Cutting Things Down To Size

The Brazilian Free Market policies so villified and criticized by some "hermanos" have helped millions of brazilian families to left poverty and enter into the middle class last decade. The gains for the poor are significant here and for this reason Lula has approval greater than 80% of the public, better than any other leader in LATAM.
Moreover, the government is increasing its tax earnings arising out of new business and exports and this new money is fueling a gigantic social program paid by the Government that does not exist in our neighbours.
Even so, some idiotic "latinoamericano" still thinks Brazil is a little more than"Washington Parrot", that we are killers and exploiters of the poor (including our neighbours), and the only way foward in development is through a ridiculous "bolivarian revolution" invented by a clown somewhere.
These guys are completely hilarious....good luck for them.
Brazil should detach itself from LATAM and let those guys sink in the garbage that they are creating for themselves.

The Brazilian Free Market policies so villified and criticized by some "hermanos" have helped millions of brazilian families to left poverty and enter into the middle class last decade. The gains for the poor are significant here and for this reason Lula has approval greater than 80% of the public, better than any other leader in LATAM.
Moreover, the government is increasing its tax earnings arising out of new business and exports and this new money is fueling a gigantic social program paid by the Government that does not exist in our neighbours.
Even so, some idiotic "latinoamericano" still thinks Brazil is a little more than"Washington Parrot", that we are killers and exploiters of the poor (including our neighbours), and the only way foward in development is through a ridiculous "bolivarian revolution" invented by a clown somewhere.
These guys are completely hilarious....good luck for them.
Brazil should detach itself from LATAM and let those guys sink in the garbage that they are creating for themselves.

From what I see in Brazil; Brazil like Bush is long on ego but short on long term smarts. They have adapted to the Bush "Free Market" thinking. This is not helping Brazil's poor. I am guessing these new glistening weapons are going to used against Brazil's poor, not it's neighbors

It's not because Brazil speaks portuguese that it's not part of Latin America. Don't mistake Latin America wirh Hispanic America. If Italy was at this side of atlantic, it would be Latin America as well. if Romania was at this side of the atlantic, it would be Latin America as well. Do not associate latin with the american thinking of "latinos". Latin is Spanish, but also Portuguese, Italian and even Romanian.

These type of reports about Brazil have an flagrant aspect of farse. Brazil never was "Latin America". Only in the stereotyped and 'reducionist' mind of anglophone media. You american reporters look to Brazil and see what you would like to see, not what indeed exist. Brazilians don't have a "latin-american" mentality or "latin-american" culture or a "latin-american" behavior. Brazil always was a region apart from the Hispanic America (the real "Latin America"), to good or evil. Geographically is South America only. The fact Brazilians speak Portuguese and had other colonial past made a big difference. It's the Portuguese (or Luso) America. It's other reality, other 'software'. Even the visual and gestual of Brazilians are different comparing to Latinos. Besides, Brazil has an intense racial mix and a big influence of Africa. Some Hispanic countries are 'proud' by have not black people.

1 ??? Itaipu is not a Paraguayan hydroplant. Itaipu is Brazilian 'and' Paraguayan, 50%/50%. Itaipu uses the Brazilian/Paraguayan frontier river, so it is a resource owned by both countries, not only by Paraguay. More: it was only Brazil who financed Itaipu.

2 ??? The context of the report is South America. It seems some American media don???t know distingue South American from this false concept "Latin America".

3 ??? Lula is not popular in "Latin America" (or Hispanic America). This is exaggeration. The Latinos have a distant and idealized image of Lula. They even don???t understand Portuguese, what Lula says. What they know about Lula are only stereotypes and propaganda of an 'ex-operário' transformed in president.

Please, when the Newsweek will do realistic reports about Brazil and its society? Why always Brazil is reported in a (false) Latin American context? This is craziness. It???s fiction, not journalism. Hmm??? I guess is not useful to have a base in Rio. It would better to change to Bogotá or Buenos Aires, because you understand about Hispanic America, not about Brazil.

(sorry about my broken English)

These type of reports about Brazil have an flagrant aspect of farse. Brazil never was ???Latin America???. Only in the stereotyped and ???reducionist??? mind of anglophone media. You american reporters look to Brazil and see what you would like to see, not what indeed exist. Brazilians don't have a "latin-american" mentality or "latin-american" culture or a "latin-american" behavior. Geographically Brazil is South-american. Brazil always was a region apart from the Hispanic America (the real "Latin America"), to good or evil. The fact Brazilians speak Portuguese and had other colonial past made a big difference. It???s the Portuguese (or Luso) America. It???s other reality, other ???software???. Even the visual and gestual of Brazilians are different comparing to Latinos. Besides, Brazil has an intense racial mix and a big influence of Africa. Some Hispanic countries are ???proud??? by have not black people.


1 ??? Itaipu is not a Paraguayan hydroplant. Itaipu is Brazilian ???and??? Paraguayan, 50%/50%. Itaipu uses the Brazilian/Paraguayan frontier river, so it is a resource owned by both countries, not only by Paraguay. More: it was only Brazil who financed Itaipu.

2 ??? The context of the report is South America. It seems some American media don???t know distingue South American from this false concept ???Latin America???.

3 ??? Lula is not popular in ???Latin America??? (or Hispanic America). This is exaggeration. The Latinos have a distant and idealized image of Lula. They even don???t understand Portuguese, what Lula says. What they know about Lula are only stereotypes and propaganda of an ???ex-operário??? transformed in president.

Please, when the Newsweek will do realistic reports about Brazil and its society? Why always Brazil is reported in a (false) Latin American context? This is craziness. It???s fiction, not journalism. Hmm??? I guess is not useful to have a base in Rio. It would better to change to Bogotá or Buenos Aires, because you understand about Hispanic America, not about Brazil.

(sorry about my broken English)