Comments on: Shooting Itself in the Foot, Brazil Spreads Concrete Through the Rainforest http://www.coha.org/shooting-itself-in-the-foot-brazil-spreads-concrete-through-the-rainforest/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shooting-itself-in-the-foot-brazil-spreads-concrete-through-the-rainforest COHA is an NGO specialized in monitoring Latin American and Canadian Relations for more than 30 years... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:42:08 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: anotherview http://www.coha.org/shooting-itself-in-the-foot-brazil-spreads-concrete-through-the-rainforest/comment-page-1/#comment-34706 anotherview Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:40:17 +0000 http://www.coha.org/?p=7135#comment-34706 It is easy to point out to other country than to look at your own. Afterwards, Brazil was not the first to destroy a forest and changed its native population. Please, look back in history and see who's was gaining with the resources extracted from the Amazon Rain Forest. I guarantee that it was not Brazil.... It is easy to point out to other country than to look at your own. Afterwards, Brazil was not the first to destroy a forest and changed its native population. Please, look back in history and see who's was gaining with the resources extracted from the Amazon Rain Forest. I guarantee that it was not Brazil….

]]> By: BigFoot http://www.coha.org/shooting-itself-in-the-foot-brazil-spreads-concrete-through-the-rainforest/comment-page-1/#comment-34690 BigFoot Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:22:36 +0000 http://www.coha.org/?p=7135#comment-34690 Ms Brault, your righteousness has a little too much hot air: you forgot to mention the most important catalyst in the devastation of the Amazon - the IMF and World Bank. fortunately, Brazil is no longer under the yoke of this banking mafia. you cannot separate the disastrous development in the Amazon from the imposed conditions stipulated in very expensive (about 30% interest) IMF and World Bank development loans to Brazil back in the eighties and nineties. Brazil was just coming out of almost three decades of US-backed military dictatorship stemming from a CIA-orchestrated coup. at the time, economic ties with the US were very strong(armed). these loan clauses included absurdities such as prohibiting investing any amount of the borrowed money into education infrastructure as well as imposing the rapid commercial development of the Amazon. as for all the noble medical potential, Ms. Brault, that's one big crock. part of the scheme was to guarantee that big pharma has ownership of that biodiversity, already a win-lose situation Ms Brault, your righteousness has a little too much hot air: you forgot to mention the most important catalyst in the devastation of the Amazon – the IMF and World Bank. fortunately, Brazil is no longer under the yoke of this banking mafia. you cannot separate the disastrous development in the Amazon from the imposed conditions stipulated in very expensive (about 30% interest) IMF and World Bank development loans to Brazil back in the eighties and nineties. Brazil was just coming out of almost three decades of US-backed military dictatorship stemming from a CIA-orchestrated coup. at the time, economic ties with the US were very strong(armed). these loan clauses included absurdities such as prohibiting investing any amount of the borrowed money into education infrastructure as well as imposing the rapid commercial development of the Amazon.

as for all the noble medical potential, Ms. Brault, that's one big crock. part of the scheme was to guarantee that big pharma has ownership of that biodiversity, already a win-lose situation

]]> By: Ana J http://www.coha.org/shooting-itself-in-the-foot-brazil-spreads-concrete-through-the-rainforest/comment-page-1/#comment-34687 Ana J Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:54:11 +0000 http://www.coha.org/?p=7135#comment-34687 "forever changed"? The logical conclusion to the argument you are making is that the inhabitants of the forest will be lost, not "changed". Our species has been "changed" throughout our history on the planet, but we have never before faced total destruction of our habitat and therefore of our species. If we don't dump the global capitalist economy and crank up our concern for our fellows, regardless of nation-state identification, we are indeed lost. And some of us can only thank god that we won't be around to see it with our own eyes. "forever changed"? The logical conclusion to the argument you are making is that the inhabitants of the forest will be lost, not "changed".
Our species has been "changed" throughout our history on the planet, but we have never before faced total destruction of our habitat and therefore of our species.
If we don't dump the global capitalist economy and crank up our concern for our fellows, regardless of nation-state identification, we are indeed lost. And some of us can only thank god that we won't be around to see it with our own eyes.

]]>