The above sentence was handed down by the Minister of Institutional Security Cabinet, General Jorge Armando Felix, to explain that Brazil has to "pay a price"if it wants to be a world leader. According to the report by Ambassador Clifford Sobel, the conversation was in January 2007 as he detailed in a telegram sent to the State Department at 16:40 on 15 February 2007, to be published today by WikiLeaks.
The secret telegram describing a dinner given by Ambassador Felix and the Deputy Chief Executive of GSI, the Division Major General Ruben Peixoto Alexandre.
Discussing the application of diplomacy to mediate a meeting between Felix the Chief of Staff Dilma Rousseff and the Advocate General American - besides the prospect of Brazil to cooperate with the NATO military alliance which includes countries in Europe and the United States .
Price to pay
"Felix was relaxed and quite frankly, while Alexander remained silent during most of the night, " described Sobel. He asked about the benefits of Brazil cooperate militarily with NATO.
"Felix seemed circumspect and said the Brazilians must face the fact that" a price must be paid 'for a global leadership role. Brazil must be willing to modernize and deploy its forces in international operations and confront the prospect of 'body bags returning to Brazil. Felix said that, both personally and as a soldier, he believed it was time to pay the price of Brazil and take the leadership position in the global scenario ", says the telegram.
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The secret telegram describing a dinner given by Ambassador Felix and the Deputy Chief Executive of GSI, the Division Major General Ruben Peixoto Alexandre.
Discussing the application of diplomacy to mediate a meeting between Felix the Chief of Staff Dilma Rousseff and the Advocate General American - besides the prospect of Brazil to cooperate with the NATO military alliance which includes countries in Europe and the United States .
Price to pay
"Felix was relaxed and quite frankly, while Alexander remained silent during most of the night, " described Sobel. He asked about the benefits of Brazil cooperate militarily with NATO.
"Felix seemed circumspect and said the Brazilians must face the fact that" a price must be paid 'for a global leadership role. Brazil must be willing to modernize and deploy its forces in international operations and confront the prospect of 'body bags returning to Brazil. Felix said that, both personally and as a soldier, he believed it was time to pay the price of Brazil and take the leadership position in the global scenario ", says the telegram.
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