It was a good surprise to me, for I am a Brazilian, too

Escobar is very intelligent and insightful.

More people should notice him

This is an astonishing series (from I to III) that revealed me some bibliography regarding this issue. Actually, here in my South American country this presence is felt daily, as well as the total absence of any comment and/or knowledge about it. Considering this USA’s government (military) operation called “Law and Development”, which brought these “unitedstatasian human rights” along with economic, cultural, public and legal programs to be implanted during the 60s and 70s, some SAG have totally adopted them, made some private “Palaces” with the funds (for Palaces I mean institutions, books, academic positions and other social frames in which they can reign and promote this foreign military program in Latin America, as USAID participates along with the World Bank, the IMF and FF, giving them money and any kind of support – and I may name David Trubek as a main agent for this), although not a single one of them mentions these names. Here we have dozens of law schools, law firms, researches, funds for research, as well as an “aura” of moral and values which goes along with this. The Law and Development, which is the official label for what you have subjected in this three posts of yours, grows stronger and with no opposition at all. I am a lawyer that studied with these professors, that work for one of these law firms, but I have a personal somewhat libertarian, anarchist and marxist foreground – thus my daily activities, studies and work only stand for economical reasons, as I am a low midle class person living in the suburbs. We are in a total submission position, and no opposition, no mention of all these international agents. I have found a much more wide foreing bibliography and issues about Law and Development. Human rights “take us by the balls” (if you excuse me the usage of this word, not less offensive than everyday american movies and songs), as we have severe poverty and social catastrophies in Latin America. These persons act freely in this territory, as Law, economics and these deformed “human rights” (that, as you said, only does not apply to the US itself…) are too powerful for us to fight. Actually, during our last dictatorship (1964-1985), most of our courage and human personel were neutralized, maybe gone forever, or until new ones arise. Anyways, I don’t have any connection to this (”how could I know you don’t”, I asked myself before writing this reply in your blog, although my loneliness about this issue pushed me towards writing it anyway), and found very amusing the bibliography you left, as well as the report of this happening – and I somewhat appreciated your choice of not naming the sinners, but only the sin. Thank you for sharing, and I wish best hopes for us in Latin America, altough I am as skeptcial as Melville’s Bartleby when it comes to this subject anyways… Good day and best regards from a South American country victim of Law and Development.