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Rousseff's latest austerity measures, 'hard to pass' warn congress leaders
President Dilma Rousseff's latest austerity plan to rescue Brazil's sinking economy faced a cold reception Tuesday, with Congress raising questions over whether the measures will win approval. The speaker of the lower house of Congress and one of Rousseff's chief foes, Eduardo Cunha, dismissed the measures as “pseudo cuts” and predicted they would not easily pass. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesBrazil's presidential system truly sucks!
Sep 16th, 2015 - 10:26 am - Link - Report abuse 0The sheer stupidity of adopting the US presidential system by so many countries in Latin America is a major reason they have developmental retardation.
I agree.
Sep 16th, 2015 - 11:44 am - Link - Report abuse 0Perhaps time for another referéndum on restoring a constitutional monarchy? Sure only 17% voted for it in 1993 but thats quite a lot of Brazilians.
Sep 16th, 2015 - 12:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Good idea!
Sep 16th, 2015 - 12:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“King Lula”!
Sep 16th, 2015 - 01:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0That would work, not.
They could have a real bun-fight over who they 'crowned' though.
With a few hiccups the restoration of the monarchy in Spain has worked pretty well and has 60% popular support and indeed forestalled a military coup using the kings residual constitutional powers.
Sep 16th, 2015 - 02:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0King Boris of Bulgaria though not restored as monarch was elected Prime Minister of the republic on a programme of national unity.
There seem to be two rival claimants of the old royal family of Brazil so a bun fight?.
Perhaps its worth a try but with brakes on the hereditary idea. Perhaps a referéndum on approval or disapproval of the monarchy once a decade?
King Lula? God forbid! The last thing a constitutional mmonarch should be is a party politician.
In this case (Monarchy)the Emperor would come of the Royal House: Dom Joãozinho.
Sep 16th, 2015 - 02:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@ 6 redp0ll
Sep 16th, 2015 - 05:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0As you have probably already guessed my comment was a little tongue-in-cheek!
Even the Spanish monarchy seem embroiled in corruption though over two generations no less.
At least the new King dealt with it firmly.
Rectifying the above information: In this case (Monarchy)the Emperor would come of the Imperial House: Dom Joãozinho.
Sep 16th, 2015 - 06:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.monarquia.org.br/
@9 brasshole, or whoever grabbed the keyboard...
Sep 16th, 2015 - 10:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0So now you support a Constitutional Monarchy ? what about King Lullasshole ? where's your loyalty to the Lularat ?
I prefer a monarchy than a victory of a right-wing party (PSDB). That although too bad to vote will probably win any election in the millennia to come.
Sep 17th, 2015 - 12:19 am - Link - Report abuse 0But with a constitutional monarchy there are still free elections and a government - not the monarchy - runs the country. Whether is is right or left wing is the will of the people.
Sep 17th, 2015 - 09:24 am - Link - Report abuse 0If the Brasileiro Gang cannot work out how to have more than one account, could they indicate who wrote the post? Brasileiro1, 2 , 3, 4 etc would do.
So first off, Brazil doesn't have to invent a monarchy nor dust an old one off when the Commonwealth Realms currently share a monarch amongst 16 countries. Including a 17th would be quite easy and could guarantee a stable, democratic system.
Sep 17th, 2015 - 01:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0It won't guarantee governments of one persuasion or another. But then again what is the use of having a constitutional monarchy if they are despotic enough to only let one party win elections.
@11 brasshole,
Sep 17th, 2015 - 04:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Congratulations ! You actually replied, giving a reason ...Not that I agree with you, because I think Monarchies are improductive and expensive to maintain...unless they are self-supporting, which obviously, would not be the case in Brazil.
They are probably OK for countries where they have existed for centuries, and in some way contribute to political stability. However, I still believe in the Parliamentary system, whereby each elected politician has well-defined and clear responsibilities towards his/her community, and can be scrutinized by those he/she alleges to represent, and can be got rid of without headaches, if they fail.
The above just reconfirms what the 'brasileiro' gang is : just a bunch of disgruntled 'petistas', ranging from one extreme of “uneducated and ignorant” to the other of “minimally capable of putting forward an idea without going beserk”.....
The amount of 'stupid' is inversely linked to the level of education.
http://en.mercopress.com/2015/09/16/rousseff-s-latest-austerity-measures-hard-to-pass-warn-congress-leaders#comment414307: Brazil tried the British form of 'democracy' - an unelected and unchecked administration coupled with a supine legislature from 1964 to 1985. It was a massive failure however you looked at it.
Sep 18th, 2015 - 02:36 am - Link - Report abuse 0For good or bad the Congress is elected and can dispose of the president's wishes if it so chooses. The problem with you wing nuts is that you oppose democracy.
@15 Hippy
Sep 18th, 2015 - 05:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0With that statement, you deserve to be inducted into the “Wall of Shame”.....how do you manage to see any similarity between British Democracy and the Military Regime in Brazil between 1964 and 1985 ? I'm not going to try to explain to you how you have shat out the pot, because trying to correct you is a waste of time, but if you did not live through it, and do not live here now, please spare us the stupidity of your ridiculous comments.
The Brazilian Constitution (of 1988) foresees impeachment (by Congress) as a legitimate way to get rid an undesirable President, for incompetence, for gross mismanagement of public funds , for lying , for corruption and a few other cock-ups. In 1992, Fernando Collor de Mello was impeached for infinitely less, and at the time, no-one, repeat no-one thought it was an attempt on democratic rule, or that it was a 'coup'....what has changed now ? What is happening here now, is the purest form of democracy......the possibility of eliminating the country's biggest problem, in answer to a wish being expressed by 92% of the population.
Oh Hepatia
Sep 19th, 2015 - 09:33 am - Link - Report abuse 0It is no wonder you consider a military dictatorship a democracy.
It is about what I expect from an Argentinean education.
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