Date Posted:11:35:46 10/05/06 Thu Author: Teresa Yousif Subject: Re: Brazilian Elections by Julia Onodera In reply to:
Julia Onodera - ! the real version !
's message, "Brazilian Elections by Julia Onodera" on 12:11:33 10/04/06 Wed
Dear Julia,
I completely agree with your opinion about Brazil's current president and the poor. All the poor know about President Lula are the programs he has for them, but the programs don't seem to be a lot of help. The people living in poverty have only received a little help from Lula, but to the poor a little help is better than no help. I feel this is the only reason why Lula is still able to run in the current election.
I was not aware that Fernando Henrique Cardoso created the help for the poor citizens in Brazil. It seems the only reason Lula followed up with these social programs is because Lula knew he would get extra votes from the lower class. With the knowledge form the scandals he was involved in and the social programs he did not create, it is quite obvious that Lula is a deceiving man. I don’t think he really wants to do good for Brazil or for the poor.
Lula is able to deceive the poor in this way because the poor do not have access to the media. I don not think the poor are fully aware about the various scandals Lula was involved in or that Lula did not create the help for them. The continuing of the social programs for the poor is just a way to receive more votes.
Teresa Yousif
>The New York Post
>Letter to the Editor concerning the article "Brazil's
>Lula in High - Stakes Battle in Runoff Vote"
>
>Most of the people who voted for Luiz Inácio Lula da
>Silva are poor. Supposedly one of the reasons for
>that, as posted by The New York Post, are the various
>social programs that we now see in Brazil that benefit
>the lower class.
>
>In my opinion, the real reason why the majority of the
>poor population voted for Lula is their lack of
>information. It is a lamentable fact, but in Brazil
>the poor ones have few opportunities for a good
>education and very few access to information. Being
>so, it's not a surprise that so many poor people voted
>for Lula despite of his corrupt government. It is also
>not a surprise that so many people don't know that the
>social programs associated to Lula in fact were
>created and implemented in Fernando Henrique Cardoso's
>government.
>
>Just to give an example of how better informed is the
>upper class in these elections: lots of information
>towards the candidates are available for the voters,
>like the candidates' past as politicians, their
>declared possessions etc. However, these informations
>are only available on the internet. And the poor ones
>don't have internet access.
>
>Júlia Onodera
