Brazilian political system from surprise to shock as there seems no end to protests

Friday, June 21st 2013 - 06:16 UTC

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Brazil's biggest protests in two decades intensified on Thursday despite government concessions meant to quell the demonstrations, as over 300,000 people took to the streets of Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia and tens of thousands more flooded an estimated one hundred cities. Read full article

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Faz
This will spread to R Juntina next. There is plenty of disatisfaction amongst the educated with the present quasi dictatorship. Copycat demonstrations will follow... You can fool most of the people with Falklands distractions for so long, but not for ever...
Jun 21st, 2013 - 08:47 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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karenykarl
Neoliberalism bites Brazil in the ass.
Jun 21st, 2013 - 11:39 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Britworker
Yay, bring on the banana republic spring!
Jun 21st, 2013 - 01:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Fbear
While I support the protests completely, I have difficulty with thosde who think they will help their causes through vandalism and destruction of property. But while we ard at it, I have no doubt that the vandalism is encouraged, no, abetted, by the conservative press in Brasil, which will stop at nothing to reverse the democratic trends and restor the country to the clutches of the elite who regularly plunder and rob and try to subvert the democratic processes and emergence of a larger middle class for their own greedy and egoistic purposes. What a shame, too that when they vandalize banks, the demonstrators focus only on state-owned ones, as if such institutions as HSBC or CITI would never support the elite and screw the ordinary people over. Believe me, I know how these banks operate, and my experience is outside their known participation in money laundering and other such shenanigans.

These comments in no way support any vandalism, but I'm just saying . . .
Jun 21st, 2013 - 04:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
Dilma is at a very dangerous crossroads and what she does next is likely to seal her fate in the forthcoming elections.

One thing I would not do if I were her is listen to Mantega, it was his lies that stopped inward investment dead in its tracks. 4.5% growth he said and it was 1% in reality: brilliant.

Depleted cash flow is all you want to put off those, like me, who were thinking of investing.
Jun 21st, 2013 - 06:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Math
A little bird said me she will bring Meireles back and fire Mantega. Question is: will he do everything that must to be done or fall into PT's half-assed work?
Jun 21st, 2013 - 08:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Stevie
Dilma has less to fear than the oligarchs.
No way back now, time to embrace it

;)
Jun 22nd, 2013 - 10:50 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
@7 Stvie

Back from sailing the main, eh?
Jun 22nd, 2013 - 01:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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