[Lasnetmail] Brazil & Bush & Ethanol

[Viola Wilkins]

On his first visit to South America (brazil), George B. was "welcome" 
by about 40.000 protester (although a massive police  opperation) As 
well on the Low Camera in the parliament one could read" Bush is not 
welcome.- :-)--:-)

> Environment News from IRC Americas Program
>
> "A New World of Citizen Action, Analysis, and Policy Options"
> http://americas.irc-online.org/
>
>
> Brazil's Ethanol Plan Breeds Rural Poverty, Environmental Degradation
> By Isabella Kenfield
>
> There is concern that while expansion of the ethanol industry may 
> boost Brazil's GDP and some Brazilians will become very wealthy in the 
> process, the majority of the population will not benefit from the 
> ethanol export boom. Given U.S. plans to increase imports of Brazilian 
> ethanol and the alliance slated to be forged during Bush's South 
> America visit in March, it is likely the livelihoods of many 
> Brazilians, especially the rural poor, will be subordinated to 
> maintain U.S. consumption.
>
> Many citizen organizations in Brazil are concerned that what appears 
> to be an economic panacea may be a social and ecological disaster. 
> They claim that as the industry expands and more hectares are planted 
> mono-cropping sugarcane, existing problems in rural areas of 
> landlessness, hunger, unemployment, environmental degradation, and 
> agrarian conflicts will be exacerbated.
>
> Isabella Kenfield is a freelance journalist based in Brazil and a 
> contributor to the IRC Americas Program www.americaspolicy.org.
>
> See new IRC article online at:
> http://americas.irc-online.org/am/4049
>
> With printer-friendly pdf version at:
> http://americas.irc-online.org/pdf/papers/0703ethanol.pdf
>
>
> United States and Brazil: The New Ethanol Alliance
> By Raúl Zibechi
>
> George W. Bush's trip to Latin America this month is the most 
> ambitious attempt to reposition the United States in the region since 
> the Free
> Trade Agreement of the Americas died in Mar del Plata in Novemebr of 
> 2005. The trip, which includes Brazil, Uruguay, Mexico, Guatemala, and 
> Colombia has a dual purpose: to counteract the growing influence of 
> Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez in the region and to form a strategic 
> alliance with Brazil for the production of ethanol. Although it may 
> not appear on the surface, the two objectives are profoundly related.
>
> Translated for the IRC Americas Program by Laura Carlsen. Raúl Zibechi 
> is a member of the Editorial Council of the weekly Brecha de
> Montevideo, teacher and researcher of social movements at the 
> Multiversidad Franciscana de América Latina, and adviser to social
> groups. He is a monthly collaborator of the IRC Americas Program
> (www.americaspolicy.org).
>
> See new IRC article online at:
> http://americas.irc-online.org/am/4051
>
> With printer-friendly pdf version at:
> http://americas.irc-online.org/pdf/reports/0703bushbrazil.pdf


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