Here: http://www.iansa.org/regions/samerica/brazil-pr241005.htm (last paragraph)
and here:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-10-23-brazilguns_x.htm (2nd paragraph)
Wow the evidence is pretty damning. The natural resources of Brazil is great and they have many immigrants from Europe. But they never truly became a regional superpower the way they should be. After all it is a country of 200 million people, more than anyone else in Latin America.