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Supreme Court Justice and anti-corruption champ has become symbol of Brazilian protests
Joaquim Barbosa the black magistrate from Brazil’s Supreme Court and who won national acknowledgement as inflexible with corruption cases has become the preferred candidate for 2014 presidential elections by the thousands of protestors who took to the streets these last two weeks. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesHe is a REAL fighter for the good of the country and against corruption. There is great YouTube footage (but it helps to know Brasilian Portuguese and the political background to the issue(s)).
Jun 24th, 2013 - 10:28 am - Link - Report abuse 0If Dilma is an astute politician yet, she should offer Barbosa the highest position possible, giving him the free hand and the authority to strip corruption out of public life. In this way she might avoid him pushing her aside in an avalanche of public concern expressed in the next presidential election.
He may do well in such an election, as long as he manages to avoid the 'stray' bullets.
Lula is relagated to has-been by this recent turn of events, though may still stand trial and serve a lengthy prison sentence once home-truths are exposed by a national anti-corruption programme.
It would be a bad day for Brasil if the 'stray bullet' did get him.
Jun 24th, 2013 - 12:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Sorry? “The poll was done taking as reference 551 people participating in the protest marches.” That's less than 0.06%. Statistically insignificant. Statistical significance for a million people needs at least 50,000 responders. This poll is, at best, a guesstimate.
Jun 24th, 2013 - 03:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0It's probably statistically representative of the 'student' marchers,
Jun 24th, 2013 - 04:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0but it's surprising how a tiny part of a total population can 'change the paradigm'.
As I said elsewhere, the students can still be 'hung out to dry' by the general populace, leaving the police and military to sweep them up and into football stadia.
This is South America, where the people do not rise up en masse to support middle class freshmen.
3 Conqueror
Jun 24th, 2013 - 06:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I am surprised at you with how little you know of statistics.
The sample size (the number of people you ask) depends on the probaility you want.
It has been recognised for years that telephone samples of 1,000 taken at random throughotu the 'pool' give a pretty good 'view' of the LIKELY result.
Plus, 1 million people on the streets at the same time are likely to be there for basically the same reason.
We need to change the constitution.
Jun 24th, 2013 - 08:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Of course Folha would give this story emphasis since its main mission is to reverse the progress made under Lula and Dilma toward growing the middle class. Elite owned and a tool of same, along with its cohorts at Globo and RBF, they weill stop at nothing to unseat PT, including supporting anyone sufficiently inflexible as to become Brasil's answer to the party of NO. No progress, No growth of the middle class. Why not a return to the beloved military dictatorship it supported before the recent advent of more fairness for many, if not all . . . To anyone with half a brain, Folha lost al credibility years ago.
Jun 25th, 2013 - 08:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0No, Fbear #7.
Jun 26th, 2013 - 10:43 am - Link - Report abuse 0Just a change to an uncorrupt civilian governing coalition and opposition.
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