Land of the Future

Dennis Robert Redmond dredmond at efn.org
Wed Feb 12 16:34:55 PST 2003


On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, Ulhas Joglekar wrote:


> Btw, what are the prospects of Brazil emerging as a superpower?

An interesting question. Lula and the WP will struggle mightily to construct a basic welfare/developmental state, but semi-peripheries have always needed rising metropoles to flourish (the EU vis-a-vis Eastern Europe/Russia, East Asia vis-a-vis SE Asia/China).

Ideally, the EU ought to lend a helping hand in Latin America, i.e. forgive some of Brazil's horrendous foreign debt. Yet another task for the Euroleft...

-- DRR



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