Finally we are starting to see justice in Brazil, billions of dollars have been taken from the population, we are in the midst of the biggest corruption scandal in our history. Lula is one of the most corrupt politicians we have in Brazil, go to jail Lula!
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Everytime I read something here, I have an impression I'm reading a Cuban or old Soviet Union reports.
Luis Inacio Lula da Silva is a corrupt, which had destroyed the whole country!
He and all comunists with him had stolen money from all public companies: Petrobras (oil company), Eletrobras (energy company), and so son...
He didn't take poverty people to medium class as I read here, as they still leaving without food, health and basic items!
So, please, comunists jornalists, DON'T LIE!
Remeber there is a lot of people that know the truth and ill fight lies!
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Brazil federal judge Sergio Moro has ordered the arrest of former president Lula, giving him until 5pm on Friday to hand himself in to authorities.
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Justice in Brazil are applied just for black peoples, poors and prostitutes. If you have money enough to pay good attorney in law you can stay free and may be you die naturally before law can caught you. May be most of you remember Ronald Biggs who was named the century robber (trains between Glasgow-London) who escaped to Brazil and lived free untill 2001. Hollywood movies normally shows american bandidts planning to do big robber and in soo going to Brazil generally to Rio de Janeiro or Sao Paulo.
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Every time I read something that mention Brazil here in the New York Time post they always defend the corrupction in Brazil. It is very sad. This ex president LULA is the biggest corrupt in the Brazil story. He deserve to be in jail for the rest of he’s life and all his partie with him!
NYT don’t forget to mention that all the people from BraZil before of that highest court on Wednesday went out on Tuesday asked for the judges to condemned him! Many people wanted him in jail!
#lulainjailrightnow #curruptionnomore #carwashinthecongresstoo
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HORRIBLY WRITTEN ARTICLE. THAT IS ALL.
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I am from Brazil. There are no saints in the Brazilian government. However once the Workers Party gain power the level of corruption skyrocketed. It must start somewhere.
Former President Dilma Roussef’s impeachment was a first big step.
The jailing of Former President Lula da Silva is a second major step.
The current President, Michel Temer, is just as corrupt. Hopefully his days are numbered. It will be ironic if the two men that hate each other, Mr. Temer and Mr. da Silva, share a jail cell for the same crime of graft and corruption.
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My compatriot forgot to mention that many investigations/trials against famous Temer's supporters, including Aecio Neves, José Serra and Romero Jucá, among so many others are being systematically filed or have just recently been laid down, regardless of indeniable evidence against them, like the famous recording of Neves and Jucá the whole Brazil heard at the JN News - the same recording the Netflix show "The Mechanism" has falsely assigned to Lula - please, take a look at "Latest Uproar in Brazil's Raw Political Debate: A Netflix Series", by NYT.
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"Despite the fact that he stole...", stated by Jessica da Silva Fecundo, is not the current opinion of a great part of the Brazilian population - important community leaders, politicians, lawyers, experts, scientists, professors, jornalists and even judges are publicly pointing out that Dilma's impeachment as much as Lula's trial are both biased and fake - a lowfare judgement based in "beliefs" and inconclusive evidence. Moreover, the Brazilian Supreme Court does not examine the lack of evidence argument - it is only allowed to rule over strictly constitucional issues. As Glenn Greenwald said, the righ-wing politicians wouldn't have ever taken the Power back if they had not performed such stratagens: on the contrary, they would be in prision by now, convicted of real corruption.
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407/5000
History shows that populists, demagogues, have a special talent to attract and deceive the people, presenting themselves as semi-gods, capable of solving all evils. Some begin with good intentions, but soon delude themselves, aiming to be in power at any cost, including unbridled corruption, like Lula. The result was the destruction of the country. There is no excuse: one evil does not justify another ...
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Don’t speak for most brazilians, because it’s well known that Dilma and Lula are both corrupt, and corruption skyrocketed during their governments!
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According to Datafolha, Lula would be elected today with 42% of all valid votes: Lula is reliable. The Court which convicted him is not.
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Sadly, Latin American socialism always leads to corruption. OK, maybe not in Chile, but most everywhere else.
Why?
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It is funny how only socialists are blamed for corruption especially in Brazil where most of the Parliament members are under investigation for corruption including the now day President.
Just to remind you that Temer, the President nowadays, was Dilma Roussef's Vice-President. He only reached power because of the Impeachment of Mrs. Roussef. He was, therefore, voted by socialists. Aan, as most of socialist, he's not to be trusted at all.
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What is really funnier is Yulia from Missouri who has probably never been to Brazil, lecturing a Brazilian about our country problems. Are you familiar with Brazilian laws? Brazilian Constitution? Brazilian President Michel Temer is corrupt and guess what? He was former president Dilma (Lula puppet) Vice President. Twice! She needed his party support to win the election. I guess you don’t have more important things to worry about, like your crazy president starting a nuclear war. Brazil is trying to fight corruption! It’s hard and you should support it and you should do the same in your own country!
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Why the current push toward privatization of Brazil s assets. Does this move help the country and Brazil s poor?
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2017-10-11/brazils-p...
https://www.reuters.com/article/eletrobras-privatization/privatization-o...
The right-wing rulers of Brazil have done what Trump has only threatened; they've put their political enemies in prison. And like Trump, the current Brazilian rulers are corrupt to the core.
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But not an inch closer to the billion dollar corruption scandals involving Petrobras and Lula/Dilma governments.
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When is trumps turn? Ignoring the elephant in the room, cough Russian ties cough, based on the enrollment clause alone Trump is corrupt.
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Taking a page out of Putin's playbook, eh?
Can you update on the situation of the Car Wash Investigation and if it is making advances on the many politicians on all sides involved? Corruption is normative in Brazilian politics, so suspicion about the independence of the investigation arises when only the most visible set of politicians on one party are targeted. What is the status of the current president Michel Temer of an opposing party who has also been accused of corruption. Why has he not been deposed and brought to trial? We need a big feature article on the situation. The NYT is really disappointing on its international news coverage with its almost provincial focus on domestic news and all the Trump minutia. Where is Gaza, for that matter? The Brazil story is immensely important for the whole Latin American region.
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Brazilian Constitution grants parliamentary immunity to members of both Chamber of Deputies and Senate. They are beyond the Car Wash Operation jurisdiction. President Michel Temer has been charged twice (corruption and obstruction of justice) by the Brazilian Attorney General but Brazilian Congress has shelved the case. They are all together trying to stop the Car Wash Operation. So far, three former Rio governors have been arrested, a former house representative and many others from Mr Lula’s party and President Michel Temer’s party, the CEO of many Brazilian companies and state controlled companies such as Petrobras. We are going to have general elections in October and if we vote them all out, they will lose parliamentary immunity so that they can and will be arrested!
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There is no excuse: one evil does not justify another ...
Paradoxically, the Car-Wash operation, which qualifies among the best in justice in world terms, is seriously threatened by the Supreme Court of Brazil itself. The discussions between the STF judges are televised (as in a reality show - Trump would love and tweet savagely) and many of the arguments used are ridiculous or even outrageous. But if international press criticizes what is happening in Brazil, it will certainly be labeled as representative of international capitalism.
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Politics in Brazil is synonymous with corruption. This began with the Portuguese colonization. Lula cleverly organized corruption (initially through the "Mensalão") getting the collaboration of politicians from all parties to promote his plan to maintain power. Simply by following the formula of populist politicians such as Peron in Argentina and Chaves in Venezuela. However, a new generation of judges (including Sergio Moro) is struggling to change this old practice, which actually benefits oligarchies and misleads low-income classes. The recent trial of Lula is the result of a serious and profound investigation (called Lava-Jato), which for the first time in Brazil put powerful politicians in jail: Sergio Cabral, former governor of Rio de Janeiro, one of Lula's main allies, currently is sentenced to more than 100 years in prison. However, this wave of punishment runs a great risk of ending, because the Brazilian Supreme Court is composed of judges defending political interests, incredibly and ridiculously arguing that no citizen can be arrested before having a final judgment in the Supreme Court. This thought is unique among the countries of the civilized world. Thus, despite being already convicted in first and second instance, Lula will almost certainly not comply with his conviction because he can still appeal to two other instances, taking years to reach the Supreme Court.
The "Mechanism" fiction series on Netflix, illustrates what is happening in Brazil.
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The most recent Summer Olympics was Brazil's last chance to prove itself as an honest and stable country. Everything went wrong - all we saw was a Banana Country and going down-hill. Of course Lula will stay out of jail - most likely again will take the lead.
Do we see any similarities here with the Trump Electoral aberration? Perhaps Brazil's Constitution is better at preventing a criminal from holding office than our own! I anxiously await Mueller's findings and the Trumplican Senate and House's indifference to obvious traitorous activity. A national, overwhelming response cannot come too soon.
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Lula's corruption leaves little doubt; and yet, he is running for office again. Is he bold, or just a maneuver to stay out of jail? If Temer, another corrupt individual, remains in power, perhaps they are birds of the same nest. Poor Brazil, such a rich and diverse country, trapped in it's own labyrinth.
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70 million Brazilians voted for Dilma, and a few hundred in Congress decided to get rid of her and elect Temer as President, someone who received zero votes from the population. Then the right wing manufactured a case against Lula to make sure that the person who could win the elections by a landslide (according to all the surveys) cannot participate in the elections. In the meantime, President Temer, who nobody voted for, is still President, despite the fact that tapes surfaced where he was openly admitting to have been involved in corruption. Of course all the mass media are cheerleaders of the right win unlawfully holding power today, and preventing the best Brazilian president ever to be a candidate again.
This is "democracy" in Brazil right now.
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Just to remind you that Temer, the President nowadays, was Dilma Roussef's Vice-President. She chose him to be her VP! He only reached power because of the Impeachment of Mrs. Roussef. He was, therefore, voted by socialists. Aan, as most of socialist, he's not to be trusted at all.
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I read all the comments from Brazil. None of them comment on the admitted corruption of the current government. Funny. Democracy in Brazil has been damaged for a long time to come.
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I am from Brazil and live in Brasilia, its capital. Corruption is spread all over the government, as a Cancer. The current Temer's government, which only took power for being Mrs. Roussef's Vice-President (after she was impeached) is as rotten as Lula's ou Dilma's government. They all use corruption as a means to maintain power. That's why, we'll only get rid of these major corruption thieves in the elections to come, im October 2018.
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Can anyone spot a Brazilian flag in this picture?!?! How patriots they are...
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Maybe Brazilians don't have to wrap themselves in the flag (or, in Trump's case, around the flag) to prove they love their country.
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They are wearing the Brazilian colors: Green and yellow (mostly shirts/hats)
That is not the point. A bunch of fanatics wearing red...they dont give a (you know) for Brazil....they only care about PT (Labor Party)
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So sad to see that the return of democracy twenty years ago has evolved to this point, but there should be no surprise given that corruption bled into the political culture from the beginning (see F. de Collor). Lula and Dilma screwed up but their conservative opponents have been tied to far more egregious levels of corruption (search Temer and JBS). This will all open the door to a neo-fascist like Jair Bolsonaro, the darling of the kind of Brazilian elites from SP and Curitiba commenting here. If only Brazilian had learned from Brother Sam (USA), and allowed unlimited campaign financing and then the legalized system of influence peddling known as lobbying. Consider this: USA spent $6.5 billion on 2016 elections, a year that also registered $3.5 billion in lobbying. No need for any Operation Car Wash in the world's most influential democracy. Our revolving door between political office, lobbying, and corporate boardrooms makes Brazil look like a model democracy.
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Anyone who has followed the Lava Jato (Car Wash) Scandal over the past several years readily understands that former President Lula was at the center of sprawling bribery schemes involving public companies and public contracts. Petrobras the state-owned oil and gas giant was used a piggy-bank by the former president, as well as Brazilian political parties and a constellation of politicians at the national and state level, while large construction companies like Odebrecht and Schahin, among many others, were required to pay billions in bribes in order to obtain government contracts. These scams stole from the Brazilian people, millions of whom live in deep poverty, which makes Mr. Lula's possible assent into the presidency again a terrible news for Brazilian democracy. Hopefully, Mr. Lula's justifiable imprisonment will finally bring an end to his political career.
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We need to look at this in different perspectives. First, Lula and Dilma are from the same party that is characterized basically for the fanaticism of its followers, so independent of being wrong or right they will never admit what really happened. On the other hand they are well organized and are deeply penetrated in Brazilians public institutions with important access to the press and etc.… Second, Mr. Lula when elected even for those who did not supported him agreed that he meant change in terms of ethics and a new Brazil was coming up. Third, there are many proofs (documental, witnesses, images among many others) against him and for sure if Brazilian justice were more mature such as USA, France, German Mr. Lula would be in jail since long time ago. Fourth due to PT´s (Lulas´s party) giant influence they try to persuade others including world organism, countries, NATO that there is persecution in course what is not correct; Fifth, There many others corrupts just like Lula and Dilma and from different parties, but justice cannot loose this big fish in anyway. The Damage created by Lula + Dilma govern is the worst in 50 years. They must pay for their crimes.
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Lula was correctly sentenced to jail, because he commited many crimes and there's more than plentiful proof of that. Lula is a cancer in Brazilian politics. His supporters(the core supporters are only 7% of the population) say he is the only one who is able to be good to the poor of the country. This is 100% lying!!! For each US$ he handed out to the poor to buy their votes, with the help of Michel Temer's party, the MDB(his former friends who are now enemies), he gave more thant 10 times more to the richest(his cronies) and to rogue socialist dictators in Venezuela, Angola, Mozambique, Bolivia and others. The truth is that he is really good to his cronies, not to the poor. His populist and spendthrift policies lead the country into one of its worst economic depressions in Brazil's history. This is the worst thing for the poor, since they are the ones who suffer the most from inflation and unemployment. But even though, I don't want him to sit in jail, since it doesn't make any difference for us is he sits there or his luxurious living room. What I want is to see him unable to rule for president of the country. What we need most is to have the country ruled by a wise and capable ruler, who realizes and puts into practice the idea that Austerity, Free Trade and Market Economics is the best way for Brazil!! This is what really matters!!
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To Wolfgang: it’s obvious your discourse comes from a right wing Brazilian vision. I’m Brazilian and disagree 100% with all your statements. The sad part is a lot of people will believe these statements but you should at least make it clear you’re a right winger.
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What do you mean just 7%? According to the article, he is frontrunner despite the conviction. So, other politicians have support even less than 7%. Excellent result of Brazilian democracy
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Only 7% vote voluntarily and freely for the left in Brazil, no matter the circumstances (mainly public sector employees, labor union members, students and others). But the others who say that support him in the polls can easily vote for others, since they don't know what means left or right. These are the ones who love populist policies. Other candidates can take their votes if they are smart enough to convince them they wil give them free food, medicine, cash handouts, government jobs and so on. You don't need to be a leftist to get these kind of vote. They can vote even for Bolsonaro if he's convinces them he'll give them free-everything. And many even sell their votes.
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Fascism is rampant through South America right now. There are political prisoners everywhere, for having being part of socialist governments. Lula was convicted with no proof whatsoever. He was accused of receiving an apartment in exchange for benefiting a company. However, there was absolute no evidence to prove such accusation: Lula never step into that apartment, not even once, there is no contract, document, real estate certificate, payment, or anything showing that he received the apartment, like… ever. Even if there was no proof whatsoever that Lula was the owner of the apartment, the Judge ruled against Lula because he was "convinced" that Lula somehow was the owner of the apartment. Hard to believe.
What is happening to Lula is now explains how the right wing in South America acts today. In the past they would conduct coup de etats using the military; today they use the mass media judicial to incarcerate any left wing candidate that threatens their hold of power. In Ecuador, it was decided that the former president, Correa, the best president in Ecuador's history, can never be again President. In Argentina, a judge requested the imprisonment of former president Cristina Kircher, accused of signing an international treaty with Iran, which was ratified by Congress. This is like if Trump requested a judge to imprison Obama, because he also signed an international treaty with Iran.
Sad times for South America.
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Only someone from his party, PT - partido dos trambiqueiros, can affirm that there was no proof. Also, this is just the first accusation that went to court, there are other nine accusations yet to be judged. He is a dirty politian, and everyone outside his party knows that!
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How about Venezuela? Venezuela humanitarian crisis is spilling into Brazil. Venezuelans are being granted refugees status here. Mr Lula says that they are not refugees and has never said a word against Maduro. Mr Lula’s party, PT, should choose Ms Dilma as their candidate for next presidential election since they insist her impeachment was a coup. I won’t hold my breath, though. Mr Temer was Ms Dilma Vice President. Twice! He was already a corrupt politician but she needed his party support to win the election. Make no mistake, they are all together trying to obstruct justice to avoid prison. Most Brazilians support the Car Wash Operation. It’s our only hope that ALL corrupt politicians will be in jail. Senator Aécio Neves, President Temer, Mr Lula, all of them!
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This was the closest justice that can be reached at this time in Brazil.
Mr Silva (Lula) was condemned in first and second Justice instances, where all of defense and accusation evidences and facts were presented, and judged (by different judges).
And what was at stake yesterday was not only Lula and the candidacy of the workers’ party, was whether a defendant could stay free until all appeals were exhausted, what definitively means , if the justice should be the same for all people, poor or rich!!!
After all, if defendants are allowed to remain free until all recourses have been exhausted (and in Brazil there are many possibles), ONLY THE POOR WILL BE IN JAIL! The rich people (or those who have stolen a lot of money) can afford good lawyers and numerous appeals until , in some cases, the time of the process pre-writes.
Another point, not less important, is regarding the plea agreements that are bringing many results to the anti-corruption operations in Brazil: who in their right mind would going to make a plea agreement, if knows that can stay free at home appealing to lawyers ???
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This is a great day for Democracy and the rule of law in Brazil, Latin America and the World. What the Worker's Party and it's coalition allies did in Brazil had nothing to do with Socialism — they simply used political power to raid the public purse, giving the money to themselves and the families of their billionaire allies like the Odrebrechts and Batistas.
It was such a massive bribery scheme that it stole half a trillion US dollars (at the exchange rates of the time) and that's just what was discovered, what they got away with no one will ever know.
This man more than any other Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva made the transformation of a democracy into a mafia possible, he didn't become the richest, but he remained the most powerful and he had plans to do even more. He was tried convicted, his appeals were heard twice by higher courts and declined and now Graça a Deus he will be incarcerated after being convicted by the Judges of the supreme court, many which were appointed by him but saw that even he was simply too criminal to ignore.
Too many editorials in western media were too sympathetic to this man for too long. Yes he was a trade unionist, yes his party gave Brazil it's first social welfare programs, but it was millions of Brazilians who went to vote and use their democracy who deserve credit for the slow but steady advance of the maturity of their citizenship. I support socialism. I understand that everyone needs a hero, but a true hero doesn't steal your money.
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The country is not "still deeply divided over the impeachment of Dilma Roussef" Lula's hand picked and hand crafted successor. Polls in Brazil show that she retains 30% approval exclusivly among the base of the PT (Worker's Party) but the majority, 70% of Brazilians who followed the story of her aiding and abetting the theft of public funds as well as her dispersal of funds to her base on election eve in violation of electoral law, are very happy to see her gone, even if they hate her Vice President who took over, he's a cook as well, but he was chosen by her so again — she is not popular. This paper has consistently defended her indefensible crimes, it's a very, quirky editorial bent. Please survey the Brazilian press in portuguese and get up to speed about a nation where you keep no paid staff or bureau.
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I've hear 44% are intended to vote for Lula vs 26% for next guy. One of two, either 44% don't believe the convictions or they suspect that the other guys are much worse. Why do you want Brazilians to vote for worse?
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Well well, I’m Brazilian. Brazilian people are sick and tired of criminality, 60,000 people being killed every single year, laws that protect criminals and punish the population - if someone breaks into our house you can’t shoot the robber 1) we have no weapons for self-defense 2) we could be arrested. Taxes and more taxes, bureaucracy, we Brazilians are all done of this.
We just want to guarantee that we will come back home alive. We want to guarantee that we will have enough money in order to keep our bills paid and not to starve. That’s what we Brazilians want.
Our flag is NOT red. Our flag is Green, Yellow, Blue and White.
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This is a victory of Justice. A dramatic change in our nation where corrupt politicians and business people could appeal for ever and stay out of prison. A new generation of politicians should emerge. It will be good for business stability and economic growth. It's also a lesson for other corrupt countries, that people should fight for Justice. Brazil's fate was to become another Venezuela or Cuba. Thank's to judge Moro and Supreme Court Brazil is back on the path of democracy.
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To Leandro: Are you kidding? “A victory of justice?” They condemned Lula with no proof whatsoever. This is political, it’s a witch hunt and it’s dishonest. It’s as clear as day.
Right wingers love to say they’re for law and order, but only when it suits them.
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Sir, you have a completely distorted view of reality. Read a good book. Calm down. This is not a political witchhunt! This is a corruption hunt and it will affect everyone, every party, company, and politician involved. Quit the demagogic discourse.
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Yes, a victory of Justice! Lula da Silva was condemned in first and second instance. There is proof, plenty of them, but of course, you and all "petistas" will never accept that. He is a corrupt politician.
Now is just a matter of time do get rid of the "privileged forum" of all the other corrupt politicians and have them "all" pay for their crimes!
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By reading this article someone can be confused by some misleading topics:
1) Lula has only a minor share of the pools for the presidential election. Something around 20-25%. It's not a commanding figure, there's a lot of uncertainty but above all, the polling institutes have been failing miserably in the general elections since 2006.
2) Brazil is somehow "divided" about this issue. Two days ago protests were organized by both sides in 23 states across Brazil. The pro-Lula rallies had only a very small attendance, almost insignificant. Even the failing polling institutes have shown that a clear majority of Brazilians want Lula behind bars by just applying the law, which should be the same for all.
3) This is a long, overdue legal process. Very transparent from beginning to now, and barred by many chicanery attempted by his very expensive group of superstar lawyers. Not a coup, not a "controversial" process. Simply put, the law being applied to a corrupt politician.
Best
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To Emerson: Lula had a small minority demonstration? That’s not what my friends or pictures tell. Who are you trying to fool?
This is a long overdue legal process? Which process? Of condemning someone with no proof whatsoever? This is not a legal process, it’s a coup d’etat consolidation so the left doesn’t rise again and Brazilian elites keep the poor poor and uneducated. At least be honest about the right wing goals.
I’m not sure why all these right wingers come here to the NYT which they don’t even like just to skew the truth.
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This country is tired of "I steal but I do help poor people" kind of politician. Several presidents in the last 100 years projected himselves as the "father of poors". They also became millionaires in the process, as well as their family members and associates. Lula da Silva rose from poverty to became a billionare. His populist government helped poor people indeed but left behind a huge public debt (around U$ 1 trillion), our manufacturing companies were almost destroyed (everything is now imported from China), the bankers are richer than ever, the middle class are "enjoying" a 14% unemployment rate and Brazil´s GDP drop 10% as a consequence. We do want public policies to help poor people but we cannot afford bad presidents as Mr. da Silva or Dilma Rousseff anymore
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Where are the rest of the Brazilian leaders? Where are that guys named Aecio, Jucá, Geddel and the current president? Why "coxinhas" or better, people dressed in shirts of corrupt Brazilian soccer federation (CBF) do not complain in the streets? Well, my oppinion is that all these people were opportunistic, selfish, and manipulated (very foul)!
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If Lula is brought down because of corruption, what about the rest of the Brazilian leaders? There is much evidence that Aecio, da Cunha, the current president Temer have also committed similar crimes related to bribery, mismanagement of public funds, extortion, fraud, etc. There's too many corrupt politicians to name. Change will only come to Brazil when all are seen equal in the eyes of the law, regardless of party affiliation or class/status.
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Mr Eduardo Cunha is already in prison. The Brazilian Constitution grants parliamentary immunity to members of both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. Mr Aécio Neves, a senator, can only be prosecuted by the Supreme Court. Mr Temer, a sitting president, cannot be prosecuted for crimes committed before being president. We are going to have general elections in October and we will VOTE all of them out. Nobody should be above the law!
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Justice will come to them as well; it’s just a matter of time. Don’t worry.
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Today my heart cries for the country I was born in. The illegitimate right-wing government found a ridiculous way to take out a democratically elected president and is now finalizing their Machiavellic elitist coup d’etat. The Brazilian elites could not take the empowerment of the non white & working class that Lula provided and are conspiring to send him to jail as he’s #1 in the polls for November election. Once again they found a way to stop the progress of this great, promising country to only take care about their own interests. Much like with Trump here, it will take decades to undo the mess these corrupt & horrid politicians are doing to Brazil. Sad.
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Most of the Supreme Court Judges who voted against Mr Lula were appointed by him and Ms Dilma. Do you even live in Brazil? How about the unemployment rate of 13.4%? I am not a right wing person. In fact I voted for Mr Lula and he let me down! Stop this coup d’etat non sense!
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Corruption is spread all over the government, as a Cancer, specially in Westwingers. The current Temer's government, which only took power for being Mrs. Roussef's Vice-President (after she was impeached) is as rotten as Lula's ou Dilma's government. They all use corruption as a means to maintain power. That's why, we'll only get rid of these major corruption thieves in the elections to come, im October 2018.
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