Comments by "serafina costa" (@serafinacosta7118) on "CaspianReport" channel.

México is getting American and Canadian money. NAFTA , low cost manufacturing. The rest of the continent isn’t.
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Nonsense. It rains because deep florest generates enough humidity to be evaporated and converted into rain. It is a close loop cycle. And as florest patches are cleared , top soil get# washed away , thus hindering florest regeneration. That is how desertification works , in Brazil or anywhere else. A São Paulo State map of late XIX Century showed about 90% florest coverage whereas now it barely makes 5% , mostly by the Atlantic Florest at the coastline. Perhaps your friends are profiteering from land clearing and want to self justify their behavior and actions. But sure as heck it does not make them whole.
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Deposed king, empowered king. Brazil always had foreign car brands and always will have them. And any foreigner car maker in Brazil will have to run local plants and develop a sizeable dealership network. Or else it will fail. The Chinese had their car brands in Brazil since the early 2000’s , always plagued with lack of reliability and spares. And they are coming back with two nameplates, BYD and Great Wall. Chery survived because it gave up going alone and leaned on a Brazilian partner to license its manufacturing and distribution , the same that successfully brought Hiundai . And even then, its share of the market is miniscule.
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The Chinese did not buy the port. They paid a billion reais for the concession of utilizing the container terminal , where they hold a 90% stakehold. They went to Santos first , but Santos needed some dredging , and the local port authority , as usual , was dragging feet on the needed work. So they waited , and waited , and threw the towel and went to Paranaguá. That is the story.
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@Essentially_Nobody Which reinforces my point , thank you. São Paulo’s hintetland , as I mentioned , since it has lost most of its florest coverage , has average higher temperatures ( Ribeirão Preto, São José do Rio Preto, Campinas, Bauru and many other regional MSAs within the State ) than the communities around the Atlantic Florest range, not to mention less rainfall accumulation throughout the years. Worse , there has been a drop on water levels by the Paraná and Paranapanema River basins over the last give years. Whenever someone claims there is no such a danger the Amazon Florest to lose its florest coverage and Bio Diversity , you can suspect the source. They most likely to in the economic chain to logging, cattle ranching , soy monoculture. Their opinions lack depth and are full of bunk science.
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One talks about de-dolarization , and then advertises for a service that bills USD 5,00 per month As for China and their partners …. Hubba Ubá Ubá , three fools in a tub. And such a filthy tub. Monetary expansion is not just an America’s thing. It is also a China thing. 😊
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Since Nixon, the US has done diddle squat in the region. It’s always the same news…. A New US President gets elected , Latin American leaders go to DC for the customary ring kissing , do a few speeches at United Nations in NY that nobody listens to ( all bravado for their local press ) , and then things go back to the old same. When Latin American leaders do their deals with another US sworn enemy, folks on Washington get a little pissy , air a few words of admonish, and we in the plantation ignore them. Most of the US money kicking down lately are private equity deals. Cable TV networks , fast food restaurant chains ( through a local master franchisor ) , some manufacturing firms. Since the late 60’s , most large capital inlays have not come from America anymore.
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Austrália , América , Europe, Africa , they all had their tune to partake Chinese Money. It’s out turn to get into some of their money before we send them broke on their way home. And , as usual , Americans want to ruin our party. Not fair. Our hookers , our crooked politicians , our workers , they all deserve their share of this new Chinese money. If they had, so do we deserve a shot. And since you haven’t shown your love with dollars latelly , as spurned lovers we are , we figured as well by inviting the Chinese to our ball. And contrary to Africa , in most of South America , loan trap diplomacy does not work. Our asking price is higher. You pay in cash for our concessions. Out here , if you bribe, there is a line , or better yet , a pyramid , on the receiving end. It will cost you a lot more to get anywhere. So building a school building , or a soccer stadium won’t move a needle with us. Besides , you can’t bring your own labor. You have to source labor locally. No cheap gift giving. You can try this with Venezuela , Ecuador , at least for now. Only be advised your gift will be squandered through graft. And as for currency , we are not taking yours. At worst , some barter. At best , Euros or US Dollars. We might be considered or seen as pauper in the plantation, through your lenses. But we ain’t cheap. And when you show up, you will need to be flush in cash. We expect as so. As for Americans , they had it cheap for years. Even the Europeans treated us better. So your price is gone up. So pay up or shut up.
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Not a chance in hell. At most, if they have to bring in cargo and oil ships to haul in their cargo , they will be escorted by their own frigates. Which is what they already do in Africa. If the American , in all their might , couldn’t manage to get set in years , don’t expect the Chinese to receive any better concessions , just as they are coming to age. And besides , China is no longer flush in cash. They have serious issues at home , and they will cost them dearly. Belt Road projects are falling to the wayside , for lack of funding.
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In Brazil the Chinese can’t simply do their loans as they do in Africa. Chinese banks are in Brazil to lend to their own projects. For one thing , whatever concession is sold by the Brazilian government , the payment must be tendered either in local currency or US Dollars. No Mickey Mouse Chinese currency. They bid on Rio’s International airpoirt , Galeão , only to nos give it back , as they have lost money on the deal. Most other concessions they’ve done are ports. And they are biidding and winning contracts on urban rail systems , mostly to supply hardware. They can’t use their own construction companies neither, for large tenders. Either they buy an ailing Brazilian contractor , and by law must hire locally , or else , no cake. Brazil ain’t a shit kicking economy. Out there , you must shell out serious money.
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Oh, and by the way… didn’t Pakistan had a female prime minister , Benazir Bhutto? So they managed to assassinato her, right. Ok, I get it . The country is cursed. I get it. Should take better care of your females next time.
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Your broad strokes are fit to a tee. Well done. You committed a few faux pas on minor details , but then again, who else doesn’t? We are used to this. Good work. Very conclusive statements. I would dare say better than Peter Zeihan.
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All Venezuela has to offer is low grade crude. Before they went to their ways of revolutionary idiocy , the only refiner that took their crude were run by the Koch Brothers. Meanwhile , the Guyana struck oil and gas reserves richer than Venezuela’s. And thanks to stupid government politics , their local Oil Company , PDVSA , started hiring based on political ties , driving away professionals who managed to get things done. So now, all Venezuela has to offer , aside to low grade crude reserves , are drug gangs, hookers , and lots of starving paupers.
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I noticed the unusual number of request by Pakistanis to get a visitor’ s visa to the Brazilian consulate in Islamabad , and I do not even work nor I live there. A lot of mail order bride or “ green card bride “ arrangements through Brazilian women. I suspect there is some criminal enterprise going on , and they are taking advantage of these poor lads. They all seem to be desperate to get out of Dodge.
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