Gula ma Brazil

He moʻolelo lōʻihi ko Brazil no ka ʻeli gula. Ua hana ʻia ka "gold rush" mua o ka honua ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo Minas Gerais o Brazil, ʻoi aku ma mua o 100 mau makahiki ma mua o ka California Gold Rush.

I kēia lā, aia ma Brazil ʻehā mau lua gula kaulana o ka honua: ʻo Paracatu (ma Minas Gerais), ʻo Cuiabá (ma ka ʻĀpana Mining ʻo Queiroz), ʻo Crixás (ma Goiás), a me Fazenda (ma Bahia). Mai kahi kuanaʻike mōʻaukala, me ka lua ʻo Morro Velho i pani ʻia (pani ʻia i ka makahiki 2003), ua loaʻa iā Brazil ʻelima mau lua gula kaulana o ka honua.

ʻO ka lua gula ʻo Paracatu ka mea nui loa ma Brazil i kēia manawa a he wahi hana gula koʻikoʻi ma ka honua, i waena o nā lua gula 20 kiʻekiʻe loa o ka honua ma o ka hana. No Kinross Gold ia a mālama ʻia e ia, he hui Kanada, a he ola ko ka lua a hiki i ka makahiki 2032. I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua ʻike ʻo Paracatu i ka piʻi ʻana o ka hana gula i kēlā me kēia makahiki, i hoʻokele ʻia e ka piʻi ʻana o nā pae ore a me nā helu hoʻōla kiʻekiʻe. I ka makahiki 2023, ua piʻi ka hana gula ma 1.8% i kēlā me kēia makahiki, ma muli o ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā helu hoʻōla.

ʻO Brazil ka ʻoihana waiwai nui loa ma ʻAmelika Hema a he ʻelele koʻikoʻi o nā mākeke e kū mai ana a me nā ʻāina e ulu ana. He hoa koʻikoʻi nō hoʻi ia no Kina ma ka laulima Hema-Hema. Aia ma ka hikina o ʻAmelika Hema, pili ʻo Brazil iā Guiana Farani, Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela, a me Colombia ma ka ʻākau; Peru a me Bolivia ma ke komohana; Paraguay, Argentina, a me Uruguay ma ka hema; a me ka Moana ʻAkelanika ma ka hikina. Me ka ʻāina he 8,510,400 km², ʻo ia ka ʻāina nui loa ma ʻAmelika Latina. ʻO Brasília ke kapikala, ʻo ka heluna kanaka ma kahi o 230 miliona, a ʻo ka ʻōlelo kūhelu ka Pukiki.

I nā makahiki 300 i hala iho nei, ʻo Brazil kekahi o nā mea hana gula koʻikoʻi loa o ka honua, me ka ʻimi gula mua i ka mōʻaukala hou. I ke kenekulia 18 wale nō, ua manaʻo ʻia he 1,200 tone o ke gula i unuhi lima ʻia mai nā wahi eli ma Minas Gerais, Goiás, Bahia, a me Mato Grosso. Ma hope o kēia wā, ua hoʻokumu ʻo Brazil i kāna mau ʻoihana eli ʻoihana mua, i kākoʻo nui ʻia e ke kapikala Pelekane. I nā makahiki 120 i hala iho nei, ua ulu a hoʻonui ʻia nā papahana eli ʻoihana ma Brazil, a ua alakaʻi hope i nā mines ma mua o 80 a me ka huina o ka hana gula ma mua o 2,000 tone.