The riots that took place on Sunday (8) fit the project that President Lula (Workers’ Party) cherishes: to favor an atmosphere of radical reform in the armed forces, according to the Venezuelan model of former dictator Hugo Chavez. Parliamentarians with access to the core of power operate with the information that the PT’s intention is to take control of military means, free them from the influence of former President Jair Bolsonaro and put the barracks at the service of the government that took power in the first place.
With the reform, Venezuela removed military leaders and interrupted a series of coups. After that he upgraded the “equipment” of the barracks.
Dictator Chavez was arrested after leading an attempted military coup, but he learned how to do it and, after the second coup, only left power dead.
Lula stated a few days ago that the armed forces are not “a moderate force as you think”. Nobody in the army said that.
Conservative constitutionalists such as Yves Gandra Martins subscribe to the view that the constitution provides that the armed forces are a “moderating force”.
Riccardo Capelli sacked the former chief commander of the prime minister and sparked mistrust among the military (Ft personal archive)
The Popular Mobilization Summit fears that it will become a scapegoat
Military personnel in leading positions in the Military Police of the Federal District believe that Lula’s government is trying to “get your staff off the hook” and attribute the entire brunt of the looting that occurred in Brasília to the company. Soldiers also feel dissatisfied. They do not forgive the federal interventionist in the armed forces, Ricardo Capelli, for acquitting the former commander-in-chief of the prime minister, Fabio Augusto Vieira, who was photographed working even though he was bleeding.
The prime minister’s leadership says the company’s failure was due to understaffing, not collusion.
Video of the prime minister discussing with the presidential guard the capture of extremists bolsters evidence that there was no omission, the summit assesses.
Police officers also say the military has prevented them from operating near the headquarters, placing armored vehicles on the street and erecting cordons.
Unabashed strength
Lying is not possible
Representative María Conceiçao Tavares (PT-RJ) was discussing a tax package from the FHC government with her colleague from Bahia, Benito Gama, on Camara TV, when she suddenly lost her temper and slapped her opponent on the back. Before the bewildered announcer, Luiz Augusto Gullo, and the frightened Benito, she exclaimed in her own style: “Don’t lie, Benito, this is a blatant lie!”. The controversy almost ended in the hands of security.
Lula’s ministers already have an appointment to stamp their passports. This week, Fernando Haddad (Finance) and Marina Silva (Environment) are heading to Switzerland. Carlos Favaro (Agriculture) goes to Germany.
Legal advisers to MPs from the DF legislature say the impeachment motions of Governor Ibañez Rocha are “very technically fragile” and that they will have a hard time thriving.
Journalist Hugo Stoddart, author of Butterflies and Lobisomens, warns of Guerrilha do Araguaia, “Freedom of speech has not worked for a long time. Dictatorship [no Brasil] He had pre-censorship. But he did not arrest him summarily for an offense of opinion.”
Brazilians’ interest in former President Bolsonaro fell below that of Lula in the first week of the year. This is the first time in the past 12 months and the trend is to increase, according to data from Google.
quote from today
“The mountain didn’t give birth to a mouse today, but it left something to be desired.”
Former Finance Minister of Sao Paulo Felipe Salto, on the “measures” of Fernando Haddad (finance)
Complaints about General Carlos José Russo Pinedo, current No. 2 of the Presidential Institutional Security Bureau (GSI) are not new, even during Jair Bolsonaro’s administration in Planalto.
The Twitter Archives, a series of investigative reports on the social network, revealed that there was no “Russian influence” in complaints against left-wing Democratic politicians in 2018 and 2019.
Under pressure from the billionaire influence of announced economic measures, such as tax increases, Fernando Haddad (Finance) hastened to listen to private financial agents such as Bradesco, Safra and Santander.
To reduce tension with the military, the Ministry of Justice decided – at the last minute – to honor the military police who worked to contain the attack of vandals, in Brasília, on the 8th.
… You can attack the government, but only in Peru.
