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August 2006
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Written by Claudia G. S. Martins
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Sunday, 27 August 2006 19:11 |
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As a Brazilian geographer, I have been seeking ways for the international community in general and Brazil in particular, to help in resolving the political stalemate in the Middle East. Having studied the territories currently held by Israel and the Palestinian Authority, I have come to the conclusion that the region's natural resources are insufficient for properly sustaining its ever-growing population.
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Israel is doing just fine, there is water and food enough for every israelis in that desert. Southern California does not have water, but it's one of the top consumers of water per capita in the world. Japan is a buch of rocky islands about the size of Rio Grande do Sul, 2/3 of brazilian population and about 20% of agricultable land and there is food for everyone...
Now, how could Brazil help them out? Brazil can't even help northeasterners in the semi-arid! It's just a matter of excavating and opening up wells, but nothing of that is done.
In the south, there is a drought now. There is water left for just a couple of months in big southern cities, despite the fact that the region is part of the 2nd largest hydrographic basin in the world and despite the fact that one of the biggest aquifers in the world lies on most of the region's underground! Everyone is talking about rationing, but no one talks about emergency investments!
The only thing that Brazil has something of good is the agriculture system. But I'm afraid that our government wants to destroy it, as it was created by private entrepreneurs. For the rest, Brazil can't even take care of the violence that happens here and the author is proposing to bring in palestinians, running the risk of some terrorists who live among them to come here of course. What a shame...