Brazzil

Brazil's destiny is inevitable even if it takes considerable time to arrive. "The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind fine."

....NOT IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE YOU DID IT. lets face it....YOU WERE WRONG ! And you reversed course......somehwhat !
Petrobras and other companies are still totally under the influence of the government.

AND TODAY IS STILL SOMEWHAT THE HERITAGE OF YESTERDAY PEOPLE....LIKE BUARQUE...WHO STILL BELIEVES HE IS NOT A "HAS BEEN"
..... SINCE HE WAS A CANDIDATE IN THE LAST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION !!!!!

THE DAY BRAZIL WILL NO LONGER BE UNDERR THE INFLUENCE...OF THOSE EARLY "APPARENT" DEMOCRATS... TOTALLY CORRUPTED SINCE DAY 1......BRAZIL WILL FINALLY SEE
A MUCH BRIGHTER FUTURE....!!!!

But as long as these early apparent democrats politicians aged 55 years and more are in power....Brazil will remain a FILTHY country !!!!!

They are still in charge today and responsbile of what is going on....SO WRONG !!!!!

Brazil's destiny is inevitable even if it takes considerable time to arrive. "The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind fine."

AES, where you for the past few weeks. In Paris?.Good to hear from ya.

Just a correction, the communists from the dictatorship era didn't fight for democracy, they fought for implementing Communism in Brazil, with the support of Cuba and other international Communist agencies. The military did what they needed to prevent this from happening.

Just a correction, the communists from the dictatorship era didn't fight for democracy, they fought for implementing Communism in Brazil, with the support of Cuba and other international Communist agencies. The military did what they needed to prevent this from happening.

And where you all the time? Thought you were vacationing in some exotic places.

You absolutely right and the Military Government did prevent it from happening. My only question is: Are we not in a similar situation, with a suave demagogue in command?

But as long as these early apparent democrats politicians aged 55 years and more are in power....Brazil will remain a FILTHY country !!!!!

I think that you have hit the nail right on the head and if you really have taken time to read the posts of "A Brazilian" and me, you would realize that the ones you call " Early Apparent Democrats" and for me "Card Holding members" really didnt care to better the lives of the Brazilians,but to implement their own agenda. "A Brazilian" has been telling you all about "São Paulo Forum". (Have you been keeping track of this?). They want to be in power and control the minds of the poor putting them against the middle class and at the same time enriching themselves. Of course, the poor will remain poor,the Middle class will become poorer. And when these old farts dont get reelected, with their illicitly amassed wealth, they would move to U.S. or Europe (Brazen yourself to receive such distinguished people in your country!). By now you should have known that Lula´s wife got herself and her children Italian citizenship for a "better future of her children". Can you imagine how many "Early Apparent Democrats" have resorted to such measures?

Ah, I notice that you have again started using upper case letters to make your points, inspite of our earlier advice!. Stop doing it and have a great week end

people can point and say it is there fault ,

until in mass brasilians demand rights , even if it takes storming congress to get the point across

that is what is nedded

I have read many of your ourpourings ch.c. and it seems to me you have suffered from a mega bad ass f**king job that has left you high and mighty pissed off....

Could you pleae say something about some of your electors that lost their lives in the TAM accident,sir? I am sure you had many admirers,among the victims.

Brazilians are the best! Politicians are the ones who spoil it for us!!!

Brazilians are the best!

Carol,baixa a bola. We are AMONG the best. But our politicians are the WORST

We dont have to be submissive to these idiotic politicians!

for any country, any democracy, is the rule and application of law, impartial...without predjudice. I can't imagine that in Brazil in my wildest dreams. When I think of Brazil I certainly don't think of the "rule of law" and "justice for all".

http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=B9guj9UF1aA

Thanks friend.I am having a little problem with the link.I dont know if it is because of the problem with my computer. Will work to solve the problem during the week end and come back to comment on the clip. In the meantime, have agreat week end and hope the good Professor is still alive and kicking.He is supposed to travel to Lisbon only in August,but he is also very quiet.No news about GTY either.I think that the deadly sharks in the Pacific have eaten him. We are awaiting confirmation from Forrest who has sent a boat on a rescue mission.There is also another possibility that GTY decided to sail from FL to CA through the Panama Canal.

In the meantime, you have plenty of Skol and enjoy the week end.

This "mea culpa" should be written in Portuguese, addressed to the brasilian public. You sound at least exotic when complaining in a foreign language to a foreign public... Have you forgot that it was you who was in charge of Education and Culture Ministery for years ??
How do you justify the non achievment of the everybody's desire of making the standards in educaiton in this country better in these latter years ??
Besides, have you forgotten that you are part of the "corporation" of these politicians that made "Politics to become a profession and not a duty" as you've written ?
If you are the clever man as you seem to be, why not addressing these issues in your own country's language, to your own country fellow citizens ? At least with a translated copy.
And, if it is so easy, why don't you start a revolution in the education from your seat in the Senate ?? As you probably know, if you "market" it well, chances will be bigger to make your point. But, addressing yourself to the foreign markets it will make no point at all to the issues of your speach... It will just make a few miserable poits to your own ego.
Senator Cristovan, in spite of intelligently criticizing the right points, you still sound ridiculos with your paradoxism.

The problem is that you have incompetent people in charge of making decisions and many lack critical thinking skills. This alone causes all sorts of problems down the pipe. Brazil will survive any air tragedy, but not without a hefty price. I anticipate that many people in the airline business will start losing their jobs and soon the news will be talking about layoffs and unemployment.

The pricks in power now never fought for democracy. They fought for a communist stalinist-style dictatorship in which (surprise, surprise) THEY would be in power, controlling the "ignorant masses" and "enlightening" them as to the wonders of a totalitarian rule by their "betters". This "we had a dream" talk is a crock. Your dream would have been a colossal nightmare to most.The bungling, narrowminded, jingoistic, sadistic and generally incompetent military that ruled the country were probably not a fraction as bad as your guys would have been (cummunist governments slaughter by wholesale. "the death of a man is a tregedy - the death of a million is a statistic" and "death solves all problems - no man, no problem" were two of Stalin's favorite sayings.)
Now they managed to take power through the vote of the poor, illiterate f___d-up masses, and have, for the last years, wallowed in curruption levels unheard-of. To add insult to injury, they have tried to implement state censorship on all kinds of media, saying THEY "know what is best" for brazilians to know , read and watch. And just to put the cherry on the cake, they managed to let infrastructure in general rot away, while spouting constant soviet-style communiqués proclaiming how advanced and developed the country has become. Gee, somehow I think about 354 burned, dismembered and very dead people, as well as their friends and families, beg to differ.
So do I.

I see Mr. Buarque on the senate channel once in awhile. Had no idea he was an Old Hippy. Can´t really tell by the "visual". Interesting.

Maybe I could email him to find out whether Che really burned down the cartorio in Santa Maria da Foz do Tauarí.

Politicians are the scum of Brazil. They deny the Brazilian people education, heath and justice. My family pays so much in taxes--more than the average American and don't get half back. I am asking for decent roads, good public universities--most are in a state of disarray, good public hospitals. Last year I was in Rio and the news was that a hospital in Nova Iguacu was denying health to its citizens because the hospital was understaffed and overworked. Lula and Cia. are destroying the environment and the country. Within 50 years the Amazon will be gone and desertification will begin. Just think about the Sahara, a man made desert. Everyone knows that forest land can only provide nutrients to a crop for a short period due the horizon being so thin. Why on earth do you want to invest in agriculture there? This is bewildering to me. Some Brazilians want to make quick gains and do it causing ecocide. All of us, Brazilians expats and those of you still in Brazil, will have to deal with the consequences in the near future. I am doing my part, education is key, educate all of the people you deal with on a daily basis about the environmental issues in Brazil. Well done Lula, Brazil won't be a developed country, not in my lifetime.

Is not man-made in a historical sense. Used to be much larger, got more rain about the time of Plato, is currently about the same size as 12,000 years ago. Nice try, tho.

I will keep saying this - the only ones that have the power to bring change are the top 20%. And the journey of Brasil must be understood as basically a journey of Improvement and a permanent individual adoption of the principle of serving others. With this understanding, if the top 20% choose to not improve - systematically, comprehensively, perpetually - then Brasil is stuck. If they do, then Brasil automatically improves, systematically, etc etc. But please do not be fooled by this law of success, the true power to Improve has a secret relationship to the true intent, desire or decision to help others. Ate logo.