From: glevy@PRATT.EDU
Date: Sat Dec 23 2006 - 23:25:42 EST
A question for Brazilian comrades:
Do you agree with Sergio Ferolla and Paolo Metri that this is a
struggle between 'Tiradentes' and 'Inconfidentes'?
In solidarity, Jerry
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Subject: publish.nyc.indymedia.org Brazilian Oil Patriots and Treasonous
Brazilian Oil: Patriots and Treasonous ones...
Patriots are the ones that fight in the party of Tiradentes
By Sergio Ferolla and Paulo Metri
The Journalist Barbosa Lima Sobrinho, symbol of Brazilian
nationality, created a singular expression to define patriots and
treasonous ones, much beyond the partisan acronyms and of the
groupings without face that are disclosed in the national life.
The Journalist Barbosa Lima Sobrinho, symbol of Brazilian
nationality, created a singular expression to define patriots and
treasonous , much beyond the partisan acronyms and of the groupings
without face that are disclosed in the national life.
Patriots are the ones that fight in the party of Tiradentes, being
the others, the followers of Joaquin Silvério dos Reis, who was a
treasonous one to the "inconfidentes"*, allowing that Tiradentes was
imprisoned, hanged and cut in pieces by the Portuguese.
Joaquin treasoned a movement that fought to give better conditions
of life to all Brazilians of that time. His shameful act took away
the hope of many and delayed our independence.
Petrobra's is producing more oil than the necessity of the country
and it is exporting the excess. Due to the information of the proper
company, one knows that it “reached in the month of November of
2006 a new record of exportation of national oil: 484 thousand
barrels per day”. In another document of the company, we can read:
“sales of the excess of national oil, that in 2005 was of 262
thousand barrels per day, will get in 2010 to 522 thousand
barrels”.
Before somebody says that Petrobras needs to change, in the
exterior, part of the heavy oil that it produces for light oil to
satisfy the necessity of our refineries, it must be clarified that
the exported volume, in last November, was above of the required one
for this necessity.
On the other hand, the foreign companies, that had entered in the
sector after the opening of the same in 1997, already had started to
export. Today, Shell exports all its production of the fields of
Bijupirá and Salema, about 70.000 barrels per day.
It's expected that the world-wide production of oil, before 2010,
passes for a peak, while everything indicates that the world-wide
demand will continue growing until there, configuring a scene of
scarcity, that will cause drastic increase of the price of the
barrel.
Brazil has small reserves of oil, if compared with the reserves of
the Arab countries, or if verified the number of years of supplying
of the country guaranteed for them. Thus, if part of these reserves
will be exported, the period of self-sufficiency will diminish.
The current Joaquins Silvérios, the new treasonous ones of the
Brazilian society, are those that today force Petrobra's to export
oil, sign contracts of concession on behalf of Brazilian people with
foreign companies, which will lead, certainly, our oil to foreignr
countries.
At last, these treasonous ones are taking our society to live, in
the future, a crisis of fuel, when we will not have more enough
domestic oil and the barrel, in the world-wide market, it will cost
much more than the price of today. The treasonous ones change the
cheap barrel of today for the expensive barrel of tomorrow.
These Joaquins Silvérios argue that “the new record provides US$
740 million for Petrobras, contributing, very much, for Brazilian
trade balance”.
They don't mention the short-term future supplying crisis of the
country, nor neither that around 40% of the corresponding generated
profit will belong to the ones who bought the ADRs of Petrobra's in
New York, contributing in a negative way for the Brazilian services
balance.
Sad is the people who has Joaquins Silvérios dos Reis as its
representatives, instead of Joaquins Josés da Silva Xavier ( Our
hero "Tiradentes" ).
Sergio Ferolla is Brigadier General of Brazilian Air Force and
member of the National Academy of Engineering. Paulo Metri is
council member of the Engineering club. They are the authors of the
book “Not all oil is ours”.
* Members of the conspiracy violently restrained in 1789, by
portuguese crown, and followed for orders of destruction of all the
manufactures of brazilian "Minas Gerais".
By Sergio Ferolla and Paulo Metri metri@yahoo.com.br
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