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Viewing cable 08RIODEJANEIRO148, Defense Minister Jobim on Brazilian Military's Role in

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08RIODEJANEIRO148 2008-06-17 18:34 2011-07-11 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Consulate Rio De Janeiro
VZCZCXRO1584
RR RUEHRG
DE RUEHRI #0148/01 1691834
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 171834Z JUN 08
FM AMCONSUL RIO DE JANEIRO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4505
INFO RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA 0847
RUEHSO/AMCONSUL SAO PAULO 5157
RUEHRG/AMCONSUL RECIFE 3429
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 RIO DE JANEIRO 000148 
 
SIPDIS 
SENSITIVE 
 
E.O.: 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ENRG EPET MARR MASS PGOV PREL BR
SUBJECT: Defense Minister Jobim on Brazilian Military's Role in 
Changing World 
 
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. 
 
1.  (U) Summary:  During remarks that closed a three-day conference 
on Strategic Studies at the Brazilian Army Staff School (ECEME) in 
Rio, Brazilian Minister of Defense Nelson Jobim offered comments on 
a variety of challenges facing the Brazilian military, and how it is 
confronting those challenges.  Issues he addressed included the role 
of the military, transnational threats, protecting natural resources 
including the Amazon, and the military's role in restoring law and 
order in urban areas.  End summary. 
 
MINISTRY NEEDS TO DEFINE ITS ROLE 
--------------------------------- 
 
2.  (U) On June 5, Brazilian Minister of Defense Nelson Jobim spoke 
before a standing room-only audience of more than 600 at the 
Brazilian Army Staff School in Rio de Janeiro.  His remarks closed 
ECEME's eighth annual Conference on Strategic Studies, an event that 
gathers military officers, political leaders, and members of the 
diplomatic community in a wide-ranging discussion of military 
strategies and priorities in a changing world.  Jobim emphasized the 
Ministry of Defense needs to clearly define its purpose and to 
invest in the equipment that would allow the military to carry out 
that mission.  Noting, "Brazil is a big nation and we need to think 
big," he stressed that the GOB would have to adjust its budget to 
meet these requirements, and that the GOB should concentrate on 
strengthening its domestic arms industry, favoring Brazilian 
products when it comes to military procurement.  He also referred to 
on-going Brazilian talks with French defense industry 
representatives on developing a nuclear-propulsion submarine. 
 
TODAY'S THREAT:  ASYMMETRIC WARFARE 
----------------------------------- 
 
3.  (U) The MinDef stated that, despite various border tensions 
between other countries in the region, Brazil does not contemplate 
having any conflicts with neighboring countries and instead offered 
that the real threat today is "asymmetric" warfare, including 
transnational criminal organizations and terrorists.  He noted that 
defining the role of the military in confronting such asymmetric 
warfare is crucial. 
 
THE COST OF DEFENDING NATURAL RESOURCES 
--------------------------------------- 
 
4.  (U) Jobim also folded in natural resources as an aspect of 
defending the national territory.  He pointed out that when Brazil 
sells its natural resources, be it oil, iron ore or other resources, 
national defense is a legitimate cost in calculating the price of 
the product.  (Note:  This echoed comments he made the previous day, 
reported in local media, in which he suggested that a company like 
Petrobras, interested in having the Navy protect its ever-growing 
offshore assets, might be interested in helping to finance that 
enhanced protection.  End Note) 
 
5.  (U) Turning to the Amazon, Jobim stated the military needs to 
develop new ways to monitor that region, given the unique challenges 
it poses.  He cautioned against taking either extreme position: 
whether it is those -- especially "foreign entities" -- who believe 
that the only thing in the Amazon is trees, or those who advocate 
development that does not take into consideration protection of the 
environment, both groups neglect the millions of people who live in 
the region.  If people do not have a legal means to pursue a decent 
standard of living, he said, they would naturally find illegal ways 
of doing so.  The MinDef referred to a survey currently underway to 
record, register, and regulate all NGOs working in the Amazon 
region, and suggested that only those NGOs operating with previously 
approved activities would be permitted to remain. 
 
JOBIM AGAINST MILITARY ROLE IN CURBING URBAN VIOLENCE 
--------------------------------------------- -------- 
 
6.  (U) On a separate note, in response to a question from an 
audience member, Minister Jobim stated that he would not authorize 
participation by the military in restoring law and order in the 
urban slums, where violence is rife, until the GOB passes clear laws 
approving such operations by the military because previous similar 
operations have resulted in numerous lawsuits. 
 
COMMENT 
------- 
 
7.  (SBU) Minister Jobim's remarks come at a time when Brazil's 
claims to an extended continental shelf zone following new off-shore 
oil discoveries, combined with the re-launched Fourth Fleet, 
long-standing concerns about foreign interference in the Amazon, and 
well-aired differences over approaches to biofuels, could provide 
potentially fertile ground for those who wish to see conflict rather 
than cooperation in areas where the United States and Brazil are 
 
RIO DE JAN 00000148  002 OF 002 
 
 
working together.  While Jobim's remarks clearly outlined Brazil's 
security challenges, they were also carefully aimed at building his 
own political standing by pushing such populist buttons as the need 
to protect oil fields and the regulation of NGOs.  End Comment. 
 
8.  This cable has been coordinated with and cleared by Embassy 
Brasilia. 
 
MARTINEZ