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09SAOPAULO82
2009-02-10 12:19:00
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Consulate Sao Paulo
Cable title:
Media Reaction Sao Paulo February 09 2009
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SUBJECT: Media Reaction Sao Paulo February 09 2009
Media Reaction - South and Central Asia: Iran; Global Economy:
Financial market crisis; Sao Paulo
Monday, February 9, 2009
Title- The Iranian Enigma
Editorial in liberal Folha de S.Paulo (2-9) says: "A 'dtente'
between the White House and the Ayatollah-lead regime, which
accumulates more than 30 years of rupture and hostility, will be an
event capable to disarming spirits throughout the so called greater
Middle East....The easing of tensions between Iran and U.S. will
also help to consolidate a political transition in Iraq, to a Shiite
majority like Iran. The normalization of the relationship between
Washington and Teheran depends above all on how the two parties
tackle the Iranian nuclear program theme....but the realization of
an ambitious re-approximation agenda with Iran will have to wait
until June, when there will be presidential election in the Persian
country."
Title- The Serpent's Egg
Article in liberal Folha de S.Paulo (2-9) by Senator Aloisio
Mercadante (PT) states: "What surprises the most is not the strength
and rapidity [of the crisis], but the lack of action from
authorities during its elaboration. .....While the U.S. economy was
growing and people made a lot of money, many looked the other way
from this monumental financial egg that freed the serpent of the
crisis that devastated the world when it broke. Nevertheless, there
is another serpent egg in sight. It is about protectionism....The
only way of facing the current crisis is through swift international
cooperation and measures that go beyond old paradigms. And the best
way to avoid new disasters is to build a new global order, more
regulated, symmetric and firm placed in multilateralism."
Title- AMERICA for Americans?
Op-Ed in O Estado de S. Paulo (2-9) by FGV professor Eliana Cardoso
states: "What would be the implications of a change in the global
power for South AMERICA in the long run? It is possible to think of
three scenarios. The first is: more of the same. Neglected by the
three major powers (U.S., China and European Union) the continent
would remain forgotten as a U.S. backyard. The tradition is so long
that seems unchangeable.....There are signs that [President] Barack
Obama wants to resuscitate economic nationalism. Even if
globalization ends up suffering from that, the second scenario is a
variation of the first, in which the difference would be the
replacement of the U.S. power by the Chinese....The third scenario,
more optimistic, depends on the economic integration of South
American countries. United, the continent would have more strength.
But.....South American Integration is far from being what one might
wish."
WHITE
SIPDIS
STATE INR/R/MR; IIP/R/MR; WHA/PD
DEPT PASS USTR
USDOC 4322/MAC/OLAC/JAFEE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
SUBJECT: Media Reaction Sao Paulo February 09 2009
Media Reaction - South and Central Asia: Iran; Global Economy:
Financial market crisis; Sao Paulo
Monday, February 9, 2009
Title- The Iranian Enigma
Editorial in liberal Folha de S.Paulo (2-9) says: "A 'dtente'
between the White House and the Ayatollah-lead regime, which
accumulates more than 30 years of rupture and hostility, will be an
event capable to disarming spirits throughout the so called greater
Middle East....The easing of tensions between Iran and U.S. will
also help to consolidate a political transition in Iraq, to a Shiite
majority like Iran. The normalization of the relationship between
Washington and Teheran depends above all on how the two parties
tackle the Iranian nuclear program theme....but the realization of
an ambitious re-approximation agenda with Iran will have to wait
until June, when there will be presidential election in the Persian
country."
Title- The Serpent's Egg
Article in liberal Folha de S.Paulo (2-9) by Senator Aloisio
Mercadante (PT) states: "What surprises the most is not the strength
and rapidity [of the crisis], but the lack of action from
authorities during its elaboration. .....While the U.S. economy was
growing and people made a lot of money, many looked the other way
from this monumental financial egg that freed the serpent of the
crisis that devastated the world when it broke. Nevertheless, there
is another serpent egg in sight. It is about protectionism....The
only way of facing the current crisis is through swift international
cooperation and measures that go beyond old paradigms. And the best
way to avoid new disasters is to build a new global order, more
regulated, symmetric and firm placed in multilateralism."
Title- AMERICA for Americans?
Op-Ed in O Estado de S. Paulo (2-9) by FGV professor Eliana Cardoso
states: "What would be the implications of a change in the global
power for South AMERICA in the long run? It is possible to think of
three scenarios. The first is: more of the same. Neglected by the
three major powers (U.S., China and European Union) the continent
would remain forgotten as a U.S. backyard. The tradition is so long
that seems unchangeable.....There are signs that [President] Barack
Obama wants to resuscitate economic nationalism. Even if
globalization ends up suffering from that, the second scenario is a
variation of the first, in which the difference would be the
replacement of the U.S. power by the Chinese....The third scenario,
more optimistic, depends on the economic integration of South
American countries. United, the continent would have more strength.
But.....South American Integration is far from being what one might
wish."
WHITE