SA, once and for all, accept the fact Brazil will NEVER EVER become a superpower. POPULATION IMPOSSIBLE TO MANAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why? Read Gustave LeBon, he explained the issue 100 years ago.
Go on reading SA dribble. There is so much of it here. Thermactor,unfortunately, you will never shut him up.
There market is up 40% YTD, a little bit extended, also its up over 600%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% in the last 5 years... just a little bit overbought....
because southamerica owns some cheap slumland in a ghetto in sao paulo and is calling it the next manhattan.
Mi pronostico: But China is really being somewhat self-serving by holding those dollars, aren't they? After all, if they sold a few hundred billion here and there, it would further collapse the dollar to the levels that it really should be at in the first place, esp. if other countries followed suit. All of this would create a run on the dollar and help shore up the deficit, at least to a certain extent, but then China has hurt its export industry. I don't think that's a chance that they're willing to take. Let's face it: we're a huge part of their export pie. Seeing the dollar drop 20-30% more is not in their interest at this time the way that I see it. There's a lot of "mordida" money, if you know what I mean, in China and I'll bet most of it comes from export-driven businesses and most of that in turn comes from the paychecks of US consumers. They're not going to jeopordize their kickbacks. So I don't see them creating a run on the dollar until the US is a smaller part of their exports. Then they'll slowly start to pull out of the dollar and use the money for whatever it is that Former Communist Tyrannical Dictators do with hundreds of billions of dollars... And that will happen some day. Maybe sooner than later...
. Nkhoi: hm.. US should invest 200B in Brazil right away. ************ October 3, 2007 SouthAmerica: Regarding the Guarani aquifer. The mainstream press in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay have been reporting about what is going on in Paraguay. It is laughable but to justify staying in Paraguay they go as far as saying that the US needs this military base in the area because of Al Qaeda. At the end of 2006 Jena Bush went to a quick visit to Paraguay when she closed the deal regarding her fatherâs purchase of a large piece of land where the Guarani aquifer is located. Daddy Bush and little Bush know about the strategic value of the land in the area of the Guarani aquifer. Remember the Reverend Moon (Sun Myung Moon) that religious nut who is trying to take over the world. Many years ago his church bought a large piece of land in Brazil in the area of the Guarani aquifer. In October of 2006 the US government posted a document on the State Department website denying everything the US government is doing in Paraguay. Where you see smoke you can bet that there is fire. By the way, the government in Paraguay had been a fascist government for a long time and George W. Bush might blend well in that country when he decides to retire â I hope he takes Dick Cheney with him as well. *********** âUnited States Has No Plans for Military Base in Paraguayâ Misunderstandings arose from agreement on military exercises Washington -- Since June 2005, a myth has developed falsely claiming that the United States plans to establish a military base in Paraguay. This false claim has been reported by media in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay and on the Internet. A June 13, 2005, article in the Argentine newspaper Clarin, which appears to be the origin of the story, quoted sources as saying that the United States wanted to turn Paraguay into a âsecond Panama for their troops.â No U.S. Intention to Establish Military Base The United States does not have a military base in Paraguay and has no plans to establish one. The United States has not asked the Paraguayan government for a military base, nor does it intend to station soldiers in Paraguay. As explained below, limited, short-term deployments of U.S. military personnel are scheduled to take place for a series of joint exercises with the Paraguayan military between July 2005 and December 2006. Most personnel deployed will not remain in Paraguay for more than 45 days. Mariscal Estigarribia Airport Built by Paraguayans, not Americans The âU.S. baseâ allegations usually cite the Dr. Luis Maria Argana International Airport in Mariscal Estigarribia, Paraguay, as the facility around which U.S. plans allegedly center. The claims are that Americans constructed the airport, and built a long runway in order to facilitate U.S. military flights. Both claims are false. The Mariscal Estigarribia airport was constructed at a time when the Paraguayan government envisioned developing a free-trade zone in its northern Chaco region to help develop the area. The primary cargo aircraft of that era, the DC-8 and Boeing 707, needed very long runways to take off when fully loaded. Airport Unsuitable for Most U.S. Military Aircraft The June 13, 2005, Clarin article claimed that American âB-52 airplanesâ could be used at Mariscal Estigarribia. In reality, the runways are too narrow for them. B-52s typically need a runway width of 150 feet (46 meters) to land and re-engined models will require a runway width of 175 feet (53 meters), according to a June 2004 report (page 28) of the U.S. Defense Science Board Task Force on B-52 Re-Engining. However, the runways at Mariscal Estigarribia are only 131 feet (40 meters) wide. The airportâs numerous deficiencies also make it impractical to use. It has no published approach, no navigational aids, no lighting, its refueling facilities are only designed for small aircraft such as Cessnas, and the condition of the runway is listed as âpoorâ in the U.S. Air Mobility Command Airfield Suitability Report. In addition, there is not enough room on the small parking apron to have sufficient clearance from the runway for another aircraft to land. Because of these limiting factors, the government of Paraguay restricts the airfield to emergency use only. Much has been made of what is often described as the unusually long (3,500 meters) runways at the Mariscal Estigarribia airport. Proponents of the âU.S. baseâ theory claim that such long runways could only be intended for the use of American military aircraft. In fact, the length of the Mariscal Estigarribia runways is not unusual for an international airport. Two other airports in Paraguay have runways of similar length: Guarani International Airport (3,400 meters) and Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (3,353 meters). Neighboring Bolivia has three airports with runways that equal or exceed the length of those at the Mariscal Estigarribia airport. Facts About U.S.-Paraguayan Military Exercises The allegations about a purported U.S. military base appear to be based on misunderstandings about a series of 13 separate joint military exercises, which Paraguay and the United States began in July 2005, and which will continue through December 2006. These short, time-limited exercises have been mischaracterized as a long-term stationing of U.S. troops in Paraguay. This is not true, and the military exercises themselves are nothing new. Approval Process for Entry of U.S. Soldiers The joint exercises between Paraguay and the United States, like all such exercises, are governed by agreements that specify the terms and conditions of the participating U.S. soldiersâ presence in the host country. In May 2005, the Paraguayan Senate, acting in response to a request submitted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, approved the entry of U.S. soldiers for the purpose of participating in the 13 separate military training exercises set to occur over an 18-month period. This approval was mistaken by some to mean that a contingent of U.S. troops was authorized to be stationed in Paraguay for 18 months, thereby contributing to the notion that the United States was establishing a long-term presence in the country. In fact, the act merely represented one, consolidated approval covering all 13 planned exercises, in lieu of individual approvals for each exercise. Consolidating these exercises into a single status agreement and request for permission to enter Paraguay was done to facilitate Paraguayan congressional review and to promote transparency. The past practice of making individual entry requests and concluding separate status agreements for each exercise proved time-consuming and cumbersome, resulting in the tardy arrival of executive branch requests to Congress and complaints from members of Congress about insufficient time to review the requests. Laying out all 13 exercises over 18 months vastly improved the process for both countries. However, some continue to mischaracterize this streamlined approval process as permission for U.S. troops to remain in Paraguay for 18 months. This is incorrect. As noted above, no U.S. soldiers will be deployed in Paraguay for an extended period of time. Most deployments will not exceed 45 days. Immunities for U.S. Military Personnel Media and Internet reports have contended that the Paraguayan government granted âtotal immunityâ or full diplomatic immunity to the U.S. troops being deployed for the exercises, in violation of Paraguayâs obligations under the Rome Treaty. This is not the case. Cuidad Del Este and the Guarani Aquifer Other allegations in the âU.S. baseâ myth are that the U.S. plans to intervene in Cuidad del Este â a Paraguayan city of about 200,000 people located in the tri-border area of Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil â and/or seeks to control the Guarani Aquifer, a large fresh-water reserve which lies beneath those countries. In reality, the United States has no designs of any kind on Cuidad del Este, except to support programs to create jobs in the formal sector there. The United States has no interest in the Guarani Aquifer, which the U.S. government recognizes as an important resource for the inhabitants of the region. Alleged Bush ranch in Paraguay In October 2006, newspapers in Paraguay, the Cuban news service Prensa Latina and others circulated allegations falsely claiming, variously, that: · Former President George H.W. Bush owns 70,000 hectares (173,000 acres) in the Chaco region of Paraguay, or · Current President George W. Bush owns 40,000 hectares (98,842 acres) in the same region, or These supposed land acquisitions were often claimed to be associated with alleged U.S. designs on the Guarani aquifer or the Mariscal Estigarribia air base. There is no truth to any of these allegations: · The White House has stated that the rumors about President Bush are not true. · The office of former President George H.W. Bush has confirmed that the allegations about former President Bush are not true. Conclusion Unfortunately, factually inaccurate information about Paraguayan-U.S. military exercises, combined with unsupported conspiracy theories, have been embellished and repeated in various media and Internet outlets since June 2005. These false claims have also been cited by persons and groups opposed to Paraguayan-U.S. military cooperation and U.S. engagement in South America. Source: official U.S. Government website - U.S. Department of State .
. October 3, 2007 SouthAmerica: Reply to Arnie What you mentioned on your posting is a problem resulting from the Brazilian income distribution in the last 30 years â that is a choice that Brazilian society made in the past. I am trying to change the future with my economic development plan by creating job opportunities and so onâ¦. We can change the future, but not the past. .