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As Brazil Snubs the U.S., Who Loses?

The New York Times, SEPTEMBER 24, 2013 6:27 PM

DEBATERS

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  The U.S. Has More to Lose

  OLIVER STUENKEL, FUNDAÇÃO GETULIO VARGAS IN SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL
  President Rousseff's stern rebuke to U.S. spying revelations may increase political pressure in Berlin, Delhi, Mexico City and elsewhere to follow Brazil's example.
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  Brazil Has More to Lose

  ERIC FARNSWORTH, COUNCIL OF THE AMERICAS AND AMERICAS SOCIETY,
  It's strange for President Rousseff to demand an apology from the United States for spying without acknowledging that other countries do the same.
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  The ‘Postponement’ Requires Hard Truths

  JULIA E. SWEIG, COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
  Despite the rift, visas will be granted, capital will flow and the myriad, now institutionalized bilateral dialogues, will continue.
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  There’s Too Much at Stake to Stall

  JOÃO AUGUSTO DE CASTRO NEVES, EURASIA GROUP
  This bump is unlikely to derail the bilateral agenda. It is more a matter of timing than anything else.
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  For Now, Brazil Appears Wronged

  MAURÍCIO SANTORO, POLITICAL SCIENTIST IN BRAZIL
  Relations with the U.S. are a priority for Brazilian foreign policy; the opposite is not true.

INTRODUCTION

Sergei Karpukhin/ReutersBrazil’s president, Dilma Rousseff, and President Obama at the G20 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia.

After calling off a state visit to the White House because of revelations that the National Security Agency had spied on her personal communications, President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil told the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday that the spying had violated international law and principles of human rights.

The dispute has stalled efforts to continue strengthening relations between the two countries as Brazil’s economic power has grown, and Washington has tried to reduce the influence of China. But which country has the most to lose from the deterioration in relations?

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