[news] "We Must Kill the Bandits:" Lula's Troops in Haiti

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"Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva recently commented, 'Our solidarity is being tested by the Caribbean crisis in Haiti.' In truth, it is the solidarity of international activists with Lula's government that is being tested. As Brazil angles for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, many progressives around the world cannot help but wonder how much complicity with brutal repression Lula will countenance in order to look "credible" to Washington."

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2004/11/17/103135/32