Brazzil

What has exactly happened to you? You were, after all, part of the Bbin Lula government. Did you come to your senses? Did you see that Bin Lula is worse than his predecessors? I hope so. If that is the case, please state it clearly so that all can hear your voice. Maybe, just maybe, that will put some people to think.
And, by the way, the "people" are not worried at all about the blackouts. They can't see them happening. All they see is the populist "member of the people" that made it to the presidency, and gives them bolsa-família while making cute speeches.

....where is Carlos ????

How could he accepts so much bashing against Brazil.....from a Brazilian !!!!!

And to B.Dude : Buarque was not for long as the Education Minister.While Lula was travelling he fired Buarque on the spot.....by phone !
And by reading Buarque articles on this site, no doubt he knows that Bin Lula is worse than his predecessorss-

More doom and gloom from Buarque...this is his best/worse yet. Unfortunatly, what he says mostly rings true. Even the ever and unrealistic optimistic Brazilians MUST see the train wreck ahead. Funny, no one seems to place the blame where it is due, Lula's election and re-election, the situation is dire although he and his cronies try and spin it away. A total lack of leadership ala the President Carter days. And this at a time when ICE is cutting down on illegal entries and increasing deportations ten fold, what is a poor Brazilian to do...they sure won't have the courage to address their problems...I guess suicide is the only option. Someone send Senator Buarque some Zolft, maybe if drugged he could do something instead of writing these silly and childish pieces.

riddle me this

WHY DONT YOU GET ON TV AND SAY THIS ABOUT 800PM DURNING THE NOVLA BREAK
THEN I WILL BELEIVE YOU WANT TO CHANGE YOUR COUNTRY

Dude,I asked the question several times to our "honorable Senator".He dindt bother to reply.Whom am I,after all I am commoner not worth mentioning. In fact a few months ago, I proposed that he came on line to be interviewd by idiots (and junkies) like me. But he is too busy as our President OBL. I dont know if you are aware that he is coming out with a campaign !Educação já.Where is campaign going to get us to? Full of "Garganta" e nada mais.

btw, I am waiting for you both to come out clean with your activities.Ch.C,you better get your act straight and explain what BBC is.

so right. brazil is f**ked up and needs sorting out. Like i was the president of that country I would make it legal for the police to kill anyone who holds a gun. also i would deploy troops to the villages of brazil to do a lot of stop and searches. i will also build a big prison called the "the last way out" which means death

SORT THAT CRAP THEY CALL BRAZIL OUT

You dont know a thing about Brazil,lad. We just signed an agreement with the Swiss about exporting BBC to all over the world. And you sitting there in U.Kay and whining about Brazil.You are really pathetic. Grow up lad (or lass).

btw, BBC is a huge thing and it is not British Broadcasting Corporation. You better crawl before the Brazilians ansd the Swiss and try to find out about the New BBC.

REf. this post from UK guy. Joao, agree with you. Tell this guy to simply organise a soccer match between England (or even UK) with Brazil. and It will be a blackout in London.....(Btw I am from India).

On a more serious note, such a public outburst from a senior Brazilian politician and leader comes across more as a relay of a poignant tale rather than settling poltical scores with his adverseries. I am saddened if all he says is true.

Tell this guy to simply organise a soccer match between England (or even UK) with Brazil. and It will be a blackout in London.....(Btw I am from India).

Or a Cricket match between India & England!. I already knew you were from India.

On a more serious note, such a public outburst from a senior Brazilian politician and leader comes across more as a relay of a poignant tale rather than settling poltical scores with his adverseries. I am saddened if all he says is true.

You are right.This senior politician and the leader likes to come out with poignant tales than assuming responsibities and instead call on the students to go on the streets to demonstrate.For God´s sake, he is a Senator and stood for the Presidency and lost. I guess the politicos are the same all over the world.

So you are from India. I guess you must be a Software Engineer,or an Executive with MBA working for some big corporation. Which city are you located in? Hope the Mansoon floods didnt affect you.

Yha, in both soccer and cricket, England is having a tough time. Even the poster boy Beckham is facing the music in US. I wish the English team/Beckham good luck next time.

Anyways, to return to our more serious topic, yes indeed, politicians are the same all over the world. You know, I am a finance professional and work in investments. And when you are sitting in the western world, and you hear the growth story happening in countries like Brazil or India, at times you do wonder if all this has really touched the common man(since you know your country inside out and are in touch with the ground realities). I am amazed to see the coherence in political and social themes which runs in our parts of the world, wherein while India is growing at 9% and Brazil is expected to grow at a much faster pace going forward, and still we have no one actually trying to tackle the the basic social and infrastructure issues. But the issues in Brazil/ India are too many- poverty, divide between rich and poor, poor infrastructure, corruption, bloated bureaucracy.. the list is long. While India has the additional problem of a tough neighbourhood, I believe Brazil is relatively placed in more calmer surroundings. But then the high rate of tax/GDP ratio, low level of investment to GDP and perhaps a myopic vision (of politicians) comes in the way of Brazil growing at a faster pace. India is a land of diversity and the progress has been slow- 3 steps forward and 2 backward. But I am an optimist and am sure that the future of the world lies in growth of countries like India and Brazil. Believe me, the whole spectre of countries like India and Brazil making it big will happen in our life times. The progress will be slow but will happen.

Btw talking abt floods...HaHaha !! well these days you do not really have to be in India to experience that. I understand UK had its floods few days back, New York subways blocked yesterday because of floods and this morning I was speaking to somebody in switzerland..and he tells me it is pouring heavily there.....so the rain gods are smiling everywhere, Sir. I am happy at least somebody is smiling....Cheers...

Believe me, the whole spectre of countries like India and Brazil making it big will happen in our life times. The progress will be slow but will happen.

If the diplomats from our respective countries are given free hand to negotiate, we may end up being big trade partners. We have very good ones and those from your country in Brazil are also very smart. I was impressed with the Indian Consular staff I had the opportunity to meet with.

As for the floods,you are right.Being in Southern Brazil, we are slightly more fortunate in not being flooded.It is very cold though,but they say it is good for our Apple orchards (?).

I guess you are located in Bombay.

Ah, I forgot to wish ya all a Happy Independence Day on Aug 15th. Since I am in the e-mail list of your Consulate General, I received an invitation this morning inviting me to participate in the celebrations in S.Paulo on that day. I thought it was very nice and thoughtful of them. Nice people at your Consulate General.

Thanks Joao, my friend..for your wishes on our independence day. I am currently stationed in London and keep travelling regularly to emerging markets countries for our investments. And this time, it has been quite a winters' season in Lat Am, it seems. Argentina also having it a colder than usual times; first snowfall in some 90 years- which is all providing fodder to the ongoing energy crisis out there. Btw, I am drinking orange juice...and it has come from Brazil.....so now even the apple juice will also get imported from Brazil in a major way, may be.

Also, to start with, I would like one of your coaches to teach us some soccer. We need to make a beginning out there.......we are quite pathetic right now in that.

Brazil is famous for bureaucracy. Bureaucracy is expensive in many ways. The cost of regulation is passed on to the people. More government equals a lower standard of living. Poor people tend to think that more government means more help for them. However, if you look all over the world and all throughout history, more government invariably leads to a lower standard of living for everybody. Solution: Cut the size and scope of government.

UK Geezer: The UK has strict gun control, and a high murder rate. Whatever you do in the UK, keep it there. You have a police-state, a nanny-state, big brother watching your every move, no privacy, and high crime and a high murder rate, and high taxes to boot.

I have heard that the nightclubs of Sao Paulo have been closed by the mayor. Does anyone know what the scoop is. Is this a permanent thing or a temporary government thing?
Please advise.