Brazilian biofuels attraction

During Brazil's military rule in the mid-1960s, supporters of the government came up with the phrase "What's good for the United States is good for Brazil".
The Brazilian left loathed the concept, considering it to be the symbol of the country's submissiveness to American interests. But the irony of history is that it took a left-wing Brazilian government to actually invert the principle. Now it is the US that is turning to Brazil's biofuels programme, in order to benefit from its pioneering work in ethanol and to cut own its dependence on foreign oil.
During President George W Bush's recent trip to Brazil, the two countries signed a memorandum of understanding on the production and research of ethanol.
US state department officials have referred to the country as being a strategic partner, and claim that their teamwork is likely to fuel a world revolution in alternative energy.
So it is little wonder that Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will, on Saturday, become the first Latin American leader received by George W Bush in the presidential residence at Camp David.
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