In this country, Sama ran the only asbestos mine in the Americas, which has recently transitioned to mining (-5[1])rare earth elements to compete with China. A public money-transfer system in this country, Pix, has drawn (-5[1])ire from Donald Trump and US tech companies. In 2020, this country’s politician Abraham Weintraub made anti-Chinese remarks that jeopardized (-5[1])the trade of this country, (-5[1])the world’s top soybean producer. The 2025 (10[1])iteration (-5[1])of the UN’s (-5[1])climate change conference, COP30, will take place in this country where political corruption was unearthed in (10[1])Operation Car Wash (10[1])during (10[1])the Dilma (10[2])Rousseff (“JEEL-muh hoo-SEF”) administration. For 10 points, what alphabetically-first namesake of BRICS (“bricks”) is led by Lula da Silva? (10[1])■END■ (10[5])