http://www.hitnews.net/bush-to-sign-biofuels-pact-with-brazil/ Only Hit News Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:04:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 http://www.hitnews.net/bush-to-sign-biofuels-pact-with-brazil/#comment-3591 Lula da Silva Speaks » Celsias Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:58:17 +0000 http://www.hitnews.net/bush-to-sign-biofuels-pact-with-brazil/#comment-3591 [...] People on the ground during Bush’s recent visit to Brazil share the same concerns: Some protesters, carrying stalks of sugar cane, protested the ethanol agreement, which is being formally signed by officials with the U.S. State Department and the Brazilian foreign ministry. The demonstrators warned that increased ethanol production could lead to social unrest because most operations are run by wealthy families or corporations that reap the profits, while the poor are left to cut the cane with machetes. - HitNews [...] […] People on the ground during Bush’s recent visit to Brazil share the same concerns: Some protesters, carrying stalks of sugar cane, protested the ethanol agreement, which is being formally signed by officials with the U.S. State Department and the Brazilian foreign ministry. The demonstrators warned that increased ethanol production could lead to social unrest because most operations are run by wealthy families or corporations that reap the profits, while the poor are left to cut the cane with machetes. - HitNews […]

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