Tournament: Caucus | Round: 1 | Opponent: Saint Paul Central | Judge: Chris Thomas
Brazil DA
US-Brazil relations high— but respect key.
Quitani and Moody 9/26 (Ana and Mary, 9/26/13, The Heritage Foundation, “U.S.-Brazil Relations: Where Do We Go from Here?”, http://blog.heritage.org/2013/09/26/u-s-brazil-relations-where-do-we-go-from-here/, ALT)
Aside from the potential economic costs of a fallout with Brazil, the political costs
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power and recognize that increased trade and economic cooperation would benefit both countries.
Real or perceived unilateral US interventions in Latin America kill relations.
Rothcopf 9 (David, Council on Foreign Relations’ Task Force on Latin America, Center For American Progress, “The Possibility of Partnership”, http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/03/pdf/brazil.pdf, ALT)
Any real or perceived interference in the region by the United States would greatly upset
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to interject itself as a third party with a third point of view.
Turns case- relations key to Amazon (optional: key to stop warming)
Meyer, Analyst in Latin American Affairs, 2/27/13 (Peter Congressional research service: “Brazil-U.S. Relations” http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL33456.pdf Date accessed: 7/6/13)KG
The Amazon basin spans the borders of eight countries and is the most biodiverse tract
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the Amazon such as the Atlantic Rainforest, Caatinga, and Cerrado ecosystems.
And, Amazon destruction causes extinction
Takacs 96 - Ph.D. in science and technology studies @ Cornell, Professor of Environmental Humanities, Institute for Earth Systems Science and Policy, California State University, Monterey Bay, David, The Idea of Biodiversity: Philosophies of Paradise, p. 200-1
"Habitat destruction and conversion are eliminating species at such a frightening pace that extinction
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the famines could lead to a thermonuclear war, which could extinguish civilization.""