Brazil General Discussion 2019: It's Slammer Time!

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Brazilian Liberals are a complete joke lmao.

They elected Bolsonaro because of his pro-market economic promises and now he fired the director of Petrobras to put a general in charge.

This happened after previous director elevated gasoline prices, which has the potential of angering truck drivers and stimulating a new strike. That’s one of the main reasons for the change, Bolsonaro is scared of public manifests weakening his re-election chances.

The general has already declared: “You can’t worry only about profit”. Opposed to the neoliberal government of Pinochet in Chile, Brazilian military has always been somewhat more interventionist in the economy, even during the dictatorship.

That’s why the Liberal elites alliance with the all the different conservative sectors (including the military but going all the way to the fundamentalist Christians) to elect this fascist wannabe is hilarious. They are really acting betrayed by a guy who was always a parasite of the State and public money. Some still in denial though.

I mean, these people continuously sh**t and scaremonger about Venezuela and yet they helped more than the ones they criticize to make us closer to a “Venezuela” with all these military crooks in positions of power and the militarization of the State. Reminds a lot of Maduro giving the power of PDVSA to Venezuelan generals.

Serves them right. Hope they’re proud of their part in destroying the country because this is something we’ll always bring to shove in their faces, just like the dictatorship.

Brazilian Liberals are very very liberal. As in, they very liberally focus purely on enriching themselves to the exclusion of all other things.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

BREAKING NEWS

Minister Fachin from the Brazilian Supreme Court has nullified all condemnations against Lula that were issued by Sérgio Moro.

With that, Lula is electable again and is allowed to run in 2022. The legal “scam” by Moro has been reverted, Lula is now an innocent man to the law.

Still unclear whether Moro will respond criminally for his actions or not. He hid evidence that favored Lula and only leaked information that favored his condemnation.

Moro’s downfall started last year with the release of hacked messages of his telegram account, evidencing the lack of professionalism and the bias in the process. They were released by The Intercept Brasil after the hacker sent the material to journalist Glenn Greenwald.

The imprisonment of Lula prevented him to run in 2018 and opened the door for the election of Bolsonaro, putting the country into the claws of fascism.

Stay tuned for more developments.

Obrigado, Brazil Supreme Court! This is wonderful news!

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

One hot debate topic in Brazil in the last weekend was the protest on the statue of Borba Gato in São Paulo. The protesters set fire on the statue.
Borba Gato was an explorer who lived in the 17th century. He traveled to the Brazilian countryside in order to look for gold. In his trips, he killed lots of natives and enslaved many of them.
The demonstrators considered that public statues of people like him glorify colonization, racism, slavery and genocide. The opponents of the protest consider that Borba Gato was very important to develop Brazilian territory considering that during his time most of the non-native population was concentrated in the coast and that one can not judge a person who lived in the 17th century according to the values of the 20th century.
There were also the ones who considered that the demonstrators should have proposed the legislative branch of São Paulo to discuss a proposal to remove the statue, instead of trying to burn the statue.
Despite the attempt of the protesters, very little damage was caused on the statue.

As an American, I hate it when American stupidity gets exported overseas. *sigh*

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Happy 200 years!

Viva Brasil!