[Marxism] Brazil Recalls Ambassador to Ecuador in Loan Dispute

[Aaron Aarons]

This illustrates one of the problems with the simple imperialist-nation/oppressed-nation dichotomy.  Brazil is an oppressed nation vis-a-vis the U.S., Europe, etc., but an imperialist nation in relation to Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay, Haiti, and (probably) others.

 - Aaron

>Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:00:56 -0500
>From: "Sky Keyes-Vogt" <skeyesvogt at gmail.com>
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>Brazil Recalls Ambassador to Ecuador in Loan Dispute
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>http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=aGlh6xmCmyns&refer=news
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>By Francisco Marcelino
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>Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Brazil recalled its ambassador to Quito for
>consultations after Ecuador asked an international arbitration court to
>suspend a $243 million loan owed to Brazil's state development bank.