Undulating Ungulate

As you know, I have unplugged from the close-following  of world events and hardcore-media-trawling of a few years ago.

The other day at random I clicked on whatdoesitmean, the uber news aggregator (just ignore the articles by the site), for the first time in ages, and came across a couple of things that had escaped my minimal information channels but which seem like they, well, matter.

One was Lula, President of Brazil, announcing that the BRIC (Brazil Russia India China) must create a new world order.

Just read that sentence again. And tell me if that was reported in whatever media you are following.

“We are four large countries with abundant resources, large populations and diverse societies… We aspire for rapid growth for ourselves and for an external environment that is conducive to our development goals,” Singh told the second Summit of the four-nation grouping here in the Brazilian capital.

Contending that the people of the four countries “expect us to work together so as to bring the benefits of inclusive social and economic development to them”, he identified energy and food security as two specific areas where they can work together.

“Our grouping includes two of the largest energy producers and two of the largest consumers in the world. We can cooperate in both upstream and downstream areas, and in the development of new fuels and clean energy technologies,” he said.

The other BRIC related article, which I seem to have lost the link for, was about how they have decided they want to retain their own currencies, and have them be independent. Likewise, this matters.

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