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An Autopsy of the Corruption That Sapped Brazil's Ruling Party PDF Print E-mail
2005 - December 2005
Written by Leila Seradj   
Monday, 05 December 2005 09:14

The Lula-cheering crowd has disappeared from the Brazilian streets"Hear me, citizens of Brazil, senators, and deputies..."
Thus commenced the televised coverage of the saga of the "escândalo do mensalão" (big monthly allowance scandal) in Brazil, a corruption extravaganza that, despite playing to an audience virtually immune to the fall-out from the chronically bad behavior of crooked politicians, has captured the attention, imagination, sadness, and revulsion of much of the Brazilian public.

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Brazil is a scandal!
written by Guest, December 05, 2005
Tell us something we don't know already. Unfortunately...the whole country is corrupt and to point fingers at the government is really to point the finger back at the people. There is no other rational behind it and if the Brazilian people have this apathy towards themselves then they deserve the leaders and politicians they elect. what goes around comes around....these issues will never solve themselves because the Brazilian people feed into it " Jeitinho " sound familiar. To scream scandal is just so moralistic...when in fact everyone participates in the lack of accountability, trust and respect. I guess this is why the Brazilian people would prefer to leave their own country to clean other peoples toilet than clean their own. This idea of scandal is funny and a farce. It doesn't matter who gets elected or governs Brazil now or in the future the outcomes have all screamed the same word - "corruption!" , if you don't believ me - just look at your past history and you will see a track record. Tell us something we already don't know!
AUTOPSY?
written by Guest, December 07, 2005
This article seems to be guided more by wishful thinking than by a will to analyse the present brazilian political crisis.Corruption was always part and parcel of political life in Brazil, but for the first time ever, the country now is going through the process of investigating itself at all levels,including within the ruling party which you conveniently fail to recognize. Your afirmation that the Government's social programmes have "died" is a blatant contradiction of real facts.
Disgrace
written by Guest, December 08, 2005
Brazil may very well be "investigating itself" as mentioned in previous post, but it´s real action that´s actually required in order to punish those who are guilty of the wrongdoings. Too often in this country, corruption is simply treated as an acceptable form of business practice. And the biggest problem is that the corruption exists in every aspect of life right from the "factory floor" to the Managing Director. It´s sick.
Não era mensalão
written by Guest, December 10, 2005
Summary of the "scandal":

In the end, there was no mensalão. It was a fraud spawned by Jefferson and propogated by the Lula-hating Brazilian media. There were other acts of corruption involving nearly every political party. Jefferson (not PT) Severino Cavalcanti (not PT) and others proven to have engaged in corrupt activities have been expelled. Lula wasn't involved in corruption, but the media's success in dishonestly equating the PT with corruption has taken its toll on him.
Prev. post \"Não era Mensalão\"
written by Guest, December 11, 2005
Hey what´s the problem...there was no corruption...what, here in Brazil never! And anyway, all the other political parties are corrupt, so there!
Don´t you just love it....
...
written by Guest, December 12, 2005
I've seen corruption all over Europe and over the world but...Well anyway...You who wrote this article is just another of those who want to show Brazil as being " weird.
You are just mediocre
Doctors.
written by Guest, December 15, 2005
How the f**k you do an "An Autopsy of the Corruption" of a country?

Did they run an autopsy in EVERY politician?
In what part of the corpse lies the Corruption?
Pockets, Swiss banks, Caiman Isles, brains (oops they got an a*****e so they don't need no brain) .



Quick, somebody explain this to me pleae, I beg...
Too bad that all of them continue alive and looking hard for the corruption.

How about another hint. Just look at the pocket of them guys.

These vermin called politicians are averywhere, just like c**kroaches, they refuse to die and on top of the they continue to grow biggere and bigger.


Doctors.
written by Guest, December 15, 2005
How the f**k you do an "An Autopsy of the Corruption" of a country?

Did they run an autopsy in EVERY politician?
In what part of the corpse lies the Corruption?
Pockets, Swiss banks, Caiman Isles, brains (oops they got an a*****e so they don't need no brain) .



Quick, somebody explain this to me pleae, I beg...
Too bad that all of them continue alive and looking hard for the corruption.

How about another hint. Just look at the pocket of them guys.

These vermin called politicians are averywhere, just like c**kroaches, they refuse to die and on top of the they continue to grow biggere and bigger.


...
written by Guest, December 16, 2005
Written by Guest on 2005-12-12 10:14:35 you're a moron. The pont of the não era mensalão post was that the PT has been wrongfully singled out by the media and that the mensalão charges were bogus in the first place. The poster never said there was no corruption. To the contrary in fact. But, I guess you just can't admit that the mensalão charges were bogus, so you make s**t up to criticize someone pointing out the truth. You are an liar and, as I said above, a moron.

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