The South American Mercosur trade bloc has announced its intention to negotiate a free trade agreement with the Palestinian territories. There follows my translation of Fernando Gimenez’s analysis of the move.
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Argentina has today followed Brazil’s lead and recognized Palestine as a state. That, in principle, is grand. Just one doubt:
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A brief coda to this post. If the opinion polls are anything to go by then Dilma Rousseff will today be elected President of Brazil. Her father was born in the Bulgarian city of Gabrovo. Gabi Ashkenazi is the 19th Chief of Staff of the IDF. His father was also born in Bulgaria, just 90 kilometers south of Gabrovo in the city of Plovdiv.
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This is a guest post by Kenneth Bandler of AJC.
Wrapping up his whirlwind Latin America tour, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad must have been very pleased that he had cancelled his previously planned visit to Brazil in May. No doubt his host, Brazilian President President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, is similarly delighted. Each is enjoying international attention as leaders in their respective regions of the world.
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has just completed a visit to Brazil. He was warmly welcomed by President Lula and generally glad handed and back slapped throughout his stay.
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