A vitória de Portugal vista do outro lado

«Both Germany and Portugal -- an afterthought nation with a population of just 10 million -- beat out Canada in a stunning vote decision that could shift Canadians' view of their country as a principled global player and international boy scout»
«Canada is a founding member of the UN and the seventh-largest contributor to its finances. In recent years this country has made an outsized contribution to the UN-backed war effort in Afghanistan."Our failure to win a UN Security Council seat is Canada's Hindenburg moment"»
«And votes largely reflect crass self-interest - a notion that explains some of the questionable positions taken in the past by the UN.»