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Editorial Jirau is transferred for a third of the price of Kaká 06/04/2009 Fonte: Amazonia.org.br The London-Madrid-Milan triangle: when Real looked like it had closed the deal, Chelsea appeared and the directors of Milan hesitated. Expectations are that the fee will increase as far as 90 million euro and will need a few extra days at the negotiating table. That's how much the most expensive soccer player in the world is worth. São Paulo is rooting for the bidding to continue, as it will receive 5% of the transaction. Meanwhile, on the other side of the planet, there is the Porto Velho-Brasília-São Paulo triangle: 90 million reals - one third the amount for Kaká - is how much it costs to buy a license to spoil thousands of square kilometers of Amazonia. The governor of Rondônia asked for more, the Ministry of the Environment and IBAMA validated it, and the ENERSUS consortium won. Acting as feudal lords, public officials haggle, sell and grant public assets as it they were private property. Assured of impunity, they do so in broad daylight, with a "Term of Agreement" signed by the parties in complete disrespect to the law. In "The Great Dictator", unforgettable Hitler-Charlie Chaplin played ball with the world globe. In Brazil today, Lula's representatives kick around pieces of the country to construction firms who buy the new 'captainships'. Those who make invading conservation units an industry are cheering, as they will keep at least 10% of the lands involved in the transaction. They will receive even more forested land to legalize what they stole and devastated. The environment, in light of this progressive ruin, is not the greatest problem: this is probably the most blatant violation of legal and constitutional order since the 1988 Constitution was promulgated.
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