Two weeks ago, Brazilian presidential candidate Jose Serra accused the Bolivian government of being "complicit" in cocaine trafficking to Brazil.
80% of the cocaine comes from Bolivia, which is said to be an ally. Do you think that Bolivia could export 90% of the cocaine consumed in Brazil without its government being complicit? Impossible.
Bolivia's government "emphatically" rejected the accusation and Dilma Rousseff also condemned it. Lula's key foreign policy advisor Marco Aurelio García may have had the most interesting response:
Serra is intent on being the exterminator of Brazil's foreign policy. He destroyed Mercosur, wants to destroy relations with Bolivia and treats Ahmadinejad like a Hitler. That is not prudent conduct for someone who wants to be president.
While some analysts claim that Brazil's foreign policy will not change much no matter which candidate is elected, Lula's advisor portrays Serra as a major change from Brazil's current direction. At least for Bolivia, that appears to be true.
