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  • As Chavez has already empowered Lula to serve as an interlocutor to Washington, Brazil has the opportunity to become the most effective and pragmatic voice to speak to the Chavez government, helping to reign in the more destructive trends, if not subtly assisting the U.S. effort to isolate the world's foremost petrocrat (though friendly with Chavez, the Brazilians aren't thrilled about $6 billion in Russian arms coming into the region).

    Robert Amsterdam: Why Obama Should Bet on Brazil 2009

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