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Hundreds Of Thousands Take To The Streets In Brazil Demanding President's Impeachment
Protests are underway in Brazil as hundreds of thousands take to the streets to call for the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff. Here's Bloomberg:
An estimated 25,000 protesters in Brasilia marched toward Congress, chanting against Rousseff and corruption, carried a long banner demanding “Impeachment Now.”
Rouseff monitored proceedings from her official residence, due to meet with some of her cabinet in the afternoon, said Justice Minister Jose Eduardo Cardozo.
Protest in #Rio #Brazil: "Military intervention is not a crime" via @tariqpanja UNBELIEVABLE. pic.twitter.com/S8kcJmUJnq
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Background:
When the world’s foremost mainstream media outlets begin to run stories with titles like: "How to Impeach a Brazilian President: A Step-by-Step Guide", you know your political career may be in trouble.
Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff - who recently became the country’s most unpopular democratically elected president since a military dictatorship ended in 1985, with an approval rating of just 8% - faces a litany of problems, not the least of which are accusations around fabricated fiscal account data and corruption at Petrobras where she was chairwoman from 2003 to 2010.
But beyond that, Brazil is mired in stagflation and, as Morgan Stanley recently noted, is at the center of the global EM unwind triggered by falling commodity prices, slowing demand from China, and an imminent Fed rate hike. Underscoring the depth of the economic malaise is the following graphic from Goldman which shows that when it comes to inflation-growth outcomes, it doesn’t get much worse than what Brazil suffered through in Q2.
Now, frustrations have apparently reached a boiling point (again) and mass demonstrations are planned for Sunday. Here’s Bloomberg with more:
As allegations of corruption and incompetence swamp Brazil’s government, and plummeting commodity prices sap its economy, hundreds of thousands of angry citizens are expected to descend on central squares across the country on Sunday, posing a key test for President Dilma Rousseff.
This will be the year’s third mass protest against Rousseff, who is facing growing calls for her impeachment. A strong showing could help support her ouster and deepen a sell-off on financial markets.
The Free Brazil Movement, one of the groups organizing the demonstrations, says rallies are confirmed in 114 cities.
Congress is watching the turnout both to judge the support for impeachment proceedings and to measure the level of discontent in their home districts.
Since narrowly winning reelection last October, Rousseff, Brazil’s first female president, has embarked on an austerity program that has cost her political capital. Her popularity has plummeted to 8 percent, a record low, and more than two-thirds of Brazilians support impeachment, according to Datafolha, a polling firm. The economy in 2015 is forecast to post its worst performance in 25 years amid ongoing corruption probes into politicians and executives.
Rousseff has reversed herself on some popular but expensive measures such as caps on electricity and gasoline prices. The middle class that doesn’t qualify for subsidies has been hardest hit as power bills rose an average 23 percent, and more than 50 percent in some regions. Higher interest rates are restricting consumer credit, unemployment has hit 6.9 percent and inflation is rising, inching toward 10 percent.
Rousseff won election in 2010 following Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the central figure of the Workers’ Party. She rode his popularity for most of her first term until demonstrations in 2013 brought millions to the streets protesting corruption and spending on the World Cup hosted by Brazil last year.
Rousseff recovered enough to win reelection but protests in March and April took aim at her.
Renan Machado, a 29-year-old lawyer from Sao Paulo said Sunday’s rallies will be an opportunity to demonstrate the outrage shared by many Brazilians.
“I’m going to protest to end this wave of corruption because I can’t stand this incompetent government any longer,” Machado said.
And more from AP:
Demonstrators are taking to the streets of cities and towns across Brazil for a day of nationwide anti-government protests.
Sunday's protests, which were called mostly via social media by a variety of groups, are seen as a barometer of popular discontent with President Dilma Rousseff. Her second term in office has been shaken by a snowballing corruption scandal involving politicians from her Workers' Party, as well as a spluttering economy, spiraling currency and rising inflation.
Thousands of people brandishing green and yellow Brazilian flags streamed onto Rio's Copacabana Beach, and smaller demonstrations were under way in the Amazonian city of Belem and the central city of Belo Horizonte.
It was the third large-scale anti-government demonstration this year.
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That's a LOT of angry citizens, but not too many to ignore.
they ate all the propaganda too quickly and fell ill http://www.philiacband.com/propaganda.html
I love the smell of napalmed socialism in the morning.
Too bad this doesn't happen in the U.S.
It will, just give it time. People aren't hungry enough yet.
Yawn, yet another US regime change operation (Brazil is the B in BRICS)
Are they still pissed about Germany spanking them in the final?
Too bad the American people are not as passionate about their country...
"Brazilians are authoritarians by nature...with many already calling for the return of military rule"
it's that North American/South American - Catholicism vs Protestantism thing again...
Catholic cultural influence=hierarchical organization cultures (hence, "el jefes" abound)
Protestantism=lateral organizational social structures (no "Popes") (hence, "democracies")
Unfortunately, sinners abound in both.....
It could be due to the massive corruption with the state oil company Petrobras along with the crashing economy.
Sheeple awakening
Another color revolution
To get rid of the B in the BRICS nations
Brazil can join:
Venezuela
Argentina
Peru
Cuba
PR
... getting to the bottom of it.
SOCIALISM is at the heart of all the BRICS' problems.
But, people (voters) go for the empty promises almost every time...
Yep, as long as bread and circuses can be promised, corruption will be voted in and this is a socialist speciality. The people might get their impeachment, but until they quit voting for pie in the sky promises, they'll keep getting crooks running the country......
Once printing presses are out of control...then fiat allows anything good and bad to occur.
Over time the bad accumulates.
When fiat fails to deliver, even at hyper-print speed, then we go back to commodity based currency...every time.
OK, who here clicked on the article just hoping to see some bikinis
And yet only a few months ago they voted her in. Are the people are THAT stupid? Or maybe they had Diebold machines programmed at Langley.
indy go --- or both; they are not mutually exclusive
Like Uncle Iosip always said, "It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything."
Democracy is the real opiate of the masses.
Any chance the fat Yanks can waddle their way to the city centers to voice their disdain for the idiot in the White House?
Like Ron White says: You can't fix socialism.
Yes, I hope socialism will fail in the US too.
Why you gotta blow up the figure by an order of magnitude, Tyler?
LOL, like the next one will be any better. I guess slavery is not objected if the prezzydents are popular in public opinion.
OMG: things must be serious ...
...there's space left on the Copacabana.
it's winter time---
True, but it's been 29oC today in Rio.
I understand also that...music and passion were always in fashion.
At least that's what that gay bloke Barry said.
Petrobras needs oil above $155/bbl just to remain cashflow neutral.
Nothing. Else. Matters.
Economy supporting China, like Austraila supports China. Free ride over and their Chinese based economies will suffer greatly until they develop other productive industries.
These are the countries that go down first...and will be down the longest relative to others that may do OK for a while. Eventually if these do not get better they will all end badly.
I predict many police beat downs in the favellas tonight.
Nice day for a stroll. Hey, let's see what's going on over there!
The heavy hand of police/military cant be far off.......and shts gunna burn.
Gosh, a thrilling preview of the putative Hillary Clinton administration.
Where's that k-k-k-k-k guy? He loves this old bag. Or at least he used to back when he voted for her and threw a big beer bash to celebrate her victory.
Meanwhile back in the U.S.S.A, people sit in front of the teevee doing nothing while the fascists ram a hot poker up their ass. Merika! Fuck yeah! We're exceptional!
The occupy movement, in hindsight, seems like a programmatic exercise in removing the thoughts of protest and any resulting efficacies from the minds of the commoners. It probably worked.
u would see the same kind of demonstration in the "exceptional nation...."
if Direct TV and ComCast experienced a 2 hour interruption...
death to the MoneyChangers.
Doc, the primary reason people don't stand ~up and fight, is because they don't know how to.
They don't know where to start. Who do they contact?
How do you enact change DOC? I've been doing some research, and it wasn't cheap.
Sound familiar Doc? Lobbists, favors<> grass roots.
People are LAZY. People make excuses for their mis-forgivings. Some people are actually honest.
I want to change things. I surround myself with highly intelligent individuals, that are " like minded".
We pool resources, and money to make people aware. Just like what Donald Trump is doing currently.
I love my country. It deserves better leaders.
Olympic booking agencies will be cutting hotel packages back to "zero" to get people to go.Dry run for L.A. Games!
global solution to end the cancer that is socialism and central bank intevrentionism
abolish central banks and allow proportional representation according to the (net of benefits) taxes accumulated from the last election (personal or corporate) or charitable donations made; organize politics accordingly - federal, local or state employees get no votes (they implemnet tax payers policies as servants of the state), as of course, neither do those who pay negative taxes or who are in jail.
When we do this we should demand impeachment of them all and immediately hold chaotic uncentralized paper ballot elections for a new SCOTUS. We will need a new SCOTUS to try the rest of bastards for treason. It may be a good idea to identify now any attorneys, judges or scholars who have kept their oaths and maintained allegiance to the Constitution and the people, certainly they exist. Old fashioned ramshackle paper ballot elections will of course not be seen as legitimate by the state but it is symbolic and will come in handy later.
Can you imagine their fear?
In addition, imagine if everyone stopped paying property tax, auto registrations, and filed EXEMPT on their W4s.
Why bother impeaching?
The new boss will be just like the old boss.
You may be right.
I heard rumour months ago that Fernando Collor de Mello (HE who was impeached for corruption, kickbacks and money laundering) was thinking of running again. Hopefully, his private money launderer MrFixit won't be found dead in bed from multiple gunshot wounds in a hotel in Maceió this time.
My contacts in the Olympic movement tell me that they are facing serious problems with meeting deadlines and outcomes for the Olympic Games in 2016. Possibility of the games either being a mess or being relocated.
We always hear that for every Olympic games
Japan may be too hot.
Russia verboten.
Relocate to Los Angeles or Greece ?
For the moment, I'm more proud of Brazilians than Americans.
Hey, I didn't vote for the dims.
Let me guess, the new governement they want will be more pro American.
Burn down your banks and hang the banksters.
You will then have change.
Replacing politicians is irrelevant.
Your Rotchild bank is the core of the problem.
Your Rotchild funded NGO is deceiving you, Brazil.
Don't become Greece, you have a choice.
So the Wold Cup didnt help??? No worries, the Olympics will get them back heading in right direction.....Just hold on until 2016
Hmmm.
She ain't worried. Running Petrobas and being the head grifter for years, she probably has the minimun 6 billion$ banked at Goldman, like all the ex presidents of Mexico.
Brazil is in the very best of times borderline ungovernable. They do have times when it looks like a solid stable economy and deomocracy is growing, but don't be fooled, it will come unglued in the end. There are too many poverty stricken people to form that solid base to build upon. And sending the surplus people into the Amazon to farm has run it's course as fire and drought ravage the Amazon. The vast army of poor people who face no prospect of ever climbing into prosperity, it is like a poison pill in the heart of Brazil. Argentina is somewhat the same. A nation that should be a world class economy and social model for all South America, instead rots away with one disasterous government after another. Both nations have and will turn to the military to run the nations, and this will renew the bloodbaths that came before.
My thesis is that the world is becoming more and more ungovernable and poverty and overpopulation rot away civil society. While msot people in the west fail to notice, the poor nations of the world, and the developing nations too, like Brazil, are swarming with population increases, each baby adding one more poverty sticken mouth crying for a piece of the good life.
Were I to predict in 25 years where we will be, I would say in an infernal hell, with tens of millions of people swarming north to demand entrance to the USA and North West Europe. We see this already. It is a model for what is coming. Millions today, tens of millions tomorrow, a hundred million a year in a decade. All demanding the right to live in the UK, Sweden and the USA and Canada.
"Both nations have and will turn to the military to run the nations..."
Quite right Jack. I was in Curitiba/PN for a coupla months this spring during the April street demos all over the country. I was astonished at how many placards were on display demanding a return of the military to run the country in place of Dilma Rousseff who is up to her fat neck in the Petrobrás corruption scandal.
A lot of Brazukas lament the passing of the military era.
They say "at least there was law & order in those days."
Oddly, there's a similar feeling in parts of Spain, especially among the older generation.
The future is bent. Big mistake to take current trends and apply linear thinking.
Brazil
Somewhere in the 20th century.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKPFC8DA9_8
unemployment 6.9%, 10% inflation. funny. not much different than the US really.
EXCEPT
We have (race wars, and low interest rate loans on cars and houses here) Bread and Circus.
SO
... no 100,000 rioting in the streets and no Free America Movement.
YET.
This is another color revolution attempt by NWO's puppet masters. Corruption has been endemic to Brazil and Latin America in general. Some Latin American countries are less corrupt than Brazil, e. g. Chile and Uruguay, others more , e. g. Venezuela and Paraguay. If the protesters think that Dilma's successor is going to be squeaky clean or even less corrupt, they might as well believe in unicorns.
all y'all gotta read Feynman's descriptions about his sabbatical in Brazil. Nothing new here
Who will they replace Dilma Rousseff with? Someone similar to her of course. Brazil has deep marxist roots within it's culture. It's pervasive starting from it's universities and intellectuals, so I don't expect much change at all. If the past is the best predictor of the future, with the obvious underpinnings of bias, I will assume Brazil will vote in someone else very similar. So even if they impeach the lady, get rid of her, and have her replaced, the next person with be very similar and may use similar policies, even may damage the economy more. Perhaps even a dictator will arise in Brazil. It's possible. In Brazil, it's very possible, because Brazilians think government is the solution for their economic ills.
O novo chefe será o igual ao antigo chefe.
We can hope!
Perhaps she should seek advice from some "old school" Autocrats?
Lists of rulers of Egypt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brazilians are authoritarians by nature. It's all about taking from the weaker.
Although this is a colour revolution instigated by the NED, it wouldn't fly if Brazilians didn't love their chains.
When the bill for the next Olympics comes due watch out!
Think the politics is bad, wait till the water runs out
SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Endowed with the Amazon and other mighty rivers, an array of huge dams and one-eighth of the world’s fresh water, Brazil is sometimes called the “Saudi Arabia of water,” so rich in the coveted resource that some liken it to living above a sea of oil.
But in Brazil’s largest and wealthiest city, a more dystopian situation is unfolding: The taps are starting to run dry.
As southeast Brazil grapples with its worst drought in nearly a century, a problem worsened by polluted rivers, deforestation and population growth, the largest reservoir system serving São Paulo is near depletion. Many residents are already enduring sporadic water cutoffs, some going days without it. Officials say that drastic rationing may be needed, with water service provided only two days a week.
Behind closed doors, the views are grimmer. In a meeting recorded secretly and leaked to the local news media, Paulo Massato, a senior official at São Paulo’s water utility, said that residents might have to be warned to flee because “there’s not enough water, there won’t be water to bathe, to clean” homes.
“We’re witnessing an unprecedented water crisis in one of the world’s great industrial cities,” said Marússia Whately, a water specialist at Instituto Socioambiental, a Brazilian environmental group. “Because of environmental degradation and political cowardice, millions of people in São Paulo are now wondering when the water will run out.”
The irony is that there's plenty of water not too far way from São Paulo in the state of Paraná. In the state capital Curitiba - 40mins flying time from SP - it rains a lot and reservoirs are full. All it needs is a coupla pipelines to move the water.
Is this an American covert operation to shatter BRICS ?
Are these American NGOs driven crowds for govt. toppling
and installing some military dictator as a puppet to america?
Hmmmmm