Brazil’s Distorted Economy and Fractured Morals
Brazil, which currently holds a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council, recently abstained on a key vote that, had it not gone down in defeat, would have strongly condemned Syria for using lethal force against its own largely unarmed population. Such street confrontations in the past have resulted in the death of almost three thousand defenseless Syrian nationals. As a result of Chinese and Russian Security Council vetoes and four abstentions (including that of Brazil), the resolution fell short of the number of votes needed to implement it. Bashar al-Assad’s ruthless regime’s already harsh policies have led to the present Syrian bloodbath now being witnessed as a result of Damascus’ police-state tactics.
Earlier this year, BRICS members, Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, as well as Germany, abstained from voting on an initiative regarding the no-fly zone policy in Libya in order to prevent the now-ousted Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi from ordering his armed forces to turn their weapons on his civilian opponents.
This analysis was prepared by COHA Research Associate Linnea LaMon.
To read the full article, click here.
COHA in the Public Arena
Blog de Octavio Islas 