Brazil wrong about Iran – Sacramento Living – Sacramento Food and Wine, Home, Health | Sacramento Bee

Posted by Matt in March 9th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Brazil, Iran, Brazil, Breaking The Rules, Food And Wine, Food Health, Food Wine, Hillary Clinton, Home Health, Inacio, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, Lula Da Silva, Nuclear Technology, Nuclear Weapons Proliferation, President Luiz Inacio Lula, President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, Sacramento Bee, Sacramento Food, Sanctions Against Iran, Secretary Of State, Wine Health

It’s not that Brazil is wrong about Iran. It’s that something else is going on that we don’t know about. For example, could Iran have something that Brazil badly wants? Nuclear technology perhaps?
Even before visiting Secretary of State Hillary Clinton could appeal for Brazil to support sanctions against Iran for breaking the rules of nuclear-weapons [...]

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Hubris is behind Brazil’s ties with Iran – Columnists – MiamiHerald.com

Posted by Matt in February 20th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Brazil, Iran, ahmadinejad, Blessings, Brasilia, Brazil, Carpet Welcome, China, Conventional Wisdom, Economic Success, Elections, Eyebrows, Hubris, India, International Citizen, Iran, Lula, Red Carpet, Reputation, Strongman, Ties

Late last year, Lula raised eyebrows throughout the world when he gave a red-carpet welcome in Brasilia to Iranian strongman Mahmud Ahmadinejad. Brazil thus became one of the first nonradical countries to give its blessings to Ahmadinejad after Iran’s highly controversial June 12, 2009, elections.
Why is Brazil risking its reputation as a [...]

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Rio de Janeiro between Olympics and Slums – Pt. 1

Posted by Matt in January 16th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Brazil, 2016 Olympic Games, Crackdown, Drug Traffickers, Explosion, Fault Lines, Favelas, Governments, Human Rights, Occasions, Olympic City, Olympic Games, Olympics, Point Blank Range, Police Helicopter, Real News, Rio De Janeiro, Rio Janeiro, Sao Paolo, Slums, Streets Of Rio

An explosion of joy on the streets of Rio greeted the announcement that the city would be hosting the 2016 Olympic games. Two weeks later, and Rio saw an explosion of violence when a police helicopter was shot down by drug traffickers. The governments reaction has been to intensify the crackdown on the citys slums [...]

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Top Risk No. 7: Brazil | The Call

Posted by Matt in January 13th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Brazil, Geopolitical, Brazil, Bump, Economic Abundance, Economic Policymaking, Extent, Investor Concern, Lead, Macro, Macroeconomic Policy, Presidential Election, Rebound, Risk, State Owned Enterprises

After years of being wildly bullish on Brazil, we’re in for a bump. The country stands to gain from a strong rebound in growth over the course of 2010, but Brazil’s newfound economic abundance will lead to a drop in the quality of economic policymaking — both on macroeconomic policy and, to a much greater [...]

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Brazil May Have to Confront China – Council on Foreign Relations

Posted by Matt in December 15th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Brazil, China, Financial, Brazil, Cheap Imports, China Council, China Currency, China Economic, Council On Foreign Relations, Countries, Domestic Producers, Economic Model, Foreign Currency, Headache, Headaches, Miracle, Vitality, Vulnerability

China’s currency is pegged to the U.S. dollar causing all kinds of headaches for other countries. Watch for other countries to start confronting China over the pegging.
China’s current economic model is not working again.
Brazil’s vulnerability comes from its currency, the real, which has jumped by a third against the dollar in the past year. [...]

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Why Does Brazil Need Nuclear Submarines? – U.S. Naval Institute

Posted by Matt in December 14th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Americas, Brazil, Nuclear, 17 December, Defense Strategy, Economic Factors, Global Prominence, Government Of Brazil, Grand Strategy, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, Lula Da Silva, Maritime Areas, Maritime Coast, Naval Strategy, Nuclear Program, Nuclear Submarine, Nuclear Submarines, Peaceful Country, Power Projection, President Luiz Inacio Lula, President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, Salt Layer, Submarine Project

Brazil’s developing nuclear program shows its increasing global prominence.
The National Defense Strategy the government of Brazil released on 17 December 2008 provides little plausible military justification for the recently accelerated nuclear-powered submarine project.1 The document stresses that this traditionally peaceful country has no problems with its neighbors, acknowledging that it has been difficult, therefore, to [...]

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Brazil follows Iran’s nuclear path, but without the fuss

Posted by Matt in December 14th, 2009 | 2 comments

Published in Americas, Brazil, Iran, Nuclear, Brazil, Capability, Constitution, Eakin, Enrichment Center, Fuss, Iran Nuclear, Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, Nuclear Plants, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Technology, Nuclear Weapons, Peaceful Purposes, Raw Material, Secrecy, South-America, superpower, Uranium Enrichment, Use Of Nuclear Energy, Vanderbilt University

Did you wonder why Brazil is getting friendly with Iran? Perhaps Iran can help Brazil become the rightful superpower of South America. And the way to do that is to become a nuclear power.
04/20/06 RESENDE, Brazil (AP) – As Iran faces international pressure over developing the raw material for nuclear weapons, Brazil is quietly preparing [...]

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DEBKAfile – Brazil to sell Iran raw uranium, expand nuclear ties

Posted by Matt in December 9th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Americas, Brazil, Iran, Ali Akbar, Atomic Energy Commission, Brazil, Debkafile, Diplomatic Sources, Foreign Minister, Fuel Plant, Iran Nuclear, Isfahan, Nuclear Program, Peaceful Purposes, President Lula, Raw, Sources Report, Tehran Iran, Ties, Uranium

However DEBKAfile’s diplomatic sources report that President Lula opted for further expanding ties with Tehran and defending Iran’s claim that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes.During his visit to Iran, the Brazilian foreign minister was taken around the Isfahan fuel plant by the head of the Iran’s atomic energy commission Ali Akbar Salehi. They [...]

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Brazil’s Romance with France and Iran, a Game of Power and Nukes

Posted by Matt in December 6th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Brazil, Anti-Americanism, Asia, Brazil, Competitions, Dollar, Fragile Democracies, France, Game Of Power, Iran, Middle East, Military Industry, Modern Romance, Negotiations, North-Korea, petroleum, South-America, Syria

Recently a major petroleum producing country located in a region recognized for anti-Americanism and fragile democracies completed negotiations on a multi-billion dollar arms deal with nuclear implications. The region is not the Middle East or Asia, but South America and the country is not Syria or North Korea, but Brazil.
A country determined to reflect [...]

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Brazil’s President Lula: ‘Father of the Poor’ Has Triggered Economic Miracle – SPIEGEL ONLINE – News – International

Posted by Matt in November 24th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Brazil, Brazil, Economic Miracle, Economic News, Economic Success Story, Faces, Hurdles, Infrastructure Projects, Lula Da Silva, News International, Oil Reserves, Online News, People, Revere, Spiegel, Spiegel Online

Brazil is seen as an economic success story and its people revere President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva like a star. He is on a mission to turn the country into one of the world’s five biggest economies through reforms, giant infrastructure projects and by tapping vast oil reserves. But he faces hurdles.
Brazil’s President Lula: [...]

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