History: 1931 a huge bonfire was created in Brazil to burn coffee, the 1929 crash made the price of coffee in the international market fall, Brazil was the largest exporter of the product, in an attempt to reduce the offer and increase the price the government burned 80 million bags of coffee. 1931 [550x330]

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