Brazzil

I always like your article, mi hermano Carlos Chagas. You are a true leftist brother.

keep up the excellent and influential work, and help to ensure that a true revolutionary leader like chavez takes the helm in brazil, rather than lula, who is already a slave to the world bank, IMF, and the bastard republican gringos.

The same article, written a million times, by a million different authors. I think it is quite clear, that Brasil has been lacking a real leader throught it's history. I does not take a rocket scientist to see that Lula was doomed to failure. He lacks the educations, experience, and administrative skills to run a small city, let alone a country like Brasil. The recent gun purchase by the Fed's is a great example. Lula hails this as a victory. In Rio alone, tens of thousands of guns were purchased by the government. Then why does gun related crime continue to skyrocket in Rio? Duh...the drug dealers were offering more money for the really good guns! The only solution to Brasil's problems is an awakening of our people, and a return to common sense. We continue to look for the government to solve our all of our problems...we have grown lazy. As the article states...How many really bad Presidents have we had? And look at the current crop of losers, anyone look like a winner for our future?...I though not. Only our people can make a difference, but are we really up to the challenge, or is it more important to prepare for next years Carnaval?

What we need is "a true" leftist" like Chavez? Geez, where does this crap come from? A president will solve all of our problems...right? While you sit on your ass and get drunk on cheap beer, and wait for a leftist President to give you your share of the rich mans hard work. This is exactly the lazy, uneducated, moronic attitude that prevents Brasil from moving forward.Only by reducing taxes and intrest rates (as your leftist author suggests), creating new and good jobs, and funding proper education can Brasil solve our problems...it is the private sector, not the government that can only do this. I am no fan of the Republican Bush, but I will bet that if he was President of Brasil, we would not be held hostage by terrorist criminals in the favelas, activist judges in our courts, private property rights which are guarenteed in our constitution, would be respected...and perhaps, we would bring back some much needed morality. Sorry, but I would take a President, US or Chinese, that had a set of balls, and a plan, over a Chavez or Lula anyday...although I will admit. Chavez does seem to have found the balls that Lula lost.

Carlos Chagas wrote
"From it all, one conclusion: it’s no use to keep waiting for another nation knight in shining armor capable of promising national recovery. As long as we don’t realize that the capacity to change is within each of us, nothing will be done."

Mr Chagas
You have always been a supporter of leonel brizola. Of the class warfare that he preached and his caudilho " i will save you" methodolgy.
Let me ask you a question. Have you changed? Because if you have not what is the use of preaching empowerment to indivisulas if you support a sistem or/and a leader that relenquishes the views of the individual? if you have changed then why don´t you apologize. i was once a university student and you were my profesor. So profesor, have you changed? By the way the brazilian people payed for your salary while you were a teacher at a federal university so you would be apoligizing not to me but to the brazilian taxpayer.

He just lacks credibility our mr chagas. Isso acontece quando jornalistas, em pleana epoca democratica, fazem campanha nas universidades por um candidato como fez o sr chagas quando foi profesor da universidade de brasilia por leonel brizola em campanhas presidencias. O Sr chagas não é imparcial. Lula , ao MEU ver ( e o estado não me paga nem me sutenta pra ter uma opinião) não é um bom presidente. O sr chagas, entretanto, é um picareta.

I find amusing when I read articles talking trash about a nation's president, particularly if this nation is Brazil. This articles is only one of a million of articles refusing to see or divulge the truth. The problem is not the president. Rather, the problem is the political system installed in Brazil. More precisely, the problem is the Brazilian Congress. How many of you remember who you voted for Senator and Federal Deputy in the last elections? If you don't remember, why would the media be tracking these politicians down... too much work if you have an escape goat, that being the President. Only one person in the spotlight makes the job of the media so much easier, doesn't it? Instead of blaming Lula all the time, why don't we start to reflect a little bit just to assure that we have got the right one to blame. Would you guys like the economy to change all over again, just as occurred under Sarney? Brazil has initiated an irreversible process under Mr. Cardoso that now Lula needs to accommodate his believes in order to not put a greater burden on society just to follow his ideology... society would not be happy with much changes that this policy would cause. This was the first time I voted in Lula and in my point of view, he is doing everything he possibly can to address the social problems in BR. We can't expect miracles from one person when we have tons more in the Congress trying to dismantle the policies put forward by Lula. In order to see that, you guys need to diversify the media that provide you with the information and look for other sources... don't be lazy!

Man...Things sometimes can get really unintelligent here. I would get to arms if a "leader" like Chagas takes over Brazil. Thank you, God, for Lula. I feel sorry for the people in Venezuela.

It is unbelievable how a person claiming to be educated would fall for such an outdated concept of a better society. I do believe that Capitalism has its evil and that a more socially based government is possible, however, I would never embrace the type of socialism it is promoted in South America, specially from someone as Chagas.

It is possible to accommodate the capitalism with socialism for the benefit of everyone but what I see here is the intention of promoting a social dictatorship (au contraire of the extreme right dictatorship we had in Brazil). This is very foolish, childish, naïve.

It takes time, maybe decades, for a leader of any background to be able to change an underdevelopment country into a developed one. Can anyone here claim that it is possible to turn Brazil into an advanced country like the one we see in Europe in two years?

Give more time to Lula. Although he is uneducated, he is trying honestly harder than anybody before. Brazil is very complex, and Lula inherited, as anyone would, a very troubled country, abused by highly educated leader for many years. Many economical evils have established their roots in Brazil and it will take an incredible effort to uproot them.

What the author fail to take into consideration is the dynamics of the US as a place where free enterprise flourishes. The US continues to lead the world as the only place where people feel free to pursue that dream. We are not burden with Obstacles. We could never predict what the next big thing will be, but surely the US serves as in Incubator for such things. Europe with very high taxes and constant government meddling will never lure that type of people to create wealth. Yes we have major financial problems, but I am confident that these things can be fixed before a meltdown happen. First and foremost Business has great influence in the direction this country moves. Congress will listen. I am confident in the long term the dollar will stabilize against the Euro. Back in the 80’s under Ronald Reagan there was talk of doom for the US. We were told that all factories will close due to Japanese imports. We were told American could not innovate. We heard the same arguments as we are hearing today, but yet in the 90’s we create more wealth than anytime in history. Lets wait and see. I only have one prediction and that is the Democratic will take back the White House.

I love reading articles written by leftist propogandists. The best thing about them is that people except these guys as authorities when it seems like they have never even studied anything about the subject for which they are talking. Usually it is economic development. For example Chagas implies that FH's policies did nothing to help the poor. Then why did indicators such as child literacy go up while FH was in office. Not only that the biggest thing he did to help the poor was so down inflation, because the poor are the hardest by inflation do to the fact that a depreciating currency leaves them with less money to spend, and they are always the last one to get raises. In fact the lazy intelectual class such as Chagas, who usually work for the government are largely protected from rampant inflation as the first to get raises in line with inflation. (Government always wants to appease its core constituency). The sad part is these articles are taken to heart by many, when really they are no more logical that extreme righist propoganda that is always discounted.

"what the author fails to take into consideration is the dynamics of the US", why the hell would he? The article has nothing to do with the US, but once again, some friggin, no nothing about Brasil gringo tries to changes the flavor of the forum into "golly gee isn't America great" forum. When will you guys get it, we ,an d the world just don't care to hear it anymore. What do your dynamics have to do with whos leading Lula? Do you guys go to school there? You are no longer the good freinds of Brasil you once were, and frankley we don't miss you one bit. It makes me sick to see you at the airports, looking for McDonalds. Your postings remind us all that your arrogence and inistance that eveything be about you, is why you all make us sick.

Loser!

I'll second what the guy above wrote. And I'll add, Why do you think anyone cares about your "predictions"? Here's my prediction, I am confident that you will die of syphillis by your own hand.