Renan Santos: Here in Mato Grosso, the political elite is of high quality.
Renan Santos: It comes from agribusiness and has an entrepreneurial spirit.
As for Pará, what we have is the old barbalho family, which has controlled the state for decades on end and keeps it one of the poorest and most dependent in Brazil.
Renan Santos: Here in Mato Grosso, in a place where the state is friendly to businessmen, Governor Mauro Mendes estadualizou it — that is, took the BR from the federal government — and is himself resurfacing it.
Renan Santos: Now duplicated and resurfaced, the highway helps boost the State's best production; in other words, it's pro-productivity.