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Date Posted: 07:12:54 10/05/06 Thu
Author: Raquel Andrade
Subject: Re: Brazilian Elections
In reply to: Marc Stafford 's message, "Brazilian Elections" on 12:47:24 09/30/06 Sat

Dear Marc,

first of all, I would like to tell you that I have been to Detroit and I have studied at Wayne during Fall Term in 2005. It was through an Exchange Program our Universitis have. There are American students here, in Brazil, due to it. Maybe you should come! :-)

Now, concerning your text, I must say I am impressed.
You really researched a lot, you really know what is happening here in Brazil right now!
And your impression about Mr. da Silva is the same that I have. I voted for him when he was elected but I got really disappointed. He promised to represent people but in the end he seems to make fun of the people he promised to help. I didn�t vote for him this time...

Anyway, congratulations, your text is very well written, you researched a lot and you were clear and straightforward.

Best regards,
Raquel Andrade

>In spite of President Luiz In�cio Lula da Silva�s ties
>to one of the largest scandals in the modern history
>of Brazil, he doesn�t seem to be losing any momentum
>in the upcoming presidential elections, scheduled for
>October 1st. In fact, da Silva is expected to take
>the election with relatively little effort. The
>scandal, uncovered during May of last year, involved
>payoffs to Congressional members in exchange for the
>promise of support for da Silva in the 2002
>presidential elections. As a consequence, two of da
>Silva�s most trusted aides, his chief of staff, Jos�
>Dirceu, and his finance minister, Antonio Palocci,
>were coerced into resignation. Da Silva has offered a
>wide array of arguments in the defense of the
>corruption, first saying that �everyone does it,� and
>then explaining that he had been deceived by several
>members of his party and was oblivious to what was
>occurring around him. It seems to me that da Silva is
>working to �pass the buck,� rather than take the
>responsibility on himself for his actions. One of the
>main reasons why da Silva appears to be gaining in
>popularity would be due to Brazil�s high ratio of
>low-income residents and his lenient welfare program.
>It would only stand to reason that the poor would
>stand behind such leniency when they have nothing to
>lose and everything to gain by such policies. �The
>poor don�t cause problems,� da Silva said at the
>beginning of his campaign. �All they want is a bit of
>bread. They don�t have the money to go protest in
>Brasilia, to organize marches.� It would be expected
>of the poor to refrain from protesting. After all,
>what have they to protest?

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Re: Brazilian Elections -- Kanika Scott, 20:25:07 10/05/06 Thu