Brazil has had a bumpy ride for the last fifteen years and they're far behind where they were in 2002. Journalist Felipe Brasil lives in Rio de Janeiro, and he's not too shy to explain what he thinks has happened there.
Showing posts with label Brazil. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brazil. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Brazil bribes
(cont'd from yesterday's post)
That commentator in Brazil says early morning arrests for corruption are getting common. He speculates on when the next ones will come:
"Any morning now, we’ll get to see the plea bargain from Odebrecht, the largest construction company involved in the scandal . . Odebrecht was so organized that they had a [department] entrusted with handling the hundreds of millions of dollars that went to different politicians and parties. It’s expected they will rat out somewhere north of 150 politicians . . .
That commentator in Brazil says early morning arrests for corruption are getting common. He speculates on when the next ones will come:
"Any morning now, we’ll get to see the plea bargain from Odebrecht, the largest construction company involved in the scandal . . Odebrecht was so organized that they had a [department] entrusted with handling the hundreds of millions of dollars that went to different politicians and parties. It’s expected they will rat out somewhere north of 150 politicians . . .
"Those politicians aren’t silly gooses though. They realized ending the investigation was a simple matter: pass a law stopping it. In fact, a senator was recorded explicitly talking about that. He’s now the leader of the government in the senate, and was also [on] Odebrecht’s . . list.
"Any morning now."
Citizens are upset. "[P]rotests included 20-feet-tall inflatable puppets of politicians in jail uniforms."
Citizens are upset. "[P]rotests included 20-feet-tall inflatable puppets of politicians in jail uniforms."
(cont'd tomorrow)
Monday, December 12, 2016
Carwash Op
When someone comes into a position of power in a government, it is for the purpose of taking care of business for the "common good" of the people. When that person uses their power for their own benefit instead of for the common good, it's called corruption.
Accusations and investigations, bribery and sweet deals, firings and arrests, all of these are convulsing Brazilian politics. "Operation Carwash"is a big campaign to clean up government corruption.
According to a "popular media commentator," "in the last hundred days we have impeached a president, ousted and arrested a leader of the house, arrested a senator for interfering with investigations under orders from the former president, arrested and convicted dozens of politicians, and just hours ago ousted the president of the senate."
photo: http://ontheworldmap.com/brazil/brazil-location-on-the-south-america-map.html
(cont'd tomorrow)
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