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Lula’s Alchemy:
Getting Brazil Back to the Future
and available at Modern Latin America
Brazilians prefer to talk about their country’s promising future,
grandeza. Getting to this future is a constant test for Brazil
and the periodic downfall of presidents and governments for
nearly two centuries. Luis Inácio Lula da Silva, president of
Brazil since 2003, has passed this fundamental test by
convincing most Brazilians that progress should be expected
and greatness can be achieved. Lula’s alchemy is both a
tempered reduction of sensible public policies forged from
the trials and errors of the past coupled together with a
relentless, heterodox brew of programs crafted to reach the
poorest Brazilians, improve the competitive advantages of
Brazilian companies, both private and state owned, and lift
the country to the heights of international leadership. Brazil
has a long way to go and few political analysts would bet that
it can overcome the international constraints and domestic
obstacles that keep most Brazilians down and out of the
global economy. Yet even fewer would have bet that Lula, the
son of a penniless family from the country’s impoverished
northeast, former labor union leader, and founder of the
Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) or Workers’ Party, would win
the presidency on his fourth attempt and get Brazil back to the
future—back to Brazilians’ favorite conversation, grandeza.
Read More.
Getting Brazil Back to the Future
and available at Modern Latin America
Brazilians prefer to talk about their country’s promising future,
grandeza. Getting to this future is a constant test for Brazil
and the periodic downfall of presidents and governments for
nearly two centuries. Luis Inácio Lula da Silva, president of
Brazil since 2003, has passed this fundamental test by
convincing most Brazilians that progress should be expected
and greatness can be achieved. Lula’s alchemy is both a
tempered reduction of sensible public policies forged from
the trials and errors of the past coupled together with a
relentless, heterodox brew of programs crafted to reach the
poorest Brazilians, improve the competitive advantages of
Brazilian companies, both private and state owned, and lift
the country to the heights of international leadership. Brazil
has a long way to go and few political analysts would bet that
it can overcome the international constraints and domestic
obstacles that keep most Brazilians down and out of the
global economy. Yet even fewer would have bet that Lula, the
son of a penniless family from the country’s impoverished
northeast, former labor union leader, and founder of the
Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) or Workers’ Party, would win
the presidency on his fourth attempt and get Brazil back to the
future—back to Brazilians’ favorite conversation, grandeza.
Read More.
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Thinking Copenhagen:
the cognitive dimension of climate
change policy making in Brazil
and the United States
by Mark S. Langevin, Ph.D.
Universitas: Relações Internacionais
Brasília, v. 7, n. 1, p. 9-37, jan./jun. 2009
Brazil and the United States are poised to play key roles at
the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change or COP15 in
Copenhagen and the negotiations over a post-Kyoto
Protocol regime to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions. The COP15 promises to focus the world’s
attention upon the global challenge to move toward a low
carbon energy economy. Next to U.S. -China energy and
climate change policy cooperation (LIEBERTHAL;
SANDALOW, 2009; PEW RESEARCH CENTER, 2009a)
there may be no more important a bilateral relation in
determining the outcome of the COP15 negotiations and the
future of international climate change cooperation than that
of Brazil and the United States. Read more.
the cognitive dimension of climate
change policy making in Brazil
and the United States
by Mark S. Langevin, Ph.D.
Universitas: Relações Internacionais
Brasília, v. 7, n. 1, p. 9-37, jan./jun. 2009
Brazil and the United States are poised to play key roles at
the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change or COP15 in
Copenhagen and the negotiations over a post-Kyoto
Protocol regime to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions. The COP15 promises to focus the world’s
attention upon the global challenge to move toward a low
carbon energy economy. Next to U.S. -China energy and
climate change policy cooperation (LIEBERTHAL;
SANDALOW, 2009; PEW RESEARCH CENTER, 2009a)
there may be no more important a bilateral relation in
determining the outcome of the COP15 negotiations and the
future of international climate change cooperation than that
of Brazil and the United States. Read more.
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Brazil's Nuclear Energy Program
By Yana Feldman
FirstWatch International (FWI)
Brazil possesses one of the most advanced nuclear capabilities in Latin
America and is one of very few states with the indigenous capability to
produce fissile material necessary to build a nuclear weapon. Alongside its
civilian programme, in the 1970s and 1980s the military government pursued
a parallel secret nuclear program, focused on enrichment. It has been
reported that during this time, the Air Force may have succeeded in designing
two atomic bomb devices. Following transition to civilian rule, Brazil
renounced any nuclear weapon ambitions, and joined its neighbor,
Argentina, in bilateral, regional and international arms control and
disarmament. Read the entire report here.
By Yana Feldman
FirstWatch International (FWI)
Brazil possesses one of the most advanced nuclear capabilities in Latin
America and is one of very few states with the indigenous capability to
produce fissile material necessary to build a nuclear weapon. Alongside its
civilian programme, in the 1970s and 1980s the military government pursued
a parallel secret nuclear program, focused on enrichment. It has been
reported that during this time, the Air Force may have succeeded in designing
two atomic bomb devices. Following transition to civilian rule, Brazil
renounced any nuclear weapon ambitions, and joined its neighbor,
Argentina, in bilateral, regional and international arms control and
disarmament. Read the entire report here.
Rising Brazil: the Choices Ahead
published in Cuadernos de la Fundacion M.Botin February 22, 2010
by Peter Hakim, President of the Inter-American Dialogue
No one today is likely to repeat Charles DeGaulle’s statement that “Brazil is
not a serious country.” In the past dozen years or so, Brazil’s standing and
influence in the world has become increasingly commensurate with its size
and wealth.
Brazil is now a regional pole of power in the Western Hemisphere and
occupies a particularly central role in South America, where on many issues it
has displaced the U.S. as the dominant presence. Brazil’s stature, visibility,
and influence in global political and economic affairs have been rising as well.
Aside from China and India, with their mega populations and rapid economic
growth over many years, and Russia, with its huge reservoir of natural
resources and still considerable military prowess, Brazil may now be the most
powerful developing country in the world. Read more.
published in Cuadernos de la Fundacion M.Botin February 22, 2010
by Peter Hakim, President of the Inter-American Dialogue
No one today is likely to repeat Charles DeGaulle’s statement that “Brazil is
not a serious country.” In the past dozen years or so, Brazil’s standing and
influence in the world has become increasingly commensurate with its size
and wealth.
Brazil is now a regional pole of power in the Western Hemisphere and
occupies a particularly central role in South America, where on many issues it
has displaced the U.S. as the dominant presence. Brazil’s stature, visibility,
and influence in global political and economic affairs have been rising as well.
Aside from China and India, with their mega populations and rapid economic
growth over many years, and Russia, with its huge reservoir of natural
resources and still considerable military prowess, Brazil may now be the most
powerful developing country in the world. Read more.
Maryland's US/Brazil Business
Opportunities Trade Mission
To promote wealth creation, technological and social opportunities for
American and Brazilian companies and entrepreneurs. These opportunities
are based on Brazil's ascension as a world power and the eminent arrival of
2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics events in Brazil. Interested?
Areas of Interest
•Construction: General Construction as well as aquarium construction
•Energy/General energy, as well as environmental subjects (for example,
carbon credits, wind and solar power)
•Information Technology
•Infrastructure
•Manufacturing
•Retail
•Safety & Security
•Tourism
Opportunities Trade Mission
To promote wealth creation, technological and social opportunities for
American and Brazilian companies and entrepreneurs. These opportunities
are based on Brazil's ascension as a world power and the eminent arrival of
2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics events in Brazil. Interested?
Areas of Interest
•Construction: General Construction as well as aquarium construction
•Energy/General energy, as well as environmental subjects (for example,
carbon credits, wind and solar power)
•Information Technology
•Infrastructure
•Manufacturing
•Retail
•Safety & Security
•Tourism
