Brazil General Discussion 2019: It's Slammer Time!

[buritobr]

During the time of social distancing, there were only pro-Bolsonaro rallies (with very few people). Today was different.
In São Paulo, anti-fascist fans of the soccer teams Corinthians, São Paulo, Palmeiras and Santos made a rally at Avenida Paulista, and there was some conflict against the pro-Bolsonaro rally.
In Rio de Janeiro, there was a "black lives matter" protest in front of the palace of the state government (everybody wearing masks, of course). Last week, João Pedro, a black 14 year old boy was murdered by the police during an operation in a favela in Rio de Janeiro. And the protesters followed the wave of protests after Floyd's assassination.

[buritobr]

Queiroz was arrested!

Brazilian police arrest Bolsonaro ally in corruption inquiry
Arrest of Fabrício Queiroz is connected to investigation involving president’s son

Police have arrested a longstanding friend of Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, in connection with a corruption inquiry involving Bolsonaro’s son.

Reports in the Brazilian media said civil police investigators arrested Fabrício Queiroz, a former police officer who has known Bolsonaro since the 1980s, on Thursday morning in Atibaia, a town 40 miles north of São Paulo.

The property where Queiroz was arrested is reportedly owned by Frederick Wassef, a lawyer who represents Bolsonaro and his son Flávio. Queiroz previously worked for Flávio Bolsonaro, who is now a senator.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/18/brazilian-police-arrest-bolsonaro-ally-in-corruption-inquiry

[buritobr]

The arrest of Queiroz can bring some information about violation of the law committed by the Bolsonaro family. This information is not directly related to the possibility of impeachment. The crimes which could be revealed were not committed during the administration, so, cannot be used in an impeachment process. But these facts can destroy even more Bolsonaro's approval rate, and so, these facts increase the probability of having votes of 2/3 of the House and Senate.
The impeachment can be justified by the mismanagement of the covid19 and by the attempt to change the director of the Federal Police in Rio de Janeiro in order to avoid investigation of the son.

[PSOL]

Is the opposition still disorganized without any sort of structure or common leadership? How have the Labour Party and PT jostled their way into the spotlight as of late?

[buritobr]

The biggest left-wing party is still PT (Workers Party). PT has 54 representatives in the House. PDT (Democratic Labor Party) has 28. PSOL (Party of Socialism and Liberty) has 10. PCdoB (Communist Party of Brazil) has 8.
PT has the biggest support, but has the biggest opposition too. 1/4 of the voters would always vote for Lula or someone endorsed by him, but 1/2 of the voters would never vote for Lula, no matter the opponent. Because of the big opposition received by Lula, Ciro Gomes (PDT) is trying to build an independent bloc with Marina Silva (REDE). He thinks that being too close to Lula could damage his image. Ciro Gomes had 13% in the first round in 2018, he casted the vote for Haddad in the runoff, but he refused to join his campaign. He was in vacation in Europe during the runoff campaign. Ciro Gomes has a lower floor than Lula, but he expects to have a higher ceiling. Flavio Dino (PCdoB), governor of the state of Maranhão, hopes to run for president in 2022. He has good relation with both Lula and Ciro.
PT, PDT and PCdoB are center-left parties. PSOL, in the far-left (not so far anymore nowadays), has fewer votes because it still not able to have the votes of the working class. However, PSOL is the favorite party of the left in the universities, and since professors and students are more active, we can expect a growing base for PSOL.

[NewYorkExpress]

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/23/americas/brazil-bolsonaro-coronavirus-mask-intl/index.html

Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro has been ordered by a federal judge in Brasilia to wear a face mask in public or face a fine.

Federal Judge Renato Borelli issued a decision Monday, saying Bolsonaro must wear a mask when circulating in public in Brasilia. The judge's order said failure to do so could potentially lead to a fine of up around $386 per day.

The decision extends to all government employees in the Federal District, where the capital Brasilia is located.

Reached for comment on Tuesday, Bolsonaro's office referred CNN to Attorney General, who replied that its office was "studying all the appropriate measures to reverse the injunction."

[buritobr]

Datafolha poll 2016 people interview by phone on June 24th 2020

Rate Bolsonaro administration: good, regular, bad

Total: 32, 23, 44

Men: 36, 23, 41
Women: 28, 23, 48

16-24 years: 21, 25, 54
25-34 years: 33, 27, 39
35-44 years: 37, 21, 41
45-59 years: 34, 23, 42
60- years: 33, 19, 47

Elementary: 33, 25, 40
High School: 32, 24, 43
College: 29, 18, 53

0-2 minimum wages: 29, 25, 44
2-5 minimum wages: 35, 22, 43
5-10 minimum wages: 33, 17, 50
10- minimum wages: 34, 14, 52

Southeast: 29, 23, 47
South: 42, 24, 33
Northeast: 27, 20, 52
Centerwest/North: 38, 26, 36

Metro: 28, 21, 49
Countryside: 34, 24, 41

White: 37, 20, 42
Brown: 30, 25, 43
Black: 20, 24, 55
Asian: 27, 19, 52
Native: 34, 21, 45

[PSOL]

Interesting that his approvals on Indigenous Brazilians is so high. I would have thought it would be bad considering his actions in the Amazon.

[buritobr]

Interesting that his approvals on Indigenous Brazilians is so high. I would have thought it would be bad considering his actions in the Amazon.

Maybe this result was biased because of the small size of the sample. 2,000 answered this poll. The size of this sample is OK. But only 3% was indigenous. So, 60 people who answered this polls were indigenous. This is not a reliable sample.

Anyway, Bolsonaro's administration is a disaster converning the reserves in the Amazon forest (well, the administration is a disaster in every issue). But not all the indigenous people live in reserves. Bolsonaro is trying to allow mining activities inside the reserves. And some people in Amazon who work in mining activies are indigenous people (or at least they have some ancestry).

[Oryxslayer]

Bolsonaro tests positive after constantly flouting health advice for months, both personally and nationally.

[T'Chenka]

Bolsonaro tests positive after constantly flouting health advice for months, both personally and nationally.

Karma.

[CookieDamage]

Bolsonaro tests positive after constantly flouting health advice for months, both personally and nationally.

The way the universe always strikes a balance... Keisha Lance Bottoms gets it... then Brazilian Hitler gets it.

[NewYorkExpress]

Bolsonaro tests positive after constantly flouting health advice for months, both personally and nationally.

No, karma would be him dying from COVID-19 after flouting health advice for months.

[CumbrianLefty]

Are we sure he has actually got it this time?

[RodPresident]

He's gonna to use a few of hydroxychloroquine pills of stockpile he created. He bought supplies for 18 years, but due date of stock is in 2 years. There's 2 months that Brazil is without Minister of Health and positions are being occupied by military officers without links with health. Ministry of Education is also empty, after Weintraub's resignation, he tried to nominate Carlos Decotelli, but he had to resign after they discovered frauds in his curriculum (he didn't finish PhD and he plagiarized Masters).

[Hnv1]

He's gonna to use a few of hydroxychloroquine pills of stockpile he created. He bought supplies for 18 years, but due date of stock is in 2 years. There's 2 months that Brazil is without Minister of Health and positions are being occupied by military officers without links with health. Ministry of Education is also empty, after Weintraub's resignation, he tried to nominate Carlos Decotelli, but he had to resign after they discovered frauds in his curriculum (he didn't finish PhD and he plagiarized Masters).

How inaccurate is the death toll? The photos from the amazons suggested more deaths than actually reported

[Sir Mohamed]

Tbh, I have a feeling Bolsonaro's infection with Covid might be fake or a hoax to influence public opinion. He may try to use his "example" to prove the disease is mainly harmless or untested drugs are the cure.

[buritobr]

When Bolsonaro came back from Florida on March, members of his staff were infected by the coronavirus. He did an examination too and he didn't want to show the result. So, many people though that the result was positive. After a request by the Supreme Court, he showed the result of two tests, which showed negative. Many people though these tests were fake.
Now, on July, the test showed a positive result. So, he really was not infected on March. Probably, he tried to hide the result of the test on March in order to show to his herd that he don't follow the orders of the juditiary branch and of the media because the juditiary branch and the media are evil.

[RodPresident]

Today, former speaker of Chamber, Severino Cavalcanti (PP-PE) died at 89. He was one of most colourful characters of Brazilian politics. Ultracatholic and antiabortion activist, he was also known of one of most supportive of benefits to congressmen, as higher wages and cabinet apportions. He was "king of low clergy", who are backbench congressmen that haven't power in parties and commissions but are seeking more pork and benefits to own base. He got speakership in 2005, when PT then as party with most seats split between 2 candidates, with opposition support. But he got allied with Lula president. He had to resign in same year, when he was denounced for asking bribe from a restaurant owner that have business in Congress Palace. He failed to return Congress, but served as mayor of Joao Alfredo between 2009 and 2012.

[Frodo]

The Brazilian version of Donald Trump thumbs his nose at heads of state of other countries, but when it comes to foreign investors, he sits up and listens:

Brazil's Bolsonaro under pressure to protect Amazon

Faced with investors demanding "results" in the fight against Amazon deforestation, Brazil's government seems to be performing something of an about-face, although it will have to work to convince skeptics.

The simple fact that Vice President Hamilton Mourao committed on Wednesday to cutting deforestation and forest fires "to an acceptable minimum" was a mini-revolution in the administration of far right President Jair Bolsonaro.

The threat from foreign investors is taken very seriously by a government that needs capital to reignite an economy ravaged by the coronavirus.

"Brazil is banking on foreign investments to emerge from the crisis. These foreign investments are important for a number of areas: sanitation, infrastructure," said Rubens Barbosa, former Brazilian ambassador to the United States and now director of an international relations and foreign trade institute.

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

Money doesn't just talk, it yells.

[CumbrianLefty]

Ironic indeed if it is the "filthy capitalists" who come to the Amazon rainforest's rescue.

[buritobr]

A vacine against the coronavirus was developed in a partnership between a chinese laboratory and the University of São Paulo. Tomorrow, this vacine will be tested in 9 thousand volunteers in Brazil. We hope a good result!

[PSOL]

Thousands of families evicted in Sao Paulo amid pandemic

[buritobr]

Magazine Piauí showed that during a meeting with the ministers, which took place on May 22nd 2020, Bolsonaro suggested a self-coup against the Supreme Court, like the one Fujimori did in Peru in 1992. Three ministers are generals from the army, and according to the magazine, Bolsonaro was asking the military to support the coup. The magazine said that one of the members of the meeting, which was not identified told the magazine what happened. There was no recording of the meeting, like the one which took place at April 22nd. After Piauí's article, Bolsonaro neither denied nor confirmed the content of the meeting. If there is proof of what he spoke at the meeting, it would be one of the many motives for an impeachment process.
 https://piaui.folha.uol.com.br/materia/vou-intervir/