Andres Oppenheimer
When President
Brazilian officials are miffed by the fact that despite
The
An article in Friday's
"Ninety-five percent of international relations is symbolic, and state visits are important," said
Diplomatic niceties aside, there are several other issues that are raising bilateral tensions. Among them:
- Brazilians are taken aback by the
- Brazilian officials are concerned by a
- Brazilians have long been irked by the fact that when Obama visited
- While the United States has a "strategic dialogue" -- a regular meeting at the ministerial level to advance common agendas -- with
- U.S. officials, in turn, are frustrated by
My opinion: The fact that Rousseff will go ahead with her visit to
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