MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Brazilian Federal police on two-day strike for better wages and working conditions
Brazil's federal police started on Tuesday a two-day work stoppage to demand better wages and improved security for the World Cup. Read full article
Comments
Disclaimer & comment rulesBrazilian Federal Police is forbidden to investigate dilma's corrupt/communist government. Lula and all his gang cannot be investigated either. Here begins the problem!
Feb 25th, 2014 - 11:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The Federal Police of Brazil began to exist in the Lula government. Before, in the government of the PSDB the federal police did not have the minimum material and human conditions to act.
Feb 25th, 2014 - 11:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The PSDB robbed and there were no police to investigate them.
There was no protection of our borders. Smuggling reigned.
And now they are striking......
Feb 26th, 2014 - 07:18 am - Link - Report abuse 0I watched a very interesting program on Brazil last night. Now the biggest consumers of crack cocaine in the world - almost unheard of 7 years ago when the drug lords refused to deal in it. 1 million crack cocaine addicts for the police to deal with.
Feb 26th, 2014 - 04:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The programme followed the police as they patrolled the 'cleansed' favelas, about 30 out of 1,000 can now be patrolled by police and are relatively safe. These are almost all in the tourist areas. The locals are ambiguous about the cleansing. They no longer have gun battles in the street but they are now required to pay land tax and for water and electricity - they used to take it free but illegally.
After watching the programme I had a lot of respect for the enormous task Brazil has in trying to assert law and order in a country where it seems to be a new concept.
@4 ElaineB
Feb 26th, 2014 - 10:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Cleanliness and order in the slums is a new concept. From 2003 to the present day.
But remember that Brazil is a great country and the people who live in slums are few. Less than 7% of the total population of the country.
Brazil is much bigger than the program you watched.
Anyway, thank you for you interest in knowing my beautiful country.
I have never said your country is not beautiful with lovely people. However as the biggest consumer of crack cocaine in the world there is a major problem that cannot be ignored. It is ridiculously cheap to buy drugs there.
Feb 26th, 2014 - 10:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0ElaineB I agree with you. The Brazil fight a war against crack! I think we will not win alone.
Feb 26th, 2014 - 10:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Thank you.
@2, Brasileiro, I see that you continue to be misinformed. Your claim that 'The Federal Police of Brazil began to exist in the Lula government”, is a load of crap. It's always existed. In 1985, after the Military returned power to the civilians, Tancredo Neves was elected, died before being sworn in and Jose Sarney - PMDB- became president. Collor, was president for 2 years before being impeached. He, and his vice-president Itamar Franco who took over, were from the PRN party. Itamar ruled until end 1994, and only in 1995, did FHC -Fernando Henrique Cardoso, of the PSDB, become president, and for 2 mandates. The PT got in with Lulla in 2003, and that gang of criminals has been in power since (their 3rd mandate), going on for nearly 12 years. Lulla did absolutely nothing for Brazil . Our borders are still wide open to drug dealers, arms smugglers, and the PT government, does nothing....Lulla promised to reform the political system, the tax laws, the penal code, the social security system...he did nothing. Dilma hasn't done anything either. Lulla implemented the infamous 'Bolsa Familia'....a social programme, designed to help poor people improve their lot, has been transformed by the PT into an enormous fraud and manipulation system to guarantee votes...But I cannot leave out what Lulla DID do...he , together with several of his ex-ministers - now all in prison - created the largest corruption scandal known in Brazil, the “mensalão”, but the Federal Police, who should have investigated him , were pressured by the PT to leave him out of the mess, from which he surfaced with the small fortune of US$ 2 billion. Congrats you asshole, you're the kinda shit that drags Brazil down.
Feb 26th, 2014 - 11:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@4, ElaineB, don't be kidded by the goverment /PT propaganda....crime in the 'favelas' is still thriving, and are only ”relatively' safe. If you value your safety, steer clear of them.
Comment removed by the editor.
Feb 26th, 2014 - 11:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@9, ô cuzão, “”the truth hurts ??“” NO, it doesn't ...it's good to get the truth out in the open ; “”Before I talk to you ?“”....who the fuck do YOU think you are ?? you are just a fucking stupid Petista ; Well, you don't have to suggest anything..I read “Privataria Tucana”....nothing in it surprised me; the same way as the fact that Lulla is the biggest crook Brazil has ever produced, doesn't surprise me....look at where he came from...an illiterate son-of-a-bitch, who never studied, didn't want to when he got the chance, and ?? he must be a lot like you, reason why you defend him and his gang. Also, 'cuzão', was your #9 a joint-effort with your stupid friends, or was the crap all thought up by yourself ??
Feb 27th, 2014 - 01:04 am - Link - Report abuse 0Why is Brasileiro's English so variable?
Feb 27th, 2014 - 06:13 am - Link - Report abuse 0Some of his posts sound like grunting monkeys and the next sounds like a university graduate.
Brazil is raising interest rates while posting negative growth..... Brazil never used the boom years to reform reform reform, so that even low growth sets off inflation.
Low growth leads to lower take intake.
High inflation leads to wage growth.
This isn't a good cycle. Does Brazil have the stomach to reform now?
5. Less than 7% of the total population of the country.
Feb 27th, 2014 - 01:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Is that all, only 14MM people live in in city slums?
Well congratulations!
Marxists have ruined the only opportunity of this generation to move Brazil into a civilized nation.
I guess they can try again in another 25 yrs.
@11 Anglotino, your question is easy to answer : Brasileiro didn't go very far in his education, did not learn how to speak English, so he has to resort to Google translator or some other, which means that sometimes his posts are intelligible, other times, complete gibberish...and he doesn't have the knowledge to improve them. By the above assessment, it is pretty clear he is quite low on the social ladder, probably living in subhuman conditions, which makes him envious of anyone has that an education and /or leads a reasonably good life. His destitute condition is what makes him identify himself with Lulla - when Lulla started in politics, well understood, 'cause today he is very wealthy - whom he supports because he - and most PeTistas - expects everything for nothing, and couldn't care less that his useless, improductive life is a burden to the taxpayer and the country. As to the reforms, they've been on hold since the PT took over....why change things if the status quo favours their corruption ?
Feb 27th, 2014 - 05:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@12, Yanqueeboy, Brasileiro's figure of 7% (for slum or “favela” dwellers) is manipulated .....these figures only count those living in the officially recognized “favelas” as such...like in Rio and Sao Paulo, and a few other main cities (they all have them)....it does not count the millions living in subhuman conditions all over the interior of the north and northeast regions, where the majority live in precarious huts, without sewage draining or running water...so they don't live in “favelas”, but their living conditions are probably worse. In the big city 'favelas' at least, local governments have been improving, albeit slowly, the overall conditions for the “community” (new, politically correct bs description for these stinky slums)....so, as usual, Brasileiro just spouts crap, because he just laps it all up, first Lulla's, now Dilma's.
@13 I didn't research the figure to refute Brasileiro's claim but the impression was that it was more than 7% living in slums and at risk from the growing crack-cocaine market, conveniently provided by their close neighbouring countries.
Feb 28th, 2014 - 10:03 am - Link - Report abuse 0You certainly could not argue with the images as the presenter visited the crack dens and new crack communities. The ability to buy pretty much any drug at extraordinarily cheap prices is a contributing factor.
The favelas that have been cleaned up are almost all close to world cup venues. These were no go areas for police but they now patrol and seem to keep some kind of peace. I still wouldn't wander around there.
Only 30 out of over 1,000 are 'relatively' safe.
@14 ElaineB, if you consult the stats issued by the government agency (IBGE), you will find figures to support the government claim that only 6% of the population , about 12 million people, live in 'favelas'. They are 'officially', mainly located (44%) in the metropolitan areas of Sao Paulo, Rio and Belém (State of Pará, northern region of Brazil). In Belém, they house more than half of the population. But , as I said before , these figures only count people living in actual 'favelas', like the ones you see on the mountain sides in Rio.
Mar 01st, 2014 - 07:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0If you dig deeper, you'll find unofficial stats (not divulged by the government, but by reliable private organizations), whereby you'll find that the number of people who live in slums, has virtually tripled over the last 20 years....in 1994, there were 4,5 million, today 12 million. What the Federal Government conveniently ignores are the 'others' who live in subhuman conditions. They account for 54 million people, equal to 35% of the urban population, who live in 'inadequate' housing...by 'inadequate', they mean : no sewage, no running water, huts with precarious walls and roofing, 3 persons to a 'room', and most of them making use of 'collective' toilets...or in the case of houses on stilts, on river banks, a hole in the floor...in other words, total lack of minimal infrastructure. It is interesting that the government claims that half the brazilian population, is now 'middle-class'....well, if you lower the average income in order to re-define 'middle-class', soon they'll be claiming that 100% of the population is 'middle-class....and, they also claim (good, or bad ??) that 65 % of this middle-class lives in 'favelas'...well, that, to me, proves that the criteria they are using is flawed and conveniently manipulated. If people were REALLY climbing the social ladder, according to universally recognized standards, I don't think they would continue to live in 'favelas', do you ?
Commenting for this story is now closed.
If you have a Facebook account, become a fan and comment on our Facebook Page!