When the BRIC acronym was first invented, The Economist objected that “a country with a growth rate as skimpy as its swimsuits, prey to any financial crisis that was around, a place of chronic political instability, whose infinite capacity to squander its obvious potential was as legendary as its talent for football and carnivals, did not seem to belong with those emerging titans.”
Cuando se inventó la sigla BRIC, The Economist objetó que “un país con una tasa de crecimiento tan exigua como sus bañadores, que era presa de cualquier crisis financiera que hubiese por ahí, un lugar de inestabilidad política crónica y cuya infinita capacidad para despilfarrar sus evidentes posibilidades era tan legendaria como su talento para el fútbol y los carnavales, no parecía cuadrar junto a esos titanes en ascenso”.