Brazzil

...except that as a Brazilian. you have not really detailed your point of view....for Lula....the populist.
No doubt that what he promised before and right after having been elected was not and will not be attained.
He contradicts himself all the time between one speech/statement with another speech/statement done earlier.

The 10 millions jobs promised, despite a booming economy, have been so far only 3 millions.
The 400'000 MST settlements are at 115'000 adter three years. Budget was voted and then reduced silently by 50 % or so.
FMD disease, where 167 millions Reais were voted, went down to 89 millions, but only 30 millions were freed until before the disease appeared. Lula said first that everything is under contronl...but new disease were found almost daily after his staement. He also said the the disease was due to gross negligences from farmers. Rodriguez said that the government freed all the money. But at the end of last week he finally recognized that the government must take the blame.

Is that not populist when high budgets are voted for many social programs, have them published in all the medias/press and official public statements, and then later, silently of course, reduce, reduce and reduce again what was promised and even voted ?????

Come on !

As you clearly explained many Latin American citizens have been brainwashed by their governments who accuse a third party, usually develop nations, that everything that is going wrong in your countries are because of these developed nations.

But as you clearly explained, this is mainly due to hide the failure, corruptions and mismanagements of these same governments.

You know, your point of view made me think. And after thinking I have come to the same conclusion as you that in fact, Bush and Lula have much more in common than anyone might have imagined. Both are defintely populist leaders but the similartoy doesn't stop there. Both are inarticulate, politically illiterate (part of that old populist charm), political liabilities and totally inept at holding anytype of a functional government together.

If anyone was to assess blame for the total failure of the Summit, it should be jontly held by Bush and Lula.

PS. They're both clowns too.

I wonder if GW was hanging out with Mike Tyson in Brazil. HMMM

Same view as me. I have been saying that Bush and Lula get along well despite their political differences exactly because they are so similar in so many things! (none good things btw)

I dont see why president bush was talking bad about brazil, yeah we know we got a bad education system, in brazil.. but why worry about us, when american students are smoking weed in the school bathrooms, and skipping school, and geting into gang fights in school, and los test scores, adn pregeunt gurls at school ( THAT IS STO STUPID).. and the drop out rate is so funny, yeah yet, alot of students drop out think they did the right thing.. so what if in brazil u only have to some school... but dont talk s**t about brazilian education, when u havent examed your own education system..

come on , lula has to be more fun than than alfred e. newmam (what, brasileros never worry?)

Whatever the forum member says, no doubt that the educatio n is still muc much better in the USA than in Brazil.

Just read recent articles in this same site on the basic education in Brazil.
- Even basic education is of bad quality.
- There are 30 % of brazilian youths that must do again a class, due to the bad rating received.

NO doubt that drug is a problem not only in the USA bit also in the EU AND Brazil.

On top of that insecurity and crimes are far worse in your country.
50 % of youths deaths aged between 15 and 24 in Brazil, is because of violent crimes !

As to the comparisons of educations, just look at the rating of the UN report. They speak for themselves.

Bush said what a great job,as governor that he did in the state of Texas! I'm from Texas(Bush isn't really from Texas,thank GOD FOR THAT),thanks to him,our education system is one of the worst.Just like our federal government,he has left Texas w/ a great state DEBT!He lied about the war,just like the oil companys have lied about their billions of profits! In America,as in BraSIL we need new persidents,who care about the people,environment and the world.peace!

I agree totally with the above comment about texas and worl peace. As for Stephnos comment I would like to tell you to go back to school.

But I too think that Brazilian educatiion system is s**t !!! Also dont talk about weed in the USA when in Brazil its as cheap as cocaine and anyone could afford it.

Get a proper education and travel the world a little, then lets talk.

Yes, Im Brazilian !!!

Just a tangent re: weed in Brazil. It may be cheap but it is reeeaaaaally bad......

Hey, you're dead WRONG. Tyson would NEVER accept the Presidency of Brazil. He might be crazy, but not stupid.
Now, Dubya hanging out with Lula ?
Dubya isn't that stupid.
Why would he want to lower his IQ? Bush back to US with a negative IQ and at the same time the Lula skyrocketting his IQ to 13000+ ? I don't think so.

I’m sure no one in Brazil could learn anything from this man that thier politicians haven't taught them, he knows how to award his incompetent friends with positions way beyond their ability. He protects his interests (Big Oil, Big Money) and he has a team of spin doctors making the soft headed gringos believe everything he does is to protect us from those “bad foreigners”. I’m pretty sure if you handed him a map he couldn’t tell you where Brazil is. It took 5 years but 60% of us finally realize what a moron we have as a leader.
As an American I only had one concern about Bush's vist....that he would return.

Not any more......... We had our morning coffee. It's seens the President we took home doesn't look so good the morning after..

Bush has a

I read all your negative talk about President Bush . I have this to write. I have been to several Countries and yours to boot. And I will say this with pride, I wouldn’t live anywhere else but TEXAS.null

I read all your negative talk about President Bush . I have this to write. I have been to several Countries and yours to boot. And I will say this with pride, I wouldn’t live anywhere else but TEXAS.null

I saw bush and lula on tv. . .how alike they looked. . .shirt sleeved. . .open in body language. . .genuine warmth. . .love barbecue. . .none of the pretenscious pseudo intellectual bull s**t of the eastern seaboard that laugh at rural america. . .that laugh at the informal the intrinsic self. . .do you really think you can be an idiot and graduate yale. . .own a major million dollar business. . .have a father who is a president head of cia and be the fool. . .we are at war with iran not iraq. . .iraq is a place to stage an army inorder to check the iranian nuclear program. . .the future is unfolding and like chess it is twenty moves ahead of the singular moves and points of consciousness that the harping magpies perceive. . .do not under estimate the u.s. or its president. . .play the fool and let your enemies believe it. . .

Bush is as capable of being the president of the united states, as Trinidad & Tobago is capable of winning the World Cup in 2006...
As a citizen of Europe, i dream about the time Clinton was president. Let's get real, what's worse; Tell lies about a sexual affaire, or tell lies to start a war to make (blood) money????
Hopefully Hillary (Clinton) kicks Bush' ass at the next elections, and hopefully the democrats won't let the republicans steal the elections again.

Kind regards from a worried world-citizen.