Originally posted by Ale91:[..]
yeah. Last year I guess, our oil company (Petrobras), that explore gas in Bolivia, and export it to Brazil was literaly stolen. Mr Morales told his police officers to invade the company and close it. The gas prices were high and our smart presidend did'nt do a thing. I happened again in Equador I guess, with another Brazilian company called Odebretch
That's not cool.Originally posted by markp91:[..]
And your Brazilian gouvernement didn't sued those country's? They didn't went to the UN?
Originally posted by Ale91:[..]
That's a shame for us. I mean, I am embarassed. Everytime that happens Lula just say nothing. He comes with that talk that we must be together, and develop our neighbours, while some coutries steal our things!
He just pretend everything's ok. Seriously, our foreign policy is absurd.
Originally posted by markp91:[..]
It's a good thing he doesn't want war, but letting countries steal stuff? That's ridiculous!
And besides: Brazil has nothing to be afraid for; Venezuela is poor...
) Originally posted by Ale91:[..]
Yeah, I like this side of my country, it always stay away from wars, and it's pretty good. But in this particular case, it's not about war, but it's unfair.
Oh, of course. But it's a complicated situation...
IMO, Chavez is rich, his people is not. All the oil money is going to his pockets...
(hey, Johnny must join us here soon!
Originally posted by markp91:[..]
That's in almost every poor country. Rich leaders; poor inhabitants.
lol...Johnny would love this!
Originally posted by cnn.comRIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) -- The Amazon is being deforested more than three times as fast as last year, Brazilian officials said Monday, acknowledging a sharp reversal after three years of declines in the deforestation rate.
Nearly 300 square miles of Brazilian rainforest was destroyed in August, officials say.
Brazil's Environment Minister Carlos Minc said upcoming nationwide elections are partly to blame, with mayors in the Amazon region turning a blind eye to illegal logging in hopes of gaining votes locally.
Non-government environmentalists blame the global spike in food prices for encouraging soy farmers and cattle ranchers to clear land for crops and grazing.
Elections no doubt play a part, but "the tendency of deforestation rising is deeply related to the fact that food prices are going up," said Paulo Adario, who coordinates Greenpeace's Amazon campaign.
"When you have elections, the appetite of authorities to enforce laws is reduced," Adario said. "But the federal government has to step in and do its job."
Amazon destruction jumped 228 percent in August when compared to the same month a year ago, according to a report from Brazil's National Institute for Space Research. Some 756 square kilometers (292 square miles) of Amazon was destroyed last month, compared to 230 square kilometers (89 square miles) in August 2007.
The institute uses satellite imagery to track illegal logging It said the destruction was likely even worse than its figures show, since no information was available for about 26 percent of the Amazon covered by clouds.
Originally posted by wtshnnfb01:Fun fact. In the deabte, McCain & Obama spent a combined total of 18 whopin fuckin seconds talking about securing our borders.
Originally posted by www.cnn.comMyanmar detains ally of Aung San Suu Kyi
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NLD: Police took 64-year-old Ohn Kyaing from his home Wednesday evening
Journalist Ohn Kyaing joined NLD and won a parliamentary seat in 1990
Ohn Kyaing is a close friend of Win Tin, just released after 19 years behind bars
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Myanmar's military authorities have detained a prominent former journalist and political ally of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the opposition party said Thursday.
Police took 64-year-old Ohn Kyaing from his home Wednesday evening, said Nyan Win, the spokesman for Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy.
"The reason why he was detained was not known," Nyan Win said.
Ohn Kyaing was released from prison in 2005 after serving 15 years of a 17-year prison sentence for "writing and distributing seditious pamphlets" and threatening state security.
Ohn Kyaing joined the NLD after a long career in journalism and won a parliamentary seat in 1990 -- elections that were overwhelmingly won by Suu Kyi's party, but which the military junta refused to recognize.
Until then, he had worked at several newspapers and written articles under the pen name "Aung Wint."
Ohn Kyaing is a close friend and former colleague of Win Tin, another former journalist turned opposition politician, who was the longest-serving political prisoner in Myanmar until his release September 23. Win Tin served 19 years behind bars.
Asked to comment on the detention of Ohn Kyaing, Win Tin said, it "is not unusual and something we have to expect. He is a close colleague, a good friend and a highly qualified man."
The Home Ministry, which is in charge of police, could not be reached for comment Thursday. Authorities seldom comment on arrests of this nature.
Myanmar has been under military rule for 46 years and is one of the world's poorest and most authoritarian nations. Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has been detained for 13 of the last 19 years.
Originally posted by markp91:I just showed Ale and I thought it would be something for here.
Our American friends think that their economy is fucked up? Take a look at this:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/02/world/africa/02zimbabwe.html?th&emc=th