Brazilian congress votes to impeach president

[Spike]

Workers Party prez getting the boot - another democratic socialist success story



Brazilian congress votes to impeach president Dilma Rousseff

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff suffered a crushing defeat on Sunday as a hostile and corruption-tainted congress voted to impeach her.

Watched by tens of millions at home and in the streets, the vote – which was announced deputy by deputy – saw the conservative opposition comfortably secure the two-thirds majority needed to advance the impeachment to the upper house.

Once the senate agrees to consider the motion, which is likely within weeks, Rousseff will have to step aside for 180 days and the Workers party government, which has ruled Brazil since 2002, will be at least temporarily replaced by a centre-right administration led by vice-president Michel Temer.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/18/dilma-rousseff-congress-impeach-brazilian-president

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Should be a fun Olympics coming up in Rio...riots in the streets, ocean too polluted to boat or swim in.....

 

[Steel Vanguard]

Socialism isn't what wrecked Brazil's economy. Protectionism is.

The same protectionist tax scheme that's currently being proposed by Donald Trump.

 

[Spike]

Bullshit - it was socialism and corruption - just like crooked Hillary wants to bring

 

[Steel Vanguard]

Bullshit - it was socialism and corruption - just like crooked Hillary wants to bring

No. It was protectionism.

http://www.economist.com/node/21530144

Taxes and bureaucracy made it impossible to do business in that country. That stifled development and discouraged foreign investment.

Get off Fox News' dick and read something for a change.

 

[Tibs]

Get off Breitbart's dick and read something for a change.

Fixed it for you. Spike & Co have turned on Fox News since they don't bow down to Trump.

 

[Spike]

yeah, Tibs is right - that's why I like him - **** Fox! - only establishment types watch that stuff - the TRUMP REVOLUTION is blowing it all up


meanwhile, Brazil will only go even farther to the left, I predict


Brazil’s economy falls sharply amid deepening political crisis

Brazil’s Workers Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores—PT) government announced last week that the country’s gross domestic product had plunged by 1.9 percent in the second quarter alone, officially inaugurating a period of recession. While the downturn had been anticipated, it was far steeper than predicted. The sharp contraction has ominous implications not only for the Brazilian working class, but for all of Latin America, where Brazil has become a primary source of trade and investment.

The severe economic downturn has developed under conditions of mounting political crisis, driven in large measure by the deepening scandal surrounding the multibillion-dollar bribes and kickback schemes exposed at Petrobras, the state-owned oil company and Brazil’s largest industrial entity.

The PSOL (Socialism and Liberty Party), formed by expelled legislators and other PT dissidents in 2004, has advocated a set of reformist demands which it has explicitly identified with the actions taken in Greece by the government of Syriza, which stabbed the Greek working class in the back by capitulating to all of the austerity demands of the European Union.

Covering their left flank is the PSTU (United Socialist Workers Party), the Morenoite tendency in Brazil, which has appealed to the PSOL to break with the Rousseff government and unite with them, the Stalinist Brazilian Communist Party and sections of the trade union bureaucracy to form a “class” alternative. Such a formation would represent, like Syriza, the interests of more privileged sections of the middle class, which are hostile to those of the Brazilian working class.

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2015/09/02/braz-s02.html

 

[Spike]

speaking of Brazil's Olympics

Two Dead After Rio 2016 Olympic Legacy Cycle Path Collapses

Two people have died after a 50-meter section of a recently completed cycle path built as part of Rio de Janeiro’s preparations to host the 2016 summer Olympics collapsed.

The 44.7 million reais ($12.7 million) cycle path, which only opened in mid-January, was hit by a strong wave before it collapsed while five people were taking a ride on Thursday

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...-rio-2016-olympic-legacy-cycle-path-collapses

 

[Superman]

looks to be a nice *** on the chicks in the forefront.
we need brazilian *** pics, Spike (female), for this thread

 

[Coach]

Socialism isn't what wrecked Brazil's economy. Protectionism is.

The same protectionist tax scheme that's currently being proposed by Donald Trump.

Brazil is a LAZY nation. Bad leadership.

 

[Tim Steelersfan]

http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2016/01/the_day_of_reck.html

Very good article.

So today the failures of socialism are immediately exposed as soon as their economies are no longer propped up by commodity exports. Brazil is the poster child for this phenomenon, but it's happening many other places as well.

 

[Spike]

looks to be a nice *** on the chicks in the forefront.
we need brazilian *** pics, Spike (female), for this thread

Looks like a dead body beach party or maybe they are used to corpses on the beach....Brit papers are WAY better than ours.......

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap...ne-Brazil-built-ahead-Olympics-collapses.html

 

[Spike]

Pay attention *******...this isn't some **** thread you dump all your garbage in...I demand answers

Why the **** should our athletes go there?


Can you imagine just riding along... and suddenly the road gives out from under you?

And you plunge to your death? That's right out of those old Faces of Death videos

That **** isn't supposed to happen.


Brazil better get their **** together....I enjoy the summer games

Maybe we should jut let Greece run it every 4 years and have the UN pay for it there?

There's a thought

 

[Ron Burgundy]

Well ****, they're only voting to impeach THEIR President and not our. Shitload of good that does.

 

[Spike]

Clickbait ****** only read the headlines......I have moved on in my thread...get off your twitter phones


I would have started another thread about the Brazil Olympics but I am boycotting new threads


Why no press questions about the safety of the Brazil Olympics? Commies keeping it under cover I bet

 

[IndySteel]

Pay attention *******...this isn't some **** thread you dump all your garbage in...

How dare you blasphemy the almighty Trump thread, King of all threads in SN history! Drink 3 Manhattans in rapid succession to atone for your sin.

 

[Spike]

Trump!

I'm pimping all options in many threads.............. since poor Tibs has disappeared after Bernie getting his skull crushed



You know the best bait is a live bait

 

[Spike]

Brazil is a LAZY nation. Bad leadership.

Leadership getting kicked out. Off with her head!

hahahahaha - another socialist corruption success story!


Brazil's Senate votes to remove president Dilma Rousseff from power

Bazil's Senate has voted to remove leftist President Dilma Rousseff from power and subject her to an impeachment trial

Brazil's senators have voted to put President Dilma Rousseff on trial over allegations that she illegally manipulated the budget to hide a growing fiscal deficit.

Latin America's largest country is now facing its worst recession in decades, a multibillion-dollar corruption scandal, a health crisis caused by the Zika virus, and the prospect of hosting the Rio Olympics in August without a stable government in place.

http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-brazil-impeach-2016512-snap-story.html

 

[Spike]

Sounds like a lovely shithole


A Brazilian soccer legend gave an ominous warning to fans considering traveling to Rio for the Olympics

Brazilian soccer legend Rivaldo offered a foreboding message over Instagram to fans considering traveling to Rio de Janeiro for this summer's Olympics: Stay away.

"Things are getting uglier here every day," Rivaldo posted to his Instagram "I advise everyone with plans to visit Brazil for the Olympics in Rio — to stay home. You'll be putting your life at risk here ... Only God can change the situation in our Brazil."

Meanwhile, the Zika virus remains a worry for visitors. Two sewage-infested bodies of water (Guanabara Bay and the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon) have already made visiting athletes sick, and though officials are working to clear trash from the water and its shores, the risk of infection or sickness may be still inevitable come August.

http://www.businessinsider.com/rio-...razil-soccer-star-rivaldo-stay-at-home-2016-5

 

[Confluence]

Leadership getting kicked out. Off with her head!

hahahahaha - another socialist corruption success story!


Brazil's Senate votes to remove president Dilma Rousseff from power

Bazil's Senate has voted to remove leftist President Dilma Rousseff from power and subject her to an impeachment trial

Brazil's senators have voted to put President Dilma Rousseff on trial over allegations that she illegally manipulated the budget to hide a growing fiscal deficit.

Latin America's largest country is now facing its worst recession in decades, a multibillion-dollar corruption scandal, a health crisis caused by the Zika virus, and the prospect of hosting the Rio Olympics in August without a stable government in place.

http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-brazil-impeach-2016512-snap-story.html

Soon-to-be-former First Among Equals!

 

[Coach]

Looks like a dead body beach party or maybe they are used to corpses on the beach....Brit papers are WAY better than ours.......

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap...ne-Brazil-built-ahead-Olympics-collapses.html

THE BBC News is very good. Sometimes I listen to it, and think, why is this not shown on the news in the USA.

In case you missed it, Obama apologized in Japan for the USA dropping the atomic bomb on them, saying we were wrong despite the fact Japan started the war, committed genocide against the Chinese ( In the millions ) , and refused to surrender.

 

[Tibs]

In case you missed it, Obama apologized in Japan...

Jesus, you're so full of **** Coach, it's not even funny. But to spread outright lies, come on man, you're better than that. Or are you?

Obama to visit Hiroshima, will not apologize for World War Two bombing
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-japan-obama-idUSKCN0Y11KC

 

[Superman]

I dont like Bomma, but he did NOT apologize to Japan.
which surprised me.

 

[IndySteel]

He said he's sorry for shooting at their planes in Pearl Harbor too. Or so I heard...

 

[Stoney]

I've said before, I'll say it again: Brazil is a ******* swill pit.

 

[Spike]

tick tick tick

2016 Olympics starts on Friday, 5 August 2016
82 days, 16 hours remain till 2016 Olympics
Country: Brazil