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 with China. A public money-transfer system (-5[1])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 (-5[1])trade of this country, (-5[1])the world’s top soybean producer. (-5[1])The 2025 iteration (-5[1])of the UN’s climate change (-5[1])conference, COP30, (10[1]-5[1])will take place in this country where (10[1])political corruption was unearthed in Operation Car Wash (10[2])during the Dilma Rousseff (“JEEL-muh hoo-SEF”) administration. For 10 points, (-5[1])what alphabetically-first namesake (10[1])of BRICS (“bricks”) is led by Lula (10[1])da (10[1])Silva? ■END■ (10[6])

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