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Judi Lynn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-26-10 09:06 PM
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Is Obama regretting a deal support letter sent to Brazil's Lula?
Edited on Wed May-26-10 09:08 PM by Judi Lynn
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 | 23:02 ET
Is Obama regretting a deal support letter sent to Brazil's Lula?
‘Major US newspapers censor Obama’s support of Iran fuel swap,’ US media

The US media seems to have been boosting a particular coverage of the fuel swap deal signed last week by Iran, Brazil and Turkey. At least, that's what the Foreign Policy's Director Robert Naiman of the US news site Huffington Post reveals on his latest article after searching and analyzing the US media coverage on the matter.

So far, US media and US foreign policy articles and columns, echoed the news of the agreement signed last week by Iran, Brazil, and Turkey for Iran to ship about half of its stockpile of low-enriched uranium to Turkey, in exchange for subsequent Western supply of higher-enriched uranium to fuel Iran's medical research reactor - fuel Iran needs in order to treat Iranian medical patients, fuel to which Iran is entitled as a signatory of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.

Even though the facts, Naiman, who's based in Brazil's financial capital city of Sao Paulo, warns readers on his article and says that "If you were paying close attention, you might know that the deal is quite similar to one proposed a few months ago by the United States."

"The Huffington Post's article indicates that "An initial AP news agency story on the Washington Post's website last Monday said the agreement was "nearly identical" to the deal the US was pressing for, although by the end of the day the AP article on the Post's website had been revised to downgrade this comparison to ‘mirrors'." {The original AP story is still visible through a link in Naiman's article.}

More:
http://www.buenosairesherald.com/BreakingNews/View/34552
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naaman fletcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-10 12:45 AM
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1. Fascinating
good find, thank you
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rabs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-10 03:03 AM
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2. Lula responds to criticism he has received and is still receiving


You can be sure he is more than unhappy with Obama and Hil. (Translation mine)

-- "We reached an accord much more difficult than having Corinthians and Palmeiras fans sit at the same table." (Corinthians and Palmeiras are two rival football teams in Brazil, kind of like the Red Sox and the Yankees).

-- Lula lauds what was accomplished and once again criticized the U.S. posture, which defends sanctions aginst Iran. "We went there (Tehran) with humbleness and we established confidence."

-- "The world has people who do not know how to do politics without having an enemy. And they have to spoil it, put a bad face on it, demonize it. (You listening, Obama and Hil?)

-- Lula said his style of governing differs from that adopted by the great powers. "Because they have people, who instead of sitting down at a table to talk, they prefer to demonstrate that "I have force, either you give in or sink." I am not like that."

Jornal do Brasil (Rio de Janeiro)

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Lula: acordo com Irã foi pior que reunir corintiano e palmeirense


Claudia Andrade, Portal Terra


BRASÍLIA - O presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva voltou a falar nesta quarta-feira sobre o acordo que ajudou a intermediar entre o Irã e a Turquia sobre energia nuclear, e mais uma vez lamentou as críticas que recebeu e que ainda está recebendo por ter feito a mediação. "Fizemos um acordo muito mais difícil do que colocar um corintiano e um palmeirense na mesma mesa", disse.

"Primeiro, as pessoas torcendo pra não dar certo. Isso é uma coisa maluca. A imprensa brasileira dizia: o Lula? O cara que veio de Garanhuns, que não fala nem inglês? Não vai dar certo, ele vai quebrar a cara", afirmou, ao discursar para um público da área científica em uma conferência, em Brasília.

Em seguida, o presidente exaltou o feito alcançado, e mais uma vez criticou a postura dos Estados Unidos, que defendem sanções contra o Irã. "Nós fomos lá, humildemente, e estabelecemos uma confiança", disse.

Lula repetiu inclusive a frase utilizada em seu primeiro discurso em um evento no Brasil, depois da viagem a Teerã. "No mundo tem gente que não sabe fazer política sem ter inimigo. E tem que fazê-lo ruim, a cara tem que ser feia, tem que demonizá-lo. Eu digo isso porque fui demonizado durante muito tempo. Muita gente dizia que tinha medo de mim", disse.

O presidente também ressaltou que sua forma de governar difere da adotada pelas potências. "Porque tem gente que, em vez de sentar em uma mesa pra conversar, prefere mostrar: 'eu tenho força', 'ou dá ou desce'. Eu não sou assim: ninguém dá e todo mundo desce. Esse é meu lema", afirmou.


22:13 - 26/05/2010


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