O Brasil criticou nesta segunda-feira, 28, no Conselho de Direitos Humanos da Organização das Nações Unidas (ONU) a forma como potências e países árabes têm pressionado o ditador Bashar Assad. Em discurso em Genebra, a ministra Maria do Rosário (Direitos Humanos) condenou a ideia de armar a oposição síria, bem como iniciativas diplomáticas fora do âmbito da entidade - alfinetada indireta no grupo "Amigos da Síria", formado por americanos, europeus e árabes.
A ministra afirmou que o governo Dilma Rousseff "não aceita" a entrega de armas a rebeldes e pediu que a "política ocupe espaço" na crise, sem indicar como, na prática, isso seria feito.
Ao lado do Brasil, os representantes de Irã, China e Rússia também usaram a plenária do Conselho de Genebra para atacar a pressão sobre Damasco.”
O governo brasileiro registrou sua solidariedade às vítimas, mas subiu o tom contra a estratégia do Ocidente e de alguns países árabes para lidar com a crise.
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26 de agosto de 2010
A sãopaulização de Moscou
The activists say the city circumvented preservation laws and manipulated the process of protecting historical objects as it pushed the mansion’s destruction forward.
12 de junho de 2010
The Rise of State Capitalism
The fall of communism did not mark the final triumph of free-market capitalism because it did not put an end to authoritarian government. The Chinese and Russian governments in particular have learned to compete internationally by embracing market-driven capitalism. But they know that if they leave it entirely to market forces to decide winners and losers from economic growth, they risk enabling those who might use that wealth to challenge their political power. Certain that command economies are doomed to fail but fearful that truly free markets will spin beyond their control, these and other authoritarian governments have invented something new: state capitalism.
Using this system, governments dominate key domestic economic sectors. They use state-owned and politically loyal privately owned companies to intervene in global markets for energy, aviation, shipping, power generation, arms production, telecommunications, metals, minerals, petrochemicals, and other industries. The oil companies they own now control three quarters of the world's crude-oil reserves. These governments also control enormous investment vehicles known as sovereign wealth funds that have become vitally important sources of capital. In each case, the state is using markets to create wealth that can be directed as political officials see fit. And in each case, the ultimate motive is not economic (maximizing growth) but political (maximizing the state's power and the leadership's chances of survival).
The main characters in this story are the men who rule China, Russia, and the Arab monarchies of the Persian Gulf, but the apparent success of this new model has attracted imitators throughout much of the developing world.
Using this system, governments dominate key domestic economic sectors. They use state-owned and politically loyal privately owned companies to intervene in global markets for energy, aviation, shipping, power generation, arms production, telecommunications, metals, minerals, petrochemicals, and other industries. The oil companies they own now control three quarters of the world's crude-oil reserves. These governments also control enormous investment vehicles known as sovereign wealth funds that have become vitally important sources of capital. In each case, the state is using markets to create wealth that can be directed as political officials see fit. And in each case, the ultimate motive is not economic (maximizing growth) but political (maximizing the state's power and the leadership's chances of survival).
The main characters in this story are the men who rule China, Russia, and the Arab monarchies of the Persian Gulf, but the apparent success of this new model has attracted imitators throughout much of the developing world.
5 de maio de 2010
São Paulo, Moscou
Trecho desta matéria do site da Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
A chronic dilemma facing Moscow planners and the city's nearly 9 million residents is gridlock. Cars in another chronically clogged city, New York, travel at an average speed of 38 kilometers an hour. In Moscow, the number is just 21, and it's only set to get worse -- Russia's Transportation Ministry predicts the number of cars in Moscow is set to double to 8 million by 2015.
The Genplan includes numerous plans for parking garages and improved traffic flow. But critics like transport expert Mikhail Blinkin say that for now, the city's mania for knocking down buildings and constructing bigger ones in their place outpaces any practical strategy on traffic management, and that there is simply no room for the capital's cars and trucks.
"I'll give you the simplest example. We demolish five-story buildings from the Soviet times and put up a 30-story building in their place. The surrounding transport network, for cars and public transportation, we leave unchanged," Blinkin said.
"I always make this comparison: if we try to pour five liters of water into a three-liter jar, it will overflow. But that's what we do every day."
The Genplan last month prompted a rare confrontation between city officials and the Public Chamber, a state oversight body. City officials walked out of a Public Chamber debate on the Genplan after chamber members attacked the plan.
Speaking at the meeting, Marat Gelman, an influential gallery owner and former assistant director at Russia's Channel One broadcaster, said the plan was motivated by greed and indifference. "For us, Moscow is love," he said. "But for Luzhkov, it's a vegetable plot to harvest from."
A chronic dilemma facing Moscow planners and the city's nearly 9 million residents is gridlock. Cars in another chronically clogged city, New York, travel at an average speed of 38 kilometers an hour. In Moscow, the number is just 21, and it's only set to get worse -- Russia's Transportation Ministry predicts the number of cars in Moscow is set to double to 8 million by 2015.
The Genplan includes numerous plans for parking garages and improved traffic flow. But critics like transport expert Mikhail Blinkin say that for now, the city's mania for knocking down buildings and constructing bigger ones in their place outpaces any practical strategy on traffic management, and that there is simply no room for the capital's cars and trucks.
"I'll give you the simplest example. We demolish five-story buildings from the Soviet times and put up a 30-story building in their place. The surrounding transport network, for cars and public transportation, we leave unchanged," Blinkin said.
"I always make this comparison: if we try to pour five liters of water into a three-liter jar, it will overflow. But that's what we do every day."
The Genplan last month prompted a rare confrontation between city officials and the Public Chamber, a state oversight body. City officials walked out of a Public Chamber debate on the Genplan after chamber members attacked the plan.
Speaking at the meeting, Marat Gelman, an influential gallery owner and former assistant director at Russia's Channel One broadcaster, said the plan was motivated by greed and indifference. "For us, Moscow is love," he said. "But for Luzhkov, it's a vegetable plot to harvest from."
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