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This confirms that Lula was also ALWAYS corrupted despite what he claimed during 20 years, during and after the last elections.

His ethic...never ever existed !

Brazil is not a DEMOCRACY AND NEVER EVER WILL BE. Because corruption is in the blood of this society, at every level of daily life. Corruption is their breath, without it they die. Corruption is like a drug addiction, without it, you need it !

This said, the amounts mentionned in the article were just pocket money if you compare with the far bigger amounts that were used by Lula and his gang.

And Lula continues to proclaim his innocence and non knowledge of corruption. But was he not the most prominent leader of the PT party, before being elected ? So he knew then and know now !

The only consistency of Lula's life is LIES, MOIRE LIES AND EVER MORE LIES.

It also becomes quite clear as to the reasons the Congressmen dont want really to expell congressmen found guilty of corruption. Because if they did expelled the guilty, they are afraid that sooner or later their own time will come as they are corrupted too !

Please be specific, so it will become clear who will win/loose the bet !

What a great stupidity to qualify as right-wing the Social Democratic Party of former President Fernando H. Cardoso.

Cardoso and all the leaders of this party have a clear left-wing past. Cardoso is the father of the Marxist-inspired theory of dependency, and, Jose Serra, another prominent leader of this party, has never been regarded as a right-wing politician.

(from Jared G.)
Drawing this lines is always somewhat arbitrary, especially in Brazil where politics is less openly ideologically and no politician would openly declare themselves to be "right wing", as the label is cultural unpopular and still associated with the dictatorship.

Of the PSDB-

Cardoso:
As president, Cardoso was so pro-market reforms that his political actions had little to do with the Brazilian left, regardless of the content of his elegant speeches or the books he wrote while he was a professor.

Serra:
Jose Serra presents himself as a non-ideological technocrat, but I think the commentators were right to consider him center-left. As he said in an interview with CartaCapital:

CC: O senhor foi de esquerda. Ainda é?
JS: Em política, uma coisa que aprendi, aliás, com dois golpes de Estado nas costas, porque fui duplamente exilado, exilado ao quadrado, é que sempre houve um dilema: nem perecer nem trair. Porque, se você não está na política, perecer pode até ser algo sublime. Na política, não. Eu me mantenho nessa linha de nem perecer nem trair. Eu não traí os meus princípios originais e luto por eles: mais igualdade, melhor situação para todos, democracia, contra toda essa ordem de estupidez.

Of course, if Serra was so clearly from the left, it would not have been necessary to ask him that question. The same question could be have been directed at Cardoso

Alckmin:
The other likely candidate from the PSDB, enthusiastically advocates an alliance with the PFL, talks of "shocks of capitalism", is the choice candidate of the business elite, but lags behind in the polls to Serra. Alckim is center-right or right, but he has absolutely nothing to do with the Brazilian left.

PSDB:
The party presents two potential leaders- Serra, perhaps center left, and Alckmin, who is right or center-right in my guide book. The party is allied with the PFL, which is as openly right wing as you can get in this spectrum.

So what is the correct label for the party?

I suppose it depends on the politician,and who is doing the labeling. The past way to pull a cop-out would be to use "centrist", which may have been the best choice.

This is a good subject for debate though, and I hope more people will jump into the fray or write their own articles. jaredmgo@gmail.com

Well, it has always surprised me that the Military dictatorship was labeled as “right-wing”. Under their control, upwards of 60% of all industry in Brazil was under the control of the state. The state wanted to control ALL. Me thinks there is a lot of esplaining to do Lucy…..

Lula haters like the first poster are funny. A story about corruption in other parties is proof of Lula's corruption? You're a nut case. Lulas one of the good ones!

This needs to be said, becuase the echo chamber of right-wing press tries to pin the problems on PT, when they're better than the right-wing parties. They still betrayed their members and their platform and should suffer for that. But let's not lose perspective. Brasil is full of corruption and the people need to be on guard at all times if it is to change. It's not like the US where mostly one party, the Republicans, are criminals. Corruption is democratic in Brasilian politics, if nothing else.