99 Brasilia 04301: Monthly Pol/Econ Strategy Session

99 Brasilia 03072: Agriculture Debt Issue Poses Challenge to Cardoso

99 Brasilia 02996: Brazilian Congressional Agenda*

*Note:  Michel Temer, then President of the Chamber of Deputies, is now President of Brazil

99 Brasilia 03414: Contradictory Realities in Brazil*

Note:  What we called, at least in the old days, a "think piece."

99 Brasilia 02706: Consequences and Implications of Kosovo: Brazil

Note:  Sometimes, for various reasons, cables are repeated.  This one was in response to a general request for reactions to events surrounding the NATO intervention in Kosovo and had originally be sent by my predecessor. 

99 Brasilia 02626: Brazilian Congress

99 Brasilia 02621: Translated "O Globo" Opinion Piece

Note:  Often, and especially in an advanced, sophisticated country such as Brazil, some of the best political analysis is open source.  Of course, one must also be aware of where an author is coming from.