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Weekly Report - 15 July 2010 (WR-10-28)
BRAZIL: Ambiguous diplomacy creates confusion
President Lula da Silva's friendly exchanges earlier this month with
Teodoro Obiang Mbasogo, who has ruled over Equatorial Guinea with an iron fist
for over three decades - just as the Cuban government accepted a deal brokered
by Spain and Cuba's Roman Catholic Church to release political prisoners -
highlight a disconcerting ambiguity in Brazil's current foreign policy. This
ambiguity is undermining Brazil's standing in the global arena and,
significantly, the reputation of the country's foreign office, the Itamaraty,
for competence and professionalism.
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