1.0 link 178064 <![CDATA[Brazil Invited to Join OPEC -- Please, Beware!]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/raymond-j-learsy/brazil-invited-to-join-op_b_178064.html How gracious of OPEC to invite Brazil to join its ranks, as was reported earlier this month by Veja, Brazil's weekly news magazine. A cautionary note: Please, Brazil beware!

Probably no existing organization casting worldwide influence has achieved the level of opprobrium among real people as that of the OPEC cartel. And by "real people," what is meant are those not affiliated with the oil industry, those not professional speculators pushing for ever higher oil prices, and those who are not...

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