Should Minister Guedes Mind His Words?
A few days ago, the minister of economy of Brazil, Paulo Guedes, got himself into a polemic when he said that it is good that it is expansive for Brazilians to buy dollars because, when it was cheaper, even housemaids were traveling to Disneyland more than once a year.
Guedes is a strongman to President Bolsonaro's government. In fact, part of his success in the 2018 presidential election was thanks to the announcement that Guedes would be his minister, since large part of the society saw in him the opportunity to improve the Brazilian economy which has still been suffering the effects of its worst recession.
That was not the first time that Paulo Guedes made polemic statements. Not long ago, he said that public servants were a bunch of parasites and that President Macron's wife was ugly.
All the statements were targets for criticism. However, it's very unlikely that something changes, since Bolsonaro's government is made of polemic facts. The president himself has made his fame over controversies. So, the most likely is that we will have more statements like this in a near future.
Currently, Brazilians need BRL 4,70 to buy 1 USD.
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Should Minister Guedes Mind His Words?
A few days ago, the minister of economy of Brazil, Paulo Guedes, got himself into a polemic when he said that it is good that it is expansive for Brazilians to buy dollars because, when it was cheaper, even housemaids were traveling to Disneyland more than once a year.
Guedes is a strongman to [I think you meant to say "important figure in" here instead of "strongman to"] President Bolsonaro's government. In fact, part of his [Bolsonaro's] success in the 2018 presidential election was thanks to the announcement that Guedes would be his minister.[end the sentence and start a new one] since large part of the society saw in him the opportunity to [Many Brazilians thought that Guedes could help] improve the Brazilian economy[,] which has still been suffering the effects of its worst recession [in decades? add a time frame].
That was not the first time that Paulo Guedes made polemic statements. Not long ago, he said that public servants were a bunch of parasites and that President Macron's wife was ugly.
All the statements were targets for criticism. However, it's very unlikely that something changes [things will change], since Bolsonaro's government is made of polemic facts. The president himself has made his fame over controversies. So, the most likely [scenario] is that we will have more statements like this in a near future.
Currently, Brazilians need BRL 4,70 to buy 1 USD.
This was written pretty well. Most of the "corrections" I made were just attempts to help your English sounds a little more native. Also, while your use of commas isn't necessarily incorrect (I myself am guilty of often overusing commas when I'm trying to suggest to my readers how I want my prose to sound), it does come across as being in a style that is somewhat out of fashion.
... oh, and one more thing that really stuck out to me was your use of the word polemic. This is a great word, but it really isn't a word that is commonly used (in my reading, at least). Maybe instead of using polemic over and over, try using a synonym here and there.
Anyway, great job! Keep up the amazing work :)
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