Chávez Suggests in Brazil Popular Housing Along South American Pipeline
Written by Carolina Pimentel
Thursday, 19 January 2006
The Presidents of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, and Argentina, Nestor Kirchner, discussed today, in Brazilian capital Brasília, the South American integration and infrastructure projects.
Among infrastructure works discussed there was the construction of a 10 thousand km gas pipeline between the three countries.
Preliminary analyses indicate that the initiative may cost anywhere between US$ 17-25 million, and take six years to get ready.
During the meeting, Hugo Chávez proposed the creation of development zones along the pipeline, involving agriculture, industry, and popular housing construction.
According to Chávez, one of the regions that may benefit from the project is that between Orinoco, in Venezuela, and Manaus, the capital of the northern Brazilian state of Amazonas.
Yeahhhhh...! But hard to swallow ! written by Guest,
January 19, 2006
2 months ago, the project was 8000 kms, 100 million m3 per day, cost US$ 10 billions.
2 weeks ago, this same project was 8000 kms, same production, cost between US$ 17-20 billions.
Today, this same project is 10000 kms, 150 millions m3 per day, cost US$ 17-25 billions.
So the trio doesnt not know what they are talking about !
What about new figures in 1 month ? What about the new project costs in 1 or 2 years ?
Could be anything between US$ 30 billions at best to 50 billions or more as the cost price already doubled in only 2 months.
But....but....first studies were already made...3 times ! This shows how accurate they were ! smile
And at this price, the pipeline connection costs to Bolivia is not even included, yet. Yeaps !
This said, Lula, Chavez and Kirchner have one thing in common : the 3 are openly lying, and hopefull for their own re-election....this year ! -)))
So the larger and more expensive a megaproject is, the better it is for their own "electionnering" public speeches, and to make the front pages in the media and the press. Also good for them to hide their failures : - Brazil for very slow 2005 economic growth and corruption crisis. - Argentina for their inability to control skyrocketing inflation. - Venezuela is simply promising... promises !
The facts are the facts.
Additional facts : - Today some Venezuelan regions are in shortage of GAS, demand was not fullfilled ! Yeaps. - Many professionals in the oil industry say that at the cost of US$ 17 billions, the pipeline will NOT and CANNOT be profitable. Yeaps.
Therefore, more the costs will increase, the bigger the losses will be.
Probable facts : After the elections, this megaproject will be put in the garbage, next year. The same is happening , just once more, for the Sao Francisco river project that exists for over 150 years and costing far less than the gas pipeline.
Cheers !
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The Observer written by Guest,
January 20, 2006
Interesting facts. If this is true, why is the Government fooling its own people in this way because it makes no sense.
If Brazilians are not happy with the status qo than your elections are coming up quite soon so all you have to do is dont vote for the present government.
After all it was the Brazilian public who voted this present administration of late so are the Brazilian people to BLAME.
Don't you have a programme called Question Time on a weekly basis where politicians meet the general public in a studio setting and debate all your policies and issues?
I think all politicians need to be accountable for what they do and if they are not effective they should be dismissed immedately especially if unethical or immoral.
Brazil received a huge boost in its international image with its selection as the host of the 2016 Olympics, but it was really just the cherry on top of the overall recognition of the country's ascension to the ranks of one of the world's most important countries. Now, as it finally takes its place on the world scene, there has been a great deal of concern about what kind of image Brazil hopes to project, now that the world is really paying attention.
The only good thing to say about the visit to Brazil of Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, on Monday November 23, is that it was mercifully short and lasted less than 24 hours. Ahmadinejad had his picture taken being hugged by president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva who gave him a warm welcome and said Iran had every right to develop nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
The small, coastal town of Condé is located just a twenty minute's drive from João Pessoa, the capital of Paraíba. The Northeast of Brazil has historically been a place of encounter and mixing between peoples. For millenia groups of indigenous people fished, farmed, migrated and sometimes fought along this large, fertile area.
The Brazilian diplo-MÁ-cia (bad diplomacy) carries on its accelerated course towards the non-acknowledgment of human rights, although sometimes it takes pleasure in saying that it does precisely the opposite. The visit of Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is another example of a diplomatic omission that verges on hypocrisy.
On July 4, 2006, representatives of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay met in Caracas to sign the protocol for the entrance of Venezuela into the Southern Common Market (Mercosur). After two and a half years, the protocol was approved by the legislative bodies of Argentina and Uruguay, and as of now it may be only days away from being ratified by the continent's economic megalith, Brazil.
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On November 7, 2009 a few friends and I had an opportunity to take a look inside a Brazilian jail outside the city of Rio de Janeiro. We were able to take some amateur footage of our experience on video (see link below). It's no surprise, of course, that the typical Brazilian jail lacks some of the functionality of those in North America or Europe, but our experience that day was quite shocking.
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Brazil received a huge boost in its international image with its selection as the host of the 2016 Olympics, but it was really just the cherry on top of the overall recognition of the country's ascension to the ranks of one of the world's most important countries. Now, as it finally takes its place on the world scene, there has been a great deal of concern about what kind of image Brazil hopes to project, now that the world is really paying attention. 
The only good thing to say about the visit to Brazil of Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, on Monday November 23, is that it was mercifully short and lasted less than 24 hours. Ahmadinejad had his picture taken being hugged by president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva who gave him a warm welcome and said Iran had every right to develop nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. 
The small, coastal town of Condé is located just a twenty minute's drive from João Pessoa, the capital of Paraíba. The Northeast of Brazil has historically been a place of encounter and mixing between peoples. For millenia groups of indigenous people fished, farmed, migrated and sometimes fought along this large, fertile area. 
The Brazilian diplo-MÁ-cia (bad diplomacy) carries on its accelerated course towards the non-acknowledgment of human rights, although sometimes it takes pleasure in saying that it does precisely the opposite. The visit of Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is another example of a diplomatic omission that verges on hypocrisy. 
On July 4, 2006, representatives of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay met in Caracas to sign the protocol for the entrance of Venezuela into the Southern Common Market (Mercosur). After two and a half years, the protocol was approved by the legislative bodies of Argentina and Uruguay, and as of now it may be only days away from being ratified by the continent's economic megalith, Brazil. 
Some sectors of the fight against AIDS have suggested that Thabo Mbeki, the former president of South Africa, committed genocide through his absence from the fight against the illness in his country throughout his two terms. 
One hundred and eleven years after Brazil abolished slavery, the number of workers deprived of their freedom is still huge. They raise cattle, produce charcoal, sugar cane or timber. Some of them, most undocumented Bolivians, work in basements of small apparel factories in São Paulo and other metropolis. 
On November 7, 2009 a few friends and I had an opportunity to take a look inside a Brazilian jail outside the city of Rio de Janeiro. We were able to take some amateur footage of our experience on video (see link below). It's no surprise, of course, that the typical Brazilian jail lacks some of the functionality of those in North America or Europe, but our experience that day was quite shocking. 
Depletion of the Amazon Rainforest is not a new concern facing environmentalists, biologists, ecologists, and a growing number of the Amazonian indigenous peoples. For decades they have feared for the fate of the world's most biologically diverse and species-rich hothouse. 
Geisy Arruda made history this week in Brazil, but for all the wrong reasons. What began as a poorly planned fashion statement has become a worldwide tale. Geisy decided to wear a pink mini-dress to her private college in São Paulo state, and after that, all hell broke loose.
2 months ago, the project was 8000 kms, 100 million m3 per day, cost US$ 10 billions.
2 weeks ago, this same project was 8000 kms, same production, cost between US$ 17-20 billions.
Today, this same project is 10000 kms, 150 millions m3 per day, cost US$ 17-25 billions.
So the trio doesnt not know what they are talking about !
What about new figures in 1 month ?
What about the new project costs in 1 or 2 years ?
Could be anything between US$ 30 billions at best to 50 billions or more as the cost price already doubled in only 2 months.
But....but....first studies were already made...3 times ! This shows how accurate they were ! smile
And at this price, the pipeline connection costs to Bolivia is not even included, yet.
Yeaps !
This said, Lula, Chavez and Kirchner have one thing in common : the 3 are openly lying, and hopefull for their own re-election....this year ! -
So the larger and more expensive a megaproject is, the better it is for their own "electionnering" public speeches, and to make the front pages in the media and the press.
Also good for them to hide their failures :
- Brazil for very slow 2005 economic growth and corruption crisis.
- Argentina for their inability to control skyrocketing inflation.
- Venezuela is simply promising... promises !
The facts are the facts.
Additional facts :
- Today some Venezuelan regions are in shortage of GAS, demand was not fullfilled ! Yeaps.
- Many professionals in the oil industry say that at the cost of US$ 17 billions, the pipeline will NOT and CANNOT be profitable.
Yeaps.
Therefore, more the costs will increase, the bigger the losses will be.
Probable facts :
After the elections, this megaproject will be put in the garbage, next year.
The same is happening , just once more, for the Sao Francisco river project that exists for over 150 years and costing far less than the gas pipeline.
Cheers !