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While the mainstream media was focused on today’s primetime Brazilian spectacle, namely Dilma Rouseff’s impeachment vote in the Senate, what has gotten far less press is the ongoing devastation of the Brazilian economy.
The real reason for the democratically elected leader of the largest country in South America being ‘impeached’ was not alleged corruption by its socialist president Dilma Rousseff, but more about Brazil’s elite power class and their media oligarchs who have failed time and time again to be democratically elected.
This by David Miranda from Brazil, The Guardian –
“Slowly, the outside world has begun to see past the pleasing, two-dimensional caricature manufactured by its domestic press, and to recognise who will be empowered once Rousseff is removed. It has now become clear that corruption is not the cause of the effort to oust Brazil’s twice-elected president; rather, corruption is merely the pretext.
The story of Brazil’s political crisis, and the rapidly changing global perception of it, begins with its national media. The country’s dominant broadcast and print outlets are owned…
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Thanks for sharing this article, Dr. Bramhall. Democracy has died in Brazil.
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No worries, Rosaliene. Something tells me the dire economic straits Brazil faces and the massive street protests will make this right wing coup very shortlived.
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Let’s hope so.
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I think right wing oligarchs are extremely predictable, Alan. When Brazil’s economy collapses, they will put their ill-gotten gains into Swiss bank accounts and move to Miami.
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