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Brazil at the crossroads
TEHRAN, March 17(MNA) -- According to certain informed sources, U.S. President Barack Obama will travel to Brazil on March 19.
One of the main reasons Obama is making the trip is to pressure the Brazilian government in order to convince its officials to join the anti-Iran campaign, particularly in the area of human rights.
The U.S. government has been putting pressure on Brazil to adopt a negative stance toward the human rights situation in Iran for quite some time and Obama’s trip is intended to be the climax of these efforts.
A human rights resolution against Iran, orchestrated by the United States, Britain, and certain other Western countries, will be put to a vote at a session of the United Nations Human Rights Council a few days after Obama’s trip, and the visit has provided the U.S. an opportunity to directly enter the field of play and put extra pressure on Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff to change her position on the human rights situation in Iran.
Independent political analysts maintain that the U.S. proposal to issue a human rights resolution against Iran is an intrigue by the greatest violators of human rights, who are trying to prevent the adoption of logical and principled policies at the UN Human Rights Council through the promotion of a selective approach toward the human rights issue.
Former Brazilian president Luis Inacio Lula da Silva resisted the pressure exerted by the U.S. and certain other Western countries, refused to adopt a selective approach toward human rights, and took a principled and logical stance during his term in office.
Lula proved to the world that Brazil had emerged as a powerful country, especially when it adopted an independent policy.
But it is not yet clear if Rousseff will pursue the policy adopted by Lula or will give in to the West’s pressure.
So the coming days will be a litmus test for Brazil in general and Rousseff in particular to prove to the Brazilian nation and other independent nations in the world that independent Brazil will not return to a situation similar to when it was a colony.
Brazil is at the crossroads. Brazilian officials must decide if Brazil is going to be a neocolonial client state of the major powers or if Brazil is going to be one of the leading lights of the Global South.
One of the main reasons Obama is making the trip is to pressure the Brazilian government in order to convince its officials to join the anti-Iran campaign, particularly in the area of human rights.
The U.S. government has been putting pressure on Brazil to adopt a negative stance toward the human rights situation in Iran for quite some time and Obama’s trip is intended to be the climax of these efforts.
A human rights resolution against Iran, orchestrated by the United States, Britain, and certain other Western countries, will be put to a vote at a session of the United Nations Human Rights Council a few days after Obama’s trip, and the visit has provided the U.S. an opportunity to directly enter the field of play and put extra pressure on Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff to change her position on the human rights situation in Iran.
Independent political analysts maintain that the U.S. proposal to issue a human rights resolution against Iran is an intrigue by the greatest violators of human rights, who are trying to prevent the adoption of logical and principled policies at the UN Human Rights Council through the promotion of a selective approach toward the human rights issue.
Former Brazilian president Luis Inacio Lula da Silva resisted the pressure exerted by the U.S. and certain other Western countries, refused to adopt a selective approach toward human rights, and took a principled and logical stance during his term in office.
Lula proved to the world that Brazil had emerged as a powerful country, especially when it adopted an independent policy.
But it is not yet clear if Rousseff will pursue the policy adopted by Lula or will give in to the West’s pressure.
So the coming days will be a litmus test for Brazil in general and Rousseff in particular to prove to the Brazilian nation and other independent nations in the world that independent Brazil will not return to a situation similar to when it was a colony.
Brazil is at the crossroads. Brazilian officials must decide if Brazil is going to be a neocolonial client state of the major powers or if Brazil is going to be one of the leading lights of the Global South.
