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Viewing cable 08SAOPAULO433, WAR AT CAUCASUS, DOHA 08-11-2008

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08SAOPAULO433 2008-08-11 12:23 2011-07-11 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Consulate Sao Paulo 
VZCZCXYZ0000
OO RUEHWEB

DE RUEHSO #0433 2241223
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 111223Z AUG 08
FM AMCONSUL SAO PAULO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8453
INFO RHEHNSC/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHDC IMMEDIATE
RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA PRIORITY 9594
RUEHRI/AMCONSUL RIO DE JANEIRO PRIORITY 8811
RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC 3145
 
UNCLAS SAO PAULO 000433 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE INR/R/MR; IIP/R/MR; WHA/PD 
 
DEPT PASS USTR 
 
USDOC 4322/MAC/OLAC/JAFEE 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
SUBJECT: WAR AT CAUCASUS, DOHA 08-11-2008 
 
War at Caucasus 
 
Editorial in liberal Folha de S. Paulo (08/11) says: "With a 
disfigured multilateralism it is even more difficult to resist the 
Russian expansionism on display in Georgia. ... Moscow's means of 
persuasion are not limited to its nuclear destructive capabilities 
any more.  The characteristics of the new cycle of Russia's economic 
ascension, a country essential to guarantee the supply of natural 
gas and oil to the Europeans became a crucial diplomatic tool for 
the Kremlin. ...It is obvious that the international system is too 
weak to mediate the conflict and demand an immediate cease fire. 
Just remember that Bush, the paladin of Georgia's sovereignty, 
commanded the military invasion of a sovereign country, in an open 
challenge to U.N. " 
 
 
Doha and and Lost Hegemony 
 
Analysis by former Brazilian Treasury Minister Luiz Carlos Bresser 
Pereira in liberal Folha de S. Paulo (08/11) comments: "If we were 
still in the 90's, this round would have been concluded.  However, 
at the end of 2000, we understand why the rich countries do not 
succeed in imposing their power so easily.  During this period, 
their neo liberal reforms revealed themselves unable to promote 
economic development: a growing number of developing countries, now 
headed by India and China, reached extraordinary growing rates and 
changed the international balance of power, and the deplorable War 
in Iraq and the present financial crisis weakened their "hegemony". 
Brazil lost because the Doha Round would benefit us, but the poor 
countries headed by India won." 
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