https://fernandocorreia.dev/categories/personal/ Recent content in Personal on Fernando Correia's Blog Hugo -- gohugo.io en Fernando de Alcantara Correia Sun, 02 May 2021 22:03:43 +0000 https://fernandocorreia.dev/posts/origin-tk85/ Sun, 02 May 2021 22:03:43 +0000 https://fernandocorreia.dev/posts/origin-tk85/ <p>The year is 1984. Brazil is under a military dictatorship. As part of their colossal mismanagement of the country&rsquo;s economy, which would result in over 1.2 trillion US Dollars in foreign debt at current values, and hiperinflation that reached over 200% a year, the military government had instituted <a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pol%C3%ADtica_Nacional_de_Inform%C3%A1tica">protectionist measures</a> banning imports of computers.</p> <p>The intent was to preserve national sovereignty by controlling the manufacturing process. This policy would eventually elicit economic <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/14/business/reagan-imposes-punitive-tariffs-against-brazil.html">sanctions</a> by the Reagan government.</p>