This is CBS Eye in the World, the New World Report.

I'm John Bachelorette, Professor Avanellis of the U.S. Army War College.

A tale of two rivers.

One river extremely important to planet Earth, the Amazon, the other river, coca-river

in Ecuador.

I learned that, for example, the Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras will appeal the decision

from environmental regulator Ibama, barring it from drilling an oil well near the Amazon

River.

This is recent reporting.

The dispute marks an early test for President Lula Desilva, who has sought to balance environmental

concerns against the need to promote economic development.

Professor Lula Desilva, since his election last year, has done an excellent job of presenting

himself as a peacemaker in Ukraine as an environmentalist who will reverse or in some fashion reinvent

policies that were said to be lax during the time of Mr. Bolsonaro's administration.

And also a man who travels trans-nationally, a grandfatherly figure, who has seen a lot

of conflict and success in Brazil over these last decades.

But we come now to the question of the Amazon River.

Is it accurate to say that Petrobras does what the President wants it to do, or are these

at odds, despite the fact that the state owns Petrobras?

Well, John, Petrobras like a number of different international state-run oil companies.

Ironically, many years ago, Petrovase and Venezuela used to fall along this model, although

Petrovase has now thoroughly understated control.

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