"The Brazilian government announced this year that it plans to give 75,000 scholarships for local students to study abroad by 2014.......

"More Latin American students are going abroad, largely to the United States, to study (although their numbers still lag way behind students from Asia), and governments across the continent are using some of their newfound wealth to increase the numbers further through generous scholarship programs.

"In addition to Brazil, nations as diverse as Chile and El Salvador have offered or are planning to offer new incentives to get their students into foreign programs."

Andrew Downie, The Chronicle of Higher Education, August 9, 2011