Brazil’s Democracy to Suffer Grievous Blow Today

https://theintercept.com/2016/05/11/brazils-democracy-to-suffer-grievous-blow-today-as-unelectable-corrupt-neoliberal-is-installed/

by nomoba • 10 years ago

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mc32• 10 years ago

Great, don't blame graft and corruption by the last two governments, PRE-blame someone who has not yet had one day in power. Please, go ahead and deflect and ignore the deepseated problems which have brought about this crisis in the first place.

mhkool• 10 years ago

I live in Brazil for 9 years and followed the coup closely and unfortunately the analysis of Glenn Greenwald is 100% accurate.

bubuga2• 10 years ago

Calling Dilma Rousseff's impeachment a coup is more than enough to acknowledge that the analysis lacks any semblance accuracy and boils down to partisan rhetoric.

If both houses of the national congress of Brazil, whose members were democratically elected and represent the people of that nation, support and greenlight the impeachment process based on widely known corruption charges, and if Dilma Rousseff's government fails to secure minimal backing among all elected representatives to cancel the impeachment process (she only needed 1/3 of the votes), it is patently obvious that this is the democratic process working as expected, and as specified in Brazil's constitution.

_dominic• 10 years ago

Can someone please tell me why are they calling it a coup? isn't impeachment in the constitution and hasn't the Supreme Court allowed those proceedings to continue.

lucashn• 10 years ago

It is not a coup, this is allowed by the constitution and has the avail from the supreme court. I'm Brazilian, and only the worker's party and their followers call it a coup. The majority of the people want the removal of the current president due to its inability to run the country.

woliveirajr• 10 years ago

Because if you're getting out of the power, in a democratic way, as written in your constitution, and you don't have enough support from people / congress... not even 33% of it... well, call it a coup.

bubuga2• 10 years ago

Can someone please tell me why are they calling it a coup?

“If the facts are against you, argue the law. If the law is against you, argue the facts. If the law and the facts are against you, pound the table and yell like hell”

They are calling it a coup because it's the only way they found to yell like hell, and in the process weave a story that helps them mobilize their base.

Brazil’s Democracy to Suffer Grievous Blow Today

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