Luiz surveyed the valley in front of him that was bustling with activity. A little ways off to the south a river cut through the scarred but still verdant landscape. A few flood damaged houses still somberly stood. Fallen trees dotted the area but were quickly being cleaned up. Nearby a battered and muddied road intersected the river and continued off into the horizon. Construction workers and cleanup crews were spread across the area, toiling away to help recover from the major storms that had occurred just a few months ago. Most of the work was being done with basic tools such as shovels and wheelbarrows. Luiz had managed to procure a few larger vehicles for this site though. Some of them were pulled by horses, but a few were sporting engines running on synthetic fuels.
Luiz, who had been appointed the head Recovery Minister by the Military Council, checked in with the recovery manager of the area to get an update on the progress that was being made, and to see if the number of tools and workers was adequate for the job. The manager was a Peruvian that had only come to Brazil two years ago, but had quickly proved his expertise and have moved up to a manager position at the private contractor the Brazilian government was using. This only proved to Luiz how Brazil's capitalist system provided unrivaled opportunities to people of all stripes. If the man had remained in Peru he would've been stuck with whatever job the communists gave him, but in Brazil, where the opportunities are endless, he was able to put his expertise to use. While the storms had been devastating, the recovery effort now employed many Peruvians who had been previously looking for work. So as the saying went, there was a silver lining to this cloud too.
After speaking to the manager for a few minutes, Luiz was satisfied and returned to his vehicle so that he could move on to the next site. The manager had estimated that the road would be cleared up in just another week, that the bridge over the river should follow only a week after that, and that the new windmills and water mill were still on schedule. Due to the combination of government funding and private construction companies, southern Brazil was quickly coming back better than ever.