As Portuguese we have been getting some news about these big protests in Brazil.
I’m naturally skeptical of “facebook revolutions” but it is very interesting some elements of this.
For instance, at least a big part of the protesters seem to be against specific laws related to corruption.
One of these laws would take away the powers of the High Court to decide on whether a law is constitutional or not and give those powers to the parlament – basically give it to themselves.
The politicians also want to make a law that would forbid the State (district attorney) to make investigations and many big corruption investigations and convictions of recent years have been born of this, also involving big politicians. The biggest investigation actually involved Lula, their previous president, but it didn’t quite go far with him because he was still president then. That would mean the police getting exclusive competence for making investigations.
Another part of the protests is about the pharaonic expenses with making stadiums etc for the 2014 world cup.
Most interestingly at least one protester goup has yesterday suspended demonstrations in part because they noticed they were being played by “moles” who ended up getting into violence and making the whole group look bad.
I think Brazil is some ways is like Africa. When the dam starts to break… it’s a LOT of water [Image Can Not Be Found]
I keep in mind Brazil is a hotbed for the SS, of course. But I do believe there’s genuine will for change against the injustice in that country, the most obvious being the deep divide between rich and poor – or in other words, the parasitic nature of their system, which unlawfully concentrates resources in the hands of certains interests and forgets the Brazilians. Let’s hope they’re all smart enough not to to let themselves be fooled.
At this point it would seem the Brazilian goverment wants to smother it by making more concessions.
this is a news piece that mentions the “moles” (in Portuguese)
http://www.publico.pt/mundo/noticia/movimento-passe-livre-diz-que-nao-vai-deixar-de-sair-as-ruas-1598104:3aea0tyn
Carlos