Without evidence, your comment is just bad mouthing.
I have been involved in academia, including in Brazil, and I don't find academia there any more copycat than any other institution, including top tier ones.
This is very easy to prove [1][2]. Brazil has that reputation in the broarder academic world, and it's for a reason.
[1] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S17511...
[2] https://www.scielo.br/j/aac/a/xNytDrrrHdyK4XPcHBRJZmd/?lang=...
This is very easy to prove [1][2]. Brazil has that reputation in the broarder academic world, and it's for a reason.
[1] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S17511...
[2] https://www.scielo.br/j/aac/a/xNytDrrrHdyK4XPcHBRJZmd/?lang=...