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August 26, 2011

SouthAmerica: Early today I posted the following information on Brazzil magazine and also on Facebook as follows:

Warning to the international banksters and to Wall Street in general:

The Wall Street parasites such as “Goldman Sachs the Pillage People” are descending into Brazil to pillage the valuable assets of Brazil; including its freshwater system.

Just keep in mind: if you buy any assets related to the Brazilian freshwater system, you are going to lose these assets, because they will be nationalized.

You can bet on that!!!!!!


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Keiser Report: Peak Everything – August 2011

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Brazzil Magazine – October 2007
“The Smartest Thing China Could Do Right Now: Invest US$ 200 Billion in Brazil” - Written by: Ricardo C. Amaral

Thursday, 11 October 2007 - Part 3 of 4
http://www.brazzil.com/component/content/article/184-october-2007/9983.html

...Freshwater Policy in Brazil

Freshwater policy in Brazil should protect the entire freshwater system in Brazil including groundwater, and should keep it as a community service, and access to freshwater should be considered as a fundamental right of every person living in Brazil.

The water companies in Brazil should be developed with help from the federal government and they should operate such as mutual insurance companies in the United States - they should operate as non-profit organizations and the owners of these water companies should be the communities being served by the water company system.

The cost of water in Brazil should be priced according to the usage of the customers of the water companies, but a reasonable amount of freshwater should also be supplied to the poorest members of society who can't afford the cost of these services without the help from the federal government.

The water distribution system of any area in Brazil shouldn't be allowed to be privatized under any circumstance not only today, but also in the future.

Brazil should add on its constitution an amendment forbidding the privatization of any water company in Brazil, and if there is any private water company today they should deprivatize and turn it into a non-profit mutual company.

The same rules should also apply to the entire sewage system in Brazil.

If the Brazilian government does not act very strongly in this direction, then a very few major players (corporations) will try to control the freshwater system in Brazil. Remember, these corporations would make a major monetary killing for themselves at the expense of the entire population, and they would also interfere with the development of the Brazilian economy.

In the coming decades freshwater rights will become a major issue and a battlefield between the have and have-nots in country after country around the world. Today it is time to spell out in black and white all the government regulations which will affect that area of infrastructure development and create the guidelines which would help preserve the Brazilian freshwater reserves that are available today. Being proactive today in that regard would also give all the necessary protection to a system and a national asset that will play a fundamental role in the future development of the Brazilian economy.

Brazil also should make an agreement with the other Mercosur countries including Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay regarding the freshwater usage from the Guarani Aquifer. And this agreement should be in line with the government regulations regarding freshwater and sewage that would be in force in Brazil; including the regulation forbidding privatization of freshwater distribution systems.

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I'm old enough to remember the 1970's and the USD led BRIC commodities Boom back then. During the 1970's Brazil, like many other countries in Latin America, absorbed excessive liquidity from U.S., European, and Japanese banks. Huge capital inflows were directed to infrastructure investments and state enterprises were formed in areas that were not attractive for private investment. The result of this capital infusion was impressive: Brazil's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased at an average rate of 8% per annum from 1970 to 1980 despite the impact of the 1970's world oil crisis. Per capita income rose fourfold during the decade, to US $2,200 in 1980 in Brazil.

Now we have a similar situation. When Reagan and Volcker put our house in order and the USD Inflation went under control, Brazil, Russia and Asia went straight to hell. Lot of people back then, like Carlos Amaral (southamerica) wrote the same crap over and over again: The END of the US. The Soviet Imminent victory and the Raise of Japan! and bla bla bla. Now we are experiencie a similar situation and the outcome will be the same for those countries, maybe even worse for those countries like Brazil.

But let me tell you some hard facts.

First: After trying to adjust for purchasing power, the BRICs collectively are about 15 percent bigger than the U.S. Using standard GDP, however, the U.S. ($14 trillion) is more than 60 percent larger than all four BRICs combined ($8.6 trillion). The BRICs combine for about 15 percent of the world ’s economy, while the U.S. alone accounts for almost 25 percent. On a per capita basis, the results are even more disparate. Adjusting for purchasing power, one U.S. citizen (of which there are 307 million total) is almost eight times richer than the average BRIC citizen (of which there are 2.6 billion total). Using standard GDP, that number explodes to the average American being almost 15 times richer. EVEN NOW with a severe recession!.

And Let's not even talk about the US Natural Resource which is 100 times larger and more diverse than Brazil's and the Whole BRICs combined with the exception of Russia.

Second: Massive Immigration is a very tricky Game, and Brazil is not even remotely ready to face something like that with success, because brazil (even with their commodity-driven boom) still a poor underdeveloped country.

But one thing that I do not understand is: If you hate America that much, why dont you just fucking leave and move back to brazil?.. Maybe because people stink so much down there due to the lack of proper hygiene?
 
September 26, 2011

SouthAmerica: I have been mentioning for years here on the Elite Trader Economics forum that Brazil is disconnecting from the United States.

In 1999 Brazil exported to the United States 25 percent of its total exports. In 2011 Brazil exports to the United States is estimated to be less than 10 percent of total Brazilian exports.

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Brasil tem que resolver o que quer dos EUA, diz ex-embaixador Rubens Barbosa
http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/mundo/...er-o-que-quer-dos-eua-diz-ex-embaixador.shtml

...Pela primeira vez na história, menos de 10% de nossas exportações vão para os EUA, que são o maior mercado do mundo. Quando cheguei lá eram 25%.
 
Piranha problem takes bite out of Brazilian beach fun

Authorities in a state in Brazil's northeast are scrambling to take the fright and the bite off the beach after piranhas sunk their teeth into about 100 beachgoers, UOL Noticias reported.

The problem -- rather fearsome given piranhas' horror-movie teeth and ability to sink them into human flesh -- has been the biggest at the main beach area in Piaui state; authorities said they need to act fast to reduce a piranha overpopulation situation.

Last weekend, at least 100 bathers were treated at the hospital in Jose de Freitas not far from Terezina, Piaui's capital, after being bitten on the heels or toes at the local beach.

"Since they have no predators, piranhas have started attacking people on the beach," said Romildo Mafra, a local environment official.

Environmental officials so far have added tilapia to the piranhas' local food chain hoping to quell some of the predators' hunger.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.07e4e485d632e6bd3d802d6be0ffada7.2a1&show_article=1
 
the music is superhot too
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October 15, 2011

SouthAmerica: Fernando Henrique Cardoso is a former Finance Minister of Brazil, and also former Brazilian President.

He was responsible for designing and implementing the real plan in Brazil that brought financial stability to the Brazilian economy.


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The Christian Science Monitor - October 11, 2011
By Fernando Henrique Cardoso
“Brazil’s lessons for indebted Europe”
http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Global-Viewpoint/2011/1011/Brazil-s-lessons-for-indebted-Europe

...Some European nations' debt will have to be forgiven to resume growth. Those responsible for the financial turmoil must pay, rather than the poor. And Europe must unify its fiscal policy.


Note: You can see Fernando Henrique Cardoso's biography at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Henrique_Cardoso

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October 18, 2011

SouthAmerica: Here is what is at the core of the problems regarding the US political and economic problems: "In contrast, the United States has a much more polished and sophisticated corruption system called lobbying."

One and half year ago I suggested in one of my articles that Brazil should follow the new social and economic system that is being developed in China as Pepe Escobar mentioned on this video.



CrossTalk: Occupy Globe (ft. Pepe Escobar) – October 17, 2011

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Brazzil Magazine – April 23, 2010
Brazil and the New Economic Miracle. The US Has a Lot to Learn!
Written by Ricardo C. Amaral
http://www.brazzil.com/component/co...racle-the-us-has-a-lot-to-learn.html#comments

...And if you don't believe me that the US economic system is in deep trouble and beyond repair, then you don't need to look any further than what has transpired in the United States since the financial meltdown of 2008. The US financial system ended up in intensive care, and almost died a quick death. And what has happened in the United States since then regarding any efforts by Congress to try to fix the problems that caused the collapse of the US and global financial system in 2008?

As usual, Americans learned nothing from these past fiascos, and if anything the problems are becoming even bigger today with much bigger surviving financial institutions that are fighting very hard against any government regulation of their business, and they use their powerful lobbying connections to fight very hard to keep things as they were before the last financial meltdown.

How dumb can you be? And next time, when the coming collapse and financial meltdown become a reality once again, then the safety net of the US government won't be there. This time around Wall Street has exhausted the financial resources of the United States.

Remember, since the Wall Street bailouts of 2008, the scoundrels of Wall Street have consistently been milking all the US government resources to the bone, and they also have been putting in place a structure for another major US government bailout of Wall Street in the future - for US taxpayers to pay for the bets that went sour for Wall Street.

When it comes to forms of corruption, in Brazil they still have a crude and old system and they use terms that include: bribery, extortion, cronyism, nepotism, patronage, graft, and embezzlement. In contrast, the United States has a much more polished and sophisticated corruption system called lobbying. And the American lobbying system works in a very efficient way by buying favors directly from the politicians through campaign contributions.

US Economic and Financial System Is Incapable of Meaningful Change

Let me give you another major example that would explain why the US economic and financial system is doomed, and incapable of meaningful change.

...Anyway, the American economic and financial system is in shambles, and it does not have a prayer to get better any time soon, because of the way lobbying and the free market work.

Conclusion

Brazil is ready for the new economic miracle of this new century, and it is prepared to lift the Brazilian economy to new heights; to materialize and make a reality one of the great economic development stories of the 21st Century.

There is no question about it. And we have undisputable evidence in Brazil of the superb military government planning and implementation of the ethanol plan. And we should give all the credit that the military government deserves in that area for their extraordinary foresight and achievements, and the total recognition by all of us that the military government played a major role in getting Brazilian independence from foreign oil.

During the military dictatorship years they planted the economic seeds, and built the foundations of an economic system that is becoming one of the best in the world.

I would also like to suggest that all members of the economic team of the Brazilian government take the time to read the latest book by John Naisbitt - "China's Megatrends: The 8 Pillars of a New Society" - since that book gives profound insights about all the transformations that have been going on in China's economic and social systems.

His book serves as a guide and a road map to a totally new economic and social system that is still a work in progress. But so far this new system has delivered outstanding results for China and the Chinese population. And Brazil should study very carefully, and adopt the parts of this new complex system that has been so successful in lifting about 400 million people from poverty in China, and will continue lifting hundreds of millions of new people out of poverty in the coming years.

China in 2010 is creating an entirely new social and economic system model, which might also be relevant and serve as an inspiration to solve the economic and social problems in Brazil.


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Monday 31st October, 2011

Brazil to be world's sixth largest economy in 2011
http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=200610573

Brazil will become the world's sixth largest economy in 2011 due to the global financial crisis that has affected the main economic powers, the International Monetary Fund and several other organisations said.

According to data, which was quoted by local newspapers, Brazil's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2011 will surpass Britain's, reaching $2.44 trillion against Britain's $2.41 trillion and make Brazil the world's sixth largest economy, reported Xinhua.

In 2010, Brazil became the seventh largest economy in the world by surpassing Italy.

At the end of the decade, the Brazilian GDP will be larger than any other European country's, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)'s forecast, which estimated that the Brazilian economy will surpass Germany's in 2020.


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