Posted on 05/05/2010 5:49:24 AM PDT by nuconvert
Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim put it very politely at a joint press conference with his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki in Tehran this Tuesday. Amorim said, "Brazil is interested to have a share in settling the Iranian nuclear issue in an appropriate way."
"Appropriate" is code for dialogue - not a fourth round of sanctions slammed by the United Nations Security Council, much less the military option, which the Barack Obama administration has stridently kept on the table. Thus by positioning itself as a mediator in search for a peaceful solution, the Brazilian government is in fact on a "soft" collision course with the Obama administration.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is visiting Tehran next month. For "full spectrum dominance" US hawks this is anathema - as well as for Western right-wing media, Brazilian outlets included, which have been hammering Lula non-stop for his foreign policy initiative.
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Interesting: Brazil-Petrobas
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100504-712362.html?mod=WSJ_World_MIDDLEHeadlinesAsia
RIO DE JANEIRO (Dow Jones)—Brazilian state-run energy giant Petroleo Brasileiro (PBR, PETR4.BR) is on schedule with development of two fields in the Gulf of Mexico, despite calls for a halt in the wake of the ongoing environmental disaster, a company executive said late Monday. (end quote)
Obama/Soros invest/loan to Petrobas.
Where have we heard this before? :)
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