i'm sorry but that last paragraph of yours was not very understandable. It sounded as if you were paraphrasing someone.
When our president went to meet Bush for the first time, Bush asked him:
"Why are you trying to create stronger ties with China? Don't you know they have a bad Human Rights' record?"
To which our president replied:
"America's number one trading partner is China. We were only trying to follow your example."
Brazilians know that the problems in their country come from their own past. But if you read "The Open Veins of Latin America", by Eduardo Galleano, you'll see that a good part of it was caused by aggressive American policy that wanted to prevent development and fortify the country's dependence on the U.S.
As a people, Brazilians have hope that their country will change, that education will become universal and that poverty will deminish. We are also aware that we should not follow anymore the guidelines set by the IMF (an organ highly influenced by America and European countries) because we don't want to go bankrupt like Argentina (who followed them to the T.)
May your country prosper. May my country prosper. May your country be more fair in its dealings with others, and lets hope this century won't see the fall of America due to universal boycott of all its corporations and products (as its beginning to happen in Europe and South America) but instead a progress towards real stability and peace.
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When our president went to meet Bush for the first time, Bush asked him:
"Why are you trying to create stronger ties with China? Don't you know they have a bad Human Rights' record?"
To which our president replied:
"America's number one trading partner is China. We were only trying to follow your example."
Brazilians know that the problems in their country come from their own past. But if you read "The Open Veins of Latin America", by Eduardo Galleano, you'll see that a good part of it was caused by aggressive American policy that wanted to prevent development and fortify the country's dependence on the U.S.
As a people, Brazilians have hope that their country will change, that education will become universal and that poverty will deminish. We are also aware that we should not follow anymore the guidelines set by the IMF (an organ highly influenced by America and European countries) because we don't want to go bankrupt like Argentina (who followed them to the T.)
May your country prosper. May my country prosper. May your country be more fair in its dealings with others, and lets hope this century won't see the fall of America due to universal boycott of all its corporations and products (as its beginning to happen in Europe and South America) but instead a progress towards real stability and peace.