GLOBAL POST/ At the recent nuclear security summit in Washington, President Lula da Silva urged President Barack Obama to hold back on more sanctions against Iran. Meanwhile his Minister of Development Miguel Jorge was in Tehran gifting Ahmadinejad with a Brasil soccer jersey. One commentator wrote: “But what is not tolerable is to cozy up with those who capture, torture and mistreat the opposition, who brutally limit public liberties … . The Brasilian government’s gesture covered the green-and-yellow team jersey with blood.” It seems that Brasil is Iran’s best remaining friend in the Western world. The question is...Why?
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