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POPSBrazil Stands Up to Bolivia The money quote is this one by the Bolivian president: "From the moment we base ourselves in legality and respect for property, and by fulfilling agreements, there will never be problems. I am convinced of that," That is a significant change of tune from the one he was singing a few months ago when he sent troops into the Petrobras plants. A Brazilian I talked to yesterday is of the opinion that this new-found backbone on the part of Brazil is due to Lula's recent chumminess with Bush. Time will tell.
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POPSBolivia Tightens the Screws The article goes on to say that this was the result of "protests". It is no secret, however, that the policy of the current Bolivian government is to pressure her neighbors (at Hugo Chavez' insistence) to cough up as much money as possible to fund her socialist revolution.
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POPSLula Betrays His Own Country First, this is NOT the end. Evo Morales has learned that he can bully Lula into doing what he wants, and he will most certainly do it again before Lula's term is up. Second, Morales doesn't give a rat's patooty about "democracy". He is concerned about strengthening his hold on power. Brazilians should feel betrayed.
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POPSA Fair Price Make no mistake about it. A "fair price" is NOT all they want. Just like Poland was not all Hitler wanted.
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POPSImperialist Brazil? Like a playground bully, Evo Morales will see just how far he can go before Brazil clamps down on his antics. The sooner Brazil clamps down, the more they will suffer in the long run.
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POPSBrazilian Comedy Reaction to Evo Morales This is from a Brazilian humor site. It shows Evo Morales, Hugo Chavez (dressed as a popular Mexican clown also known as Chavez) and Fidel Castro as members of a rock band, singing "Goodbye Petrobras" One of the best lines has Evo Morales singing "You came and spent billions in Bolivia, and I even got to keep the petroleum plants".
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POPSBrazilian Reaction to the Plunder of Petrobras (from Revista Veja) The cover shows President Lula with a huge, oil-dripping footprind on his backside, with the headline "That Hurt". Other pictures show Chavez, Castro and Morales in a meeting with Lula left out in the cold. The caption reads "The leaders and the led." The sign draped over Lula in the cartoon reads "Nationalized: Property of the Bolivians." The caption on the last picture reads Kircher, Morales, Lula, and Chavez in a meeting at Puerto Iguazu, in Argentina, to discuss the Bolivian nationalization. What is Chavez, who buys no gas from Bolivia, doing there?
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POPSBrazil Rolls Over In other words, if a country is poorer than us, they can pretty much screw us any way they want, and we will do nothing about it.
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