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09SAOPAULO393
2009-07-07 14:59:00
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Consulate Sao Paulo
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MEDIA REACTION: - WESTERN HEMISPHERE: HONDURAS, COUP; SOUTH
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SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: - WESTERN HEMISPHERE: HONDURAS, COUP; SOUTH
AND CENTRAL ASIA: IRAN, POST-ELECTION DEVELOPMENTS; SAO PAULO
July 3, 2009
Title- Diplomatic noise
Main editorial in Folha de S. Paulo (7-3) states: "....the level of
dissonance in President Lula's foreign policy over the previous
months inspires care and explanation. Brazil does it right when it
sticks to principles and supports democracy and the return to the
'status quo' in Honduras....But when the brutal repression involving
protests in Iran are in place, President Lula turns himself into a
man that is similar to one that attracts votes to Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad. There are times and places in which Brazil needs to
express, in adequate terms, its point of view, as a pacifist and
tolerant democratic society. The United Nation's Human Rights
Council is one of these places. The violent repression of
dissidents in Iran is one of these moments."
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