Austrian economist Gunther Fehlinger called for Brazil to be divided into five different states over its partnership with Russia in the BRICS group.
Fehlinger, often described as “Chair of the European Committee for NATO Enlargement for Kosovo, Ukraine, Bosnia, Austria, Moldova, Ireland, Georgia,” said Brazilians had been misled by President Lula da Silva. He said this error could be handled by dismantling the country he called a ‘Russian ally’.
“Brazil should be broken up into 5 new, better free countries that can join NATO, OECD, (and) Mercosur,” the economist said in a post by X, formerly known as Twitter, adding the hashtags “#ExBrazil” and “#FehlingerDoctrine” , quoted from Russia Today , Monday (28/8/2023).
Fehlinger’s proposed states would be named “People’s Republic of Amazonia”, “Nordeste”, “São Paulo”, “Sul”, and “The Last Seven States of Brazil”. It is not clear what reasoning Fehlinger used to draw this line.
However, this did not invite a good reaction. One social media user threatened to disband Austria ‘again’ if Fehlinger made a serious attempt to introduce NATO into his country, apparently referring to the demise of the Austro-Hungarian Empire post World War I.
Fehlinger himself is reported to have done this with Russian maps. He posted an image of Russia divided into a dozen small states, each of which is its own country.
“Freedom for the captive nations of Russia. Exposing the just punishment for the Genocide,” he wrote on a colorful fantasy map.
Brazil was a founding member of Mercosur when it was founded in 1990, and has been in talks to join the OECD since last year.
Meanwhile, even though NATO is nominally the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), this has not stopped the alliance from expanding its borders far beyond those of Russia. The bloc earlier this year publicly considered opening a liaison office in Japan.
In addition, NATO considers several other regional blocs as de facto partners, from ECOWAS in Africa to the Organization of American States in the Western Hemisphere.
Source : CNBC
