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Brazilians take to the streets to protest corruption and support Judges

Tuesday, December 11th 2012 - 05:52 UTC
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Thousands of Brazilians took to the streets on Sunday to demand a tough stance against corruption and celebrate the recent sentencing of influential politicians who were involved in money scandals during the first government of President Lula da Silva. Read full article

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  • sj_ken

    How is it that everyone taking orders from President Lula da Silva went to jail, but President Lula da Silva is free?
    All these people somehow did corrupt things for the benefit of President Lula da Silva all on their own, without President Lula da Silva knowing about it?

    Dec 11th, 2012 - 10:37 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Conqueror

    Why are the people of Brazil following the example of the people of argentina? Could there be a link?

    Dec 11th, 2012 - 01:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ProRG_American

    2 Conqueror (#) Now conqueror seems to lead this forum into blaming the Argentines for Brazil's corruption problems. Good try.
    I have spent time in Brazil. The corruption there is 50 times that of Argentina.

    Dec 12th, 2012 - 12:13 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Fido Dido

    “I have spent time in Brazil. The corruption there is 50 times that of Argentina.”

    Actualy, according to the “experts” Argentina is worse compare to Brazil when it comes to corruption. Perhaps you should spent MORE time in Brazil to figure that out

    Don't cry for me Argentina!
    http://en.mercopress.com/2011/12/02/chile-and-uruguay-less-corrupt-in-latam-other-mercosur-members-not-so-clean

    Dec 14th, 2012 - 01:24 am - Link - Report abuse 0

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