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Despite the alarms about global warming, the news concerning Brazil's crucial Amazon jungle is not good. Once again, satellites are showing deforestation is on the rise. And once again the government has announced a package of measures aimed at halting it. If you think you've heard this story before, you're not wrong. It's depressingly familiar. "This is only a surprise if you believe in Father Christmas," said Roberto Smeraldi, director of Friends of the Earth's Brazil office...
Lula, elected with the support of green groups who later accused him of kowtowing to Brazil's powerful agribusiness lobby, called for a complete ban on deforestation in the 36 worst-hit municipalities and said he would next month send 800 federal police officers to ensure the moratorium is respected. He also told landowners they would have to register their properties and prove they comply with existing environmental legislation, something very few currently do. Those not in compliance will be ineligible for government credit or prohibited from selling their property. Measures will also be introduced to stop non-compliant businesses...
...course, BofA hasn't botched its business so badly that it has to beg for money overseas, as they do. In fact, the bank is making foreign investments, not inviting them, with three recent plays in Mexico, Brazil and China. Lewis says those limited stakes are as far as he plans to go. "I don't see buying any bank," he says. Then again, he says of his last three billion-dollar acquisitions: "Certain things came our way." If a good deal calls, Ken Lewis will be listening...
...clear whether Russia will become a full-fledged democracy, but it is already much freer than countries like China. It is not by chance that svoboda - freedom - is a much celebrated word in Russia today. Pedro Paulo A. Funari, Head, Center for Strategic Studies, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil...
...clear whether Russia will become a full-fledged democracy, but it is already much freer than countries like China. It is not by chance that svoboda - freedom - is a much celebrated word in Russia today. Pedro Paulo A. Funari, HEAD, CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES, STATE UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS, BRAZIL...