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. November 23, 2009 SouthAmerica: Today I was laughing when I saw the cover page of the Financial Times (UK) â They had a large picture under the headline âBrazil protest, anger at Iran leaderâs visitâ, but in the picture there are at most 10 women and they are holding Israelâs flag. That picture reminds me of a friend of mine who have a temporary employment agency here in the north portion of New Jersey â a few months ago I was chatting with him when he told me something that it was new information to me â he told me that his agency did a lot of business with unions and when the unions needed people for picketing lines or demonstrations they would call him and hire unemployed people to walk these picketing lines against the employers of these unions. Today, when you see a small group of people such as this one shown on the picture of the Financial Times protesting or demonstrating you have to take it with a grain of salt, because for all practical purposes these people could have been hired to stage someone elseâs agenda. Then inside the Financial Times (UK) they had an article âBrazilian diplomacy put to test by Iranian presidentâs visit.â The article basically inflates the diplomatic power that Brazil has today â the article said: âBrazilâs growing influence on the global stage means that leaders with whom the president of Brazil chooses to meet gain greater credibility and, indeed, legitimacy.â When the truth is: the entire situation reflects more the decline of the United States in global affairs than anything else. .
. April 13, 2010 SouthAmerica: Here is the link to my latest article about Brazil, which was published on Brazzil magazine. ***** The Brazilian Formula for Success - Dictatorship Written by Ricardo C. Amaral Brazzil magazine - Tuesday, 13 April 2010 http://www.brazzil.com/component/co...azilian-formula-for-success-dictatorship.html ⦠The Brazilian formula for success includes periods of dictatorship, and Brazil had three periods in its history when Brazil benefited from being under a certain form of a government: benevolent dictatorial regime. .
What do you do? Spend all your time digging through old ET posts from 4 years ago because you FINALLY thought of something of interest to say in that topic?
. Peilthetraveler: What do you do? Spend all your time digging through old ET posts from 4 years ago because you FINALLY thought of something of interest to say in that topic? ***** April 13, 2010 SouthAmerica: No. I just continue the discussion on a thread regarding a particular subject, instead of starting the conversation from scratch. That way, the new members can see what has been discussed on the past on that subject instead of starting the discussion all over again. You just go to your account and in one minute you find the thread that you are looking for on a particular subject and then you post the latest up date on a continued conversation - and that way you avoid having to post information that were discussed in the past for the benefit of the new members of the forum. .
. April 28, 2010 SouthAmerica: Two weeks ago the enclosed article caused a sensation in the Brazilian mainstream media, and in the Brazilian government web sites. Some people still are not taking me seriously when I brought up how a major crisis is ready to explode in Brazil. You donât need to be a rocket scientist to connect the dots and see that the crisis is getting to the boiling point. This crisis will bring severe economic consequences to Brazil, and when the full impact of this crisis is grasped by the financial markets then it will not be a pretty sight at the Bovespa. Here is another actual event that happened on Monday April 26, 2010 to back up my article âThe Brazilian Formula for Success â Dictatorshipâ. The article below is from the frontpage of a Folha de Sao Paulo (a major newspaper in Sao Paulo, Brazil) dated April 27, 2010. The article is about the Brazilian narco-traffic attempt yesterday to kill Senator Roberto Acevedo. They killed the other people who were with the senator at the time of the attack, and the senator was lucky to survive that attack with only 2 bullets on his body. The attackers belong to a major Brazilian narco-traffic group - PCC (Primeiro Comando da Capital) If you go to the two links that I gave you with the enclosed article then you can see a picture of the senator on his hospital bed, and in the other link what happened to his car at the time of the attack. ****** April 13, 2010 SouthAmerica: Here is the link to my latest article about Brazil, which was published on Brazzil magazine. The Brazilian Formula for Success - Dictatorship Written by Ricardo C. Amaral Brazzil magazine - Tuesday, 13 April 2010 You can see the link to the article above. ****** 27/04/2010 "Senador vÃtima de atentado culpa o narcotráfico" paraguaio-brasileiro da France Presse, em Assunção da Reportagem Local Folha de Sao Paulo â (Brasil) O senador governista Robert Acevedo, que sobreviveu ao atentado nesta segunda-feira que deixou dois guarda-costas mortos, atribuiu o ataque à máfia do narcotráfico que domina a fronteira entre Paraguai e Brasil. "Os responsáveis são narcotraficantes paraguaios associados com os brasileiros. Eles estão infiltrados na sociedade e são donos da vida e da morte. Eu me salvei por um milagre", disse Acevedo à imprensa. O furgão do polÃtico sofreu cerca de 40 impactos de bala, sem que a polÃcia tenha ainda pistas dos atacantes. O senador pelo Partido Liberal sofreu o impacto de dois disparos. Um de seus guarda-costas morreu ao tentar protegê-lo e o outro foi crivado por balas. O fato ocorreu em pleno centro da cidade de Pedro Juan Caballero, capital do departamento (ProvÃncia) de Amambay, separado por uma avenida de Ponta Porã, no Brasil. Amambay foi declarado em estado de exceção assim como outros quatro departamentos do norte, nos quais foram mobilizados cerca de 3.000 policiais e militares para rastrear a existência de focos de supostos rebeldes autodenominados Exército do Povo Paraguaio (EPP), de esquerda. A eles foi atribuÃdo o assassinato há uma semana de quatro policiais no Departamento de Concepción, vizinho de Amambay. Crime internacional Para Acevedo, no entanto, o EPP não constitui nem um décimo dos bandos de narcotraficantes. "à algo internacional. Sua força é superior à da polÃcia. Eles têm armas poderosas para defender o poderoso movimento fronteiriço ilegal", relatou. "Eles transformaram a cidade de Pedro Juan Caballero numa sociedade dominada pelo tráfico. Há polÃticos locais que estão associados a eles. A maioria dos candidatos polÃticos são pagos por eles", continuou. "Para ocultar sua verdadeira atividade no submundo do narcotráfico, dedicam-se à venda de eletrônicos, móveis --comércios de fachada-- e até a entidades beneficentes". "Eu os denunciava todos os dias, mas agora vejo que é impossÃvel lutar contra eles. São extremadamente poderosos", enfatizou. Acevedo é um empresário que atua com postos de gasolina e também é proprietário da rádio Amambay AM. O furgão em que estava no momento do atentado era utilizado nas coberturas diárias da emissora. PCC O ministério do Interior paraguaio confirmou as identidades de dois brasileiros detidos como suspeitos do atentado, e indicou que as investigações já estão em estágio avançado. A chefe de imprensa do ministério, Dolly Olmedo, disse em entrevista por telefone à Folha que os brasileiros Eduardo da Silva, 27, e Marcos Cordeiro Pereira, 34, estão presos na cidade de Pedro Juan Caballero, mas explicou que a polÃcia paraguaia ainda não tem comprovação da ligação dos dois com o PCC (Primeiro Comando da Capital), informação publicada pela imprensa local. De acordo com informações do ministério, o senador Acevedo vinha sofrendo ameaças há muitos dias. "Ele já sabia que isto poderia acontecer, mas não tomou os cuidados necessários", disse Olmedo, confirmando ainda que o senador passa bem e já está fora de perigo. Segundo o ministério, o próprio senador teria comentado anteriormente que sua cabeça valeria US$ 500 mil (cerca de R$ 800 mil). A cidade de Pedro Juan Caballero é a capital de Amambay, um dos Departamentos (Estados) declarados em estado de exceção pelo Parlamento paraguaio para combater a guerrilha EPP. O estado de exceção, decretado por 30 dias, afeta os Departamentos de Concepción, San Pedro, Amambay, Presidente Hayes e Alto Paraguai, onde vivem 800 mil pessoas, quatro deles fazem fronteira com o Brasil. A polÃcia descartou qualquer ligação entre o EPP e o atentado desta segunda-feira. http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/mundo/ult94u726684.shtml *** Atentado O ataque aconteceu perto do terminal de ônibus da cidade, por volta das 18h (19h em BrasÃlia), de acordo com o site do jornal paraguaio "Ultima Hora". Os criminosos se aproximaram do carro do senador e dispararam ao menos 40 vezes, segundo as marcas deixadas no veÃculo, relataram fontes policiais a rádios da capital. Derlis Arce, secretário do senador, informou à rádio Ãanduti que Acevedo levou dois tiros, um de raspão, e está em estado estável na clÃnica San Lucas. Em entrevista à TV Telefuturo, da clÃnica onde está internado, o senador contou que "por um milagre de Deus não estou como os companheiros que estavam comigo, executados em pleno centro". O motorista Floriano Alonso e o policial Richard Martinez, que protegiam o parlamentar, morreram no ataque. Acevedo relatou que um motociclista o ajudou a chegar até uma farmácia, em frente à clÃnica San Lucas, onde ele ficou escondido até que os criminosos fossem embora. Logo depois, atravessou a rua e foi atendido no hospital. http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/mundo/ult94u726655.shtml Nota: O PCC é a maior facção criminosa do Brasil .
Exame magazine Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil http://thebrazilianeconomy.com/the-megalopolis-of-consumption.php .
1) What is the easiest way for "Americans" to make money in Brazil? 2) Do Brazil's three periods of prosperity coincide with bull markets in the USA?
. June 23, 2010 SouthAmerica: The Brazilian government is finally closing the door on foreigners land ownership in Brazil. I have been writing on this subject for a number of years. Here are some of my postings on Brazzil magazine and on the ET economics forum: 1) I posted the following on August 2008 on the comments section of my article about the renationalization of Petrobras: âBrazil needs to close the door on agriculture land owned by foreigners â and the current foreigners who own agricultural land in Brazil will have 5 years to sell their land to a Brazilian. You would be surprised to find out how many countries around the world are reevaluating their national laws regarding land ownership by foreigners. I was surprised to find out that even states here in the United States are closing that door, but they give 5 years for the foreigner to sell their holdings. We have a new game going on in the global economy and the rules are changing very fast and they are being adapted to the new ball game of the 21st Century.â http://www.brazzil.com/articles/194...emand-the-renationalization-of-petrobras.html ***** 2) I posted the following on the Elite Trader Economics forum in May 2008 May 5, 2008 SouthAmerica: â¦The Brazilian government should check closely about how much land foreigners are buying in Brazil and require that these people be minority owners regarding the ownership of these lands and have always Brazilians controlling at least 51 percent of these ventures. I will be writing about these issues with all its geopolitical ramifications on my coming articles. It will be a matter of national security that the Brazilian government changes its laws regarding these matters. http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showt...ownership+by+foreigners+in+Brazil#post1910157 ***** âBrazil government plans to limit foreign land purchasesâ By STAN LEHMAN (AP) The Associated Press â June 22, 2010 SAO PAULO â Brazil's government wants to tighten restrictions on foreign ownership of farm lands in Latin America's biggest country, the Agrarian Development Ministry said Tuesday. Ministry spokeswoman Denise Mantovani confirmed published remarks by Minister Guilherme Cassel, who said that the government does not want foreigners to buy agricultural land in Brazil. "We do not need foreigners to produce food in Brazil," Cassel told the business newspaper Valor Economico. "This is the policy of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva." "Because of food security, Brazilian lands must remain in Brazilian hands," the minister said. Mantovani said that 10 million acres (4 million hectares) of land had been registered by foreigners as of 2008 and that between 2002 and 2008, foreigners invested $2.43 billion to purchase land. According to Valor Economico, the decision to put a lid on foreign ownership of land is due to rising world demand for food, water and natural resources. Mantovani said that current law says large rural properties can only be purchased by Brazilian citizens or residents. "But foreigners often bypass that rule by setting up companies in Brazil, which are controlled abroad, to purchase land. This is a foreign company and this is what we want to control." "I am not a xenophobe but our land is finite. The population grows and demands food," the minister said. Mantovani said that representatives from several ministries were preparing a constitutional amendment to further restrict foreign ownership of land. She said the amendment being drawn up "could include the revoking of land titles already purchased by foreigners." She did not provide details. Most foreigners purchase land to raise cattle and grow soybeans and other crops in the states of Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Sao Paulo, Bahia and Minas Gerais. We are going to draw up an amendment that will make it clear that foreigners can invest in any field, except land." the minister said. It is unclear when the amendment will be debated in Congress. .