“Brazil has the highest tax-to-G.D.P. rate in the Western hemisphere. And guess what? It’s growing like crazy. The rich are getting richer, but they are pulling people out of poverty. There is a certain formula there that used to work for us until we abandoned it — to our regret, in my opinion."

Hillary gives fodder for a great discussion.

Brazil has the worst wealth inequality of any country in the world, but otherwise, I think her point is largely sound.

Maybe...but only if Cuba has floated into another hemisphere.

Yeah, it would have been better to say, "one of the highest..." But, I think her point is still solid.