MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency

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  ChrisR

  OH dear, ANOTHER Brazilian idiot.
  
  You can see why Dilma might not get re-elected if these are the best people she can select from.
  
  I wouldn't trust this idiot to feed my dog.

  Jul 15th, 2013 - 11:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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  Baxter

  Nothing at say .Can it really be true that this man is Rousseffs main foreign policy advisor ! Where , oh where , are the professional diplomats ? I used to remember the good old days when Brazilian diplomats were respected . I also think that this was the man who advised Lula da Silva to get involved in Iran nuclear negotiations . Which were a complete disaster .

  Jul 15th, 2013 - 11:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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  Elena

  The problem with power when you see yourself as an ideological leader is that, like that or not, you got to have to deal with ppl with different ways of thinking, idelogies and pov´s. Including ppl inside your goverment when all think alike is not only a good manner of keeping yourself blind of your goverent flaws but it also creates resentment from other sectors of society as well as most of the ppl. At the end those goverments don´t last much unless they learn to cooperate and manage different pov. The problem isn´t that Paraguay doesn´t have a left leaning goverment, but that both Lugo and Left leaning leaders in Mercosur don´t know how to balance goverment institutions without imposing themselves on them.

  Jul 16th, 2013 - 12:54 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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  Anglotino

  Whew!
  
  How lucky is Paraguay that it didn't go down the same route as Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador!
  
  Hopefully it goes down the route that Colombia, Peru and Chile have been trailblazing - that also entails leaving Mercosur in the dust.

  Jul 16th, 2013 - 02:04 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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  Baxter

  Time for my Horlicks and bed . The good thing is that other voices are now being heard in Brazil . In today's Marco Press two totally different opinions from two Brazilian experts . There is still hope for Paraguay . Hope in the sense that they will be allowed to find their own route without foreign interference .
  I do have an idea that Mercosur leaders are somewhat surprised by Cartes's very strong , clear , legal and controlled reaction ! Incidentally he is supported by most Paraguayans , with the exception of Lugo !

  Jul 16th, 2013 - 02:28 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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  Conqueror

  My basic impression of this is “waffle, waffle, waffle”. “there was the need for an institutional re-foundation which adjusted to the new correlation of forces born out of the ballot. In most cases, this re-foundation anxiety set an agenda of Constitutional Assemblies capable of designing a new institutional order, such was the path followed during the last decade by Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia. The constitutional assemblies made possible in the three countries a new constitutional order, legitimized by popular referendums which bestowed to their presidents the governance that their predecessors in office lacked. Lugo was unable to implement any of these alternatives”. Pure drivel. Does he actually ”think” this way, or was it just an attempt to be obscure?

  Jul 16th, 2013 - 01:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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  Gordo1

  “countries with strong popular support such as Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador”? The middle and professional classes of Ecuador do NOT support the despot, Correa, who is a man with a “chip on his shoulder” because of the circumstances of the death of his father.
  
  This declaration by Marcos Aurelio is, as someone has already said, “pure drivel”!

  Jul 16th, 2013 - 03:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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  Kirk Nelson

  Well, I am glad that Paraguay did not follow the unsuccessful path of Bolivia, Ecuador and Venezuela, they are open anti-american countries, their sociaties are poorly in motion with lower economic performance in the world and erroneously believing in the Socialism system.
  It is hard to comprehend that while Eastern European countries have abandoned the Socialism after so many years of practice, simply because it does not work for the people and to the people, few unhealthy South American countries are leaving its democratic practices to get into the Socialism.
  How is that?
  Even China, the larges Socialism country, is getting into the democratic field, and in fact it is doing so far well exempt this quarter, where its economic indicadors are slower in comparison to previous economic performances .
  Paraguay has its own path, a path of better planning to fully benefit its people with better jobs, and education, and social health benefits.
  Paraguay has demostrated to the world that has its own way to carry its local and international business . Paraguay's officials are in charge of their country needs and does not need outsiders to dictate how to handdle its activies and political ideas.
  I am proud that Paraguay functions with its own criteria.
  
  Kirk Nelson,
  New York, NY

  Jul 16th, 2013 - 10:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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