100%50%107.00
MidwestUS9100%33%98.22
NorthUS4100%50%94.25
NortheastUS11100%27%86.55
PacificUS8100%50%87.50
SoutheastUS13100%62%100.00
Upstate NYUS6100%17%95.33