Sunday 27 April 2008

Brazilian's new problem

In the last years Brazil has been facing many problems with its neighbor’s countries, Brazil´s ex-commercial partners. Most of the Brazilian problems are related with energy and the old deals with governments that are not in the power anymore. After the problems with Bolivia´s gas and Venezuela´s oil, the new Brazilian´s problem is with Paraguay and its electric energy.
For the new Paraguay´s elected president, Fernando Lugo, the country´s growing is his main objective. So, in order to attract new investors, Fernando Lugo is planning offer energy incentives because he says that Paraguay has right to receive half of all energy produced in Itaipu´s hydroelectric dam.
Although he said it, Paraguay´s has one agreement with Brazil that all the energy that is not going to be used in Paraguay must go to Brazil without any other cost, so the country doesn´t have half of all the energy produced in Itipu´s hydroelectric dam. In Fernando´s Lugo point of view, that treatment is not fair and if he can´t change that situation, at least he can give energy´s incentives that will helps in Paraguay´s growing. That´s just one more diplomatic problem for Lula´s government.http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e9a79d62-10c0-11dd-b8d6-0000779fd2ac.html

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