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| Lula in Iran with his camera (AP) |
It is not about the deal he reached with Iran and supported by Turkey , it is about a plan he seems to be following in order to make from Brazil an international power.
Now look to Egypt now and how are losing more and more where as countries outside and from our region are taking our place while we are watching.
Lula does not look to stay forever ruling Brazil then to leave for his son but he rather looks forward to be mentioned in history books a man who served his country and people
I do know what our official media will call Lula , Brazil can't be classified as a member of the evil axis and it has good relations with the States so one must wonder about our official media.
our Government in egypt have a wise policies .. now we are not have enemies from arab only but in africa also .. .. now we wait for a war
ReplyDeletenote: don't ever forget China as other power
President Lula is truly a visionary.
ReplyDeleteBrazil is the largest economy in South America.
Brazil is also seen as a leader in South America, a benevolent hegemon which other nations aspire to due to the influence of Brazil's 'soft power'.
Brazil successfully and consesually constructed the Itaipu Dam project which benefits *all* three countries that are geographically affected by it (Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil). Brazil even 'pays' Paraguay for electrical energy from the dam.
Brazil does not claim a divine right in the benefits of the dam even though it is larger and more powerful than the other two nations which are affected by it.
This is in stark constrast to Egypt vis-a-vis Sudan and the 1959 Agreement which led to the construction of the Aswan Dam whereby official Egypt engaged in deceipt and took all the benefits and then some more.
This is also in stark contrast to Egypt's failure to reach common ground with the Upstream Nile States.
Brazil (offically, publically and at the media level) does not view itself as superior to its neighbours but is a nation of immigrants whose influence has become transcontinental.
Brazil has more influence in Africa - in Mozambique, Angola and Sao Tome e Principe - than Egypt.
In theory it is valid to theorise and hypothesise and make comparisons between Brazil (apples) and Egypt (oranges).
Egypt attempted to stake its international domain (and continues to do so) in the adjacent Levant and the Middle East, fitting itself in line with international power politics at the expense of its immediate neighbourhood - and what have the results been...???
In reality, Egypt's problem in Africa cannot be logically embodied in its leadership figure - the problem needs robust self-critique if the objective is 'real and tangible' change and not just rhetoric.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYyavijtEG8
ReplyDeleteThis video and the events in the upstream Nile basin refute any attempt to compare Brazil with Egypt, even at the theoretical level.
It turns out that the black African isn't the dumbed down stereotypical jungle-themed jiggaboo dancing around the bubbling couldron in grass skirts as depicted by Ismail Yaseen, Hineidy and that ridiculous thin actor who wears glasses and whose name I have thankfully forgotten.
It turns out the black African is a person who stands up for their rights.
Egypt is reaping the bitter harvest of what it has sown in Africa.
To Sudanese Observer and Africanist,
ReplyDeleteWhat do you expact from a country ruled by the racist Arab Muslims elit who stole Egypt from the Copts and treats them and Africans like slaves and sub-humans?
Joel,
ReplyDeleteMy issue is not with the internal dynamics of Egypt's inter-ethnic and religious makeup.
Boutros Ghali the elder was a Copt and was a main protagonist in instigating baseless Egyptian claims of sovereignty over Halayeb...