Brazil Worried LatAm's Poverty Is Dragging Country Down

update, miami herald article

Sun, 29 Mar 2009 08:34:31 +0100

american vice president , joe biden, in chile recently said they werent going to lift the cuban embargo - asp

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Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:18:50 +0100

Ok, the news about which A-in-WL was talking about is in the link below: http://www.estadao.com.br/noticias/economia,crise-foi-causada-por-gente-branca-e-de-olhos-azuis-diz-lula,345255,0.htm This statement was made during the visit of the Gordon Brown. Hope Brown didn't get offended (and I don't mean Forrest Brown). ;D - João da Silva

Alice in Wonderland

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:49:52 +0100

“Não podemos permitir que os pobres paguem por uma crise feita por ricos, sobretudo porque ela não foi gerada por nenhum negro, índio ou pobre. Essa crise foi feita por gente branca, de olhos azuis que antes da crise sabiam tudo e, agora, não sabem de nada”, salientou Lula. How the heck did I miss this ? Must be getting old. :D - João da Silva

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Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:27:31 +0100

Vinny stop making sense, it confuses Brazilians. The article Joao linked to was a joke, and you pointed out why. But let's look a Lula's other great proclamation today.... “Não podemos permitir que os pobres paguem por uma crise feita por ricos, sobretudo porque ela não foi gerada por nenhum negro, índio ou pobre. Essa crise foi feita por gente branca, de olhos azuis que antes da crise sabiam tudo e, agora, não sabem de nada”, salientou Lula. Tell that to THESE men.... http://www.blogcdn.com/www.blackvoices.com/blogs/media/2007/11/tmp2-oneal-parsons-chenault-438a110707.jpg Maybe in Brazil blacks aren't allowed to rise to the level of the greedy elite, but they do succeed elsewhere. Someone should tell this buffoon of a President before he opens up his mouth again and embarrasses not only himself but his nation further. - Alice in Wonderland

This Is A Joke

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:29:20 +0100

[quote]Zakarias: He has gangs out on the street. This is not real democracy. Lula: Look, we have to respect the local cultures, the political traditions of each country. [/quote] When I went to N.Y. a few months ago, my wife and I enjoyed the thriving Brazilian community in the city where I grew up. The Brazilians loved it there even though I wouldn't ever move back (for weather reasons). The thing that they loved the most about the U.S.A. is that 'life is normal here'. I read how Lula, Chavez, Morales, Ortega, Castro, et al constantly castigate the United States on the Cuban embargo while making utterly ridiculous statements (like the one above) along the way.In this line of thinking Garcia said it would be good if the new United States administration understood the signals from Latin American countries, of all political sensitivities, that consider "dialogue with Cuba as most important for the region." And this has anything to do with poverty in Latin America? "In Brazil we believe that normalization of relations with Cuba would have an extraordinary effect on the image of the United States. Even when the first steps must be unilateral, with no conditions or strings," insisted Garcia. If the political traditions are to be respected, then respect the fact that the Obama administration isn't foolish enough to lose carte blanche with a controlling Democratic congress in 2010 over the Cuba issue. In the aggregate, Cuba is small potatos. As far as improving the image of the U.S., President Obama's recent olive branch to the Iranians wasn't received to well by their supreme ruler. With the exception of China, The U.S. doesn't seem to mix well the totalitarianism. "There are some countries in the area that are suffering particularly hard because of the dramatic fall in US imports and remittances." Remittances= illegal immigration. This situation is only going to multiply because of the impending military presence on the southern U.S. border. There is a very real fear that the Mexican government is on the brink of collapse because of the ongoing drug war and its spread into the U.S. (murders and kidnappings). Also, the troops will have to intercept the massive wave of refugees that are expected to flood the U.S.. In addition to that, Americans are actually taking jobs that were, not too long ago, deemed "jobs Americans won't do" . - VinnyCarioca

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Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:33:25 +0100

While browsing in the news stand today, I found the latest issue of the "Newsweek" on whose front page our President appears (Latin American edition of the magazine). The interview conducted by Fareed Zakarias is also published. Later on I accessed the magazine through the Internet and read the article as well as the comments. There are some interesting entries made by the Brazilian readers. Worth reading. Here is the link: http://www.newsweek.com/id/190352 Hope Augustus sees this message and accesses this link. He may like to express his opinion too. ;) - João da Silva

Don't Blame Others

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:08:45 +0100

I agree with you Alice... Brasil and Lula should worry about how to take care of its own poverty at home. As long as that exist, no other country in the region will pay attention to his bs... some regions of Brasil are so poor that you wonder if Lula ever gets to it. Because Brazil is so big... maybe he thinks those areas are in another country and that is what is pulling Brasil down... don't blame others... - JG

as the US should do clean up your own mess first

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:59:12 +0100

with the rest of the LA leaders fix home first . CUBA has better schools , health care ,less crime , less drug gangs than any country in LA . Its the cubans themselves that need to tell there familes in the states stop the embargo , not lula ,chaves or morlas . while to me it is a dumb way to kill the people of a country as the uper class leaders have no fear and dont want for nothing and control all the money and people - forrest allen brown

Somethings never change

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:16:45 +0100

"The issue of Cuba is going to emerge because there's a general feeling in Latinamerica that the embargo at this stage is senseless; it belongs to the Cold War agenda." What this has to do with poverty in the rest of LA is a mystery to me, but it does highlight the mental disconnect politicians in the region suffer from. They'll never solve the mephitic problems at their own doorstep if they're constantly sidetracked and focused on unkempt nature of their neighbor's lawn. - Alice in Wonderland

what is it with this cuba bs ?

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 06:59:52 +0100

too bad ,but all the latin american leaders can say or do anything they want , but, as long as they have all those heavy hitting anti castro cuban voting lobby in florida, no president who wants to get elected will be able to open up to cuba... these latin american leaders should work on changing those anti castro cubans minds if they really want the usa to stop the embargo - asp