The Morning Brief - Lignet
US May Have Miscalculated How to Handle North Korea
As North Korea continues to make belligerent threats on a daily basis,
including a new threat to attack the United States with nuclear weapons,
U.S. officials reportedly are reconsidering their policy of standing up
to Pyongyang with demonstrations of military force because this appears
to have further provoked North Korean leaders and increased the
prospects for a military conflict. This could be the beginning of a
behind-the-scenes effort to give North Korea a face-saving way out of
the current high state of tensions, as LIGNET explains.
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UK Prime Minister Could Be Ousted
Prime Minister David Cameron’s popularity with the British people
continues to sag and as it does, his hopes of remaining in power dim. A
Member of Parliament from Cameron’s Conservative Party tells LIGNET that
the Prime Minister may be forced to resign by a “back-bench” revolt of
Tories if he is not able to bounce back from the current array of
challenges that are weighing him down.
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Brazil Likely to Become a Major Energy Exporter
Brazil’s state-owned oil and natural gas company, Petrobras [NYSE: PBR],
is facing considerable difficulties in trying to meet Brazil’s rising
domestic energy needs while chasing its dreams of becoming a major
global oil exporter. But the problems may be temporary, and Brazil’s
dreams made real, if only it can break two bad habits.
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Hayden: Situation With North Korea ‘On the Edge’
Former CIA Director Michael Hayden told LIGNET this week the possibility
of North Korea launching a nuclear attack is “somewhere between
extremely remote and zero,” but he worries that the current situation
with the North is extremely dangerous and is becoming more so by the
year. According to Hayden, “We’ve simply taught the North Koreans that
they can do these kinds of things with impunity. And now I think we are
very much on the edge.”
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Regions of Drug-Ravaged Mexico Tip Toward Mob Rule Ahead of
Obama Visit
President Barack Obama plans a state visit to Mexico in early May — a
visit that Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto hopes will showcase his
country as a reliable trade partner with growing economic vitality. But
with truckloads of masked, anti-cartel vigilantes cruising through
northern Mexico towns and a Pacific coast state popular with tourists
having turned into the latest crisis hotspot, it will be hard to keep
the focus on trade.
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Pakistan: Musharraf’s Return a Sideshow Distraction
Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf’s return to Pakistan on
March 24 after four years in self-imposed exile was far from triumphant.
Facing death threats and criminal charges, the unpopular former leader
of the country hopes to regain the power he held for nine years until he
resigned his office in 2008. LIGNET believes this is the futile hope of
a man who, while courageous in many ways, has lost touch with reality.
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