Brazzil

Dear Mr. Buarque,

Could you please stop writing this stupid articles in Brazzil Magazine.

Your idiotic pieces are severely damaging the image of our country and the quality of this great website.

Sincerely yours,
The Brazilian People

Obviously, "Brazilian People," you are a prime example of the poor quality of education to which Mr. Buarque refers. It doesn't take a genius to determine that a satisfactory education is available only to the Brazilian elite. I assume you have never set foot in a Brazilian public elementary school, or you would realize that when it comes to public education, there isn't much of a positive "image" to damage.

I would go one step further than Mr. Buarque and at least partly blame the poor quality of the public education system for many of the country's woes--including the terrible poverty suffered by the majority of my fellow contrymen and the horrendous levels of violence. Quality of education can go a long way toward correcting many of a soceity's ills.

And before anyone asks--I am Brazilian, and I was educated in public schools in Brazil. I was also fortunate enough to attend university in England. I have posted this in English because the original post was in English.

Rich people don't want poor nonwhite people to have any advantages. How do you think they maintain their power? Lack of quality education is not only a problem in Brazil but in America too. Ghetto schools are deliberately underfunded so as to keep a certain segment of the population a permanent underclass. This is not happening by chance but by careful planning.

what the f**k do you expect when the goddamn brazilian blanco oligarchy in cahoots with the f**ken gringo imperialists and big corporations plunder the resources of the world's most richest biological nation (a.k.a - brazil) for the benefit of only a small minority of the racist blanco elite/oligarchy in brazil and for a few f**ken gringo imperialist blood sucking corporations and imperialists!

at the same time, 70% of the population in brazil, who are non-white or poor whites get nothing but 513 years of racial exclusion, no access to land (as all land is hoarded by the racist oligarchy), little representation in parliament, and little political clout.

compared to bolivia, where evo morales and his indigenous party won large majorities in not only the presidential, but also in the senate and congress, brazil's congress and senate must be the most undemocratic institution in the developing world (this along with brazil being the most world's most inequitable wealth index place is what the country is famous for, not for just her natural beauty), since the right wing lunatics from the racist land stealing ruralist party and other right wing groups dominate brazil's congress.

The PT and other left and socialist party are a minority in the nation. what a sad joke for brazil and her 70% unrepresentated, unseen (all TV only shows blondes "ARYANS" in brazil's TV), segment of the country's population.

Therefore should the reality be hidden ?
The same as the corruption, impunity, police killings, poverty and hunger ?
May be you are a member of this elite !

And what about.....your moral and effective
obligations to the children of your country, not only your own ?

And what about children rights to receive a decent education from society ?

This said it is quite sad that the article is written by an ex Minister of Education !
Today reality is partly due to what he implemented while he was Minister.
He simply criticizes his own implementations.

Even his numbers contradicts with one of his previous article when he said that in Brazil, teachers salaries must be paid by the states except in Federal District where salaries are paid by the Federal Government. On top, he described how much more teachers salaries are in the DF compared to other states, but even worse that when he was governor, teachers of the DF got also another complementary pay by the state, making the disparity between the various states even larger !

Mr Buarque provides evidence after evidence that he is in favor of wealth inequality and no right to basic education for everyone !
Facts are simply the opposite of his words, similar to Lula comments and reality.

A true tragedy for brazilian society !

An aberration to humanity... Bush, #1 Terrorist in the World!

Losers being taught by losers produces another generation of losers.

In the USA these same problems exist, the advantages continue to go more and more to the rich. Why in a democracy, are the vast majority of people electing a government that continues to give them less and less? In the USA it is because the poor don´t bother to vote, and those with means to organize the poor to vote for what is best for them are few and far between. So who cares, really, beyond typing out this blog of mine? If the problems are really bad maybe a Morales will come forward for Brazil. Maybe activist will organize the poor to vote. In Costa Rica voter turnout is near 98% because if you don´t have a voting receipt you can´t rent houseing or get a drivers license. Talk is cheap, activism is time-consuming. Does anyone really care enough to do something; yes, the rich continue to organize and do the work to keep their advantage. The rest of us talk alot but, in fact, do little. That includes me.

One must be cautious, by not assuming free trade means fair trade when dealing with the United States. This, despite repeated WTO (World Trade Organization) rulings in favor of other countries, the United States simply ignores their obligations under the Free Trade Agreement (i.e. tariff on Brasilian oranges). The U.S. is protectionist nation, but everybody else must accept free trade through imposition of unfair conditions. It’s been said that negotiating with the United States means giving in to their only appeal: Me, me, me, … , and more me.

Ouch

keol

Money talks.

Ok, agreed. The education system is pretty awful, So instead of grand sounding speeches criticising the current state of affairs, give us some concrete answers. By concrete I mean more than the last paragraph.

We also (infelizmente) live by the Golde Rule - Those who have the gold, make the rule.

He was a Minister of Education and is as corrupt as the current Minister. What else do you expect from these dictators? Sir, give us solutions and stop writing bulls**t here. You have also denied education during your service, do you fell shame? I guess you don't know what shame is!