>Despite scare headlines about crises and divisions preceding
>the summit, the Guardian reports Lula's strong statement of support for
>Bolivia's action, which he described as "a necessary adjustment for a
>suffering people who have the right to demand great power over their
>riches". His comments were made despite "repeated fire this week" from the
>Brazilian bourgeoisie, fretting about the prospect of higher gas prices.
What's up with this? Are Lula's neighbors giving him some backbone? Is he facing domestic criticism from non-bourgeois circles for having been so weak, and now looking bad by comparison with Chavez and Morales? Wuzzup?
Doug