What is happening in Brazil?

[NeverMarryAStripper 22000]

So recent political events in the US have caused some to compare this country to a “Banana Republic”.  So what’s the term when a South American democracy begins to resemble the political mess here?  WalMart Republic?

Edited January 9, 2023 by NeverMarryAStripper

[FORTY NINE TO ZERO 2652]

I don’t understand.  Wouldn’t they also be a “banana republic”? 

[Incredulity 11684]

Banana Daiquiri Republic? 

[Brisketexan 105490]

I once visited Brazil with my parents.

My father had a banana set on the table outside as part of his breakfast one morning.

A roaming coatimundi reached up on the table and stole his banana.

So, based on my anecdotal experience, Brazil is a stolen banana republic.  STOP THE STEAL!

[Hate 20155]

Pretty sure its a plantain republic when talking about South America.

[Bevo 13612]

 

 

Edited January 9, 2023 by Bevo

[Parliament 14357]

I'll preempt any CR'ing and note that that there's a Brazil thread in the CR.

[JMFP 1126]

2 minutes ago, Parliament said:

I'll preempt any CR'ing and note that that there's a Brazil thread in the CR.

There should be a Brazilian thread n the IPIHB.

[Brisketexan 105490]

25 minutes ago, Parliament said:

I'll preempt any CR'ing and note that that there's a Brazil thread in the CR.

There's a very fine line between the DT discussion of Brazil and the CR discussion of Brazil.  Well, not a fine line, exactly.  More of a thin, well-maintained strip.

[YGIFS 19453]

DeGaulle was right. 

[usmc0331horn 968]

Still pissed about the World Cup?

[TexPx 2326]

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

Pele died. That's about it.

[FartingMonk 3608]

Brazilian president got waxed and didn't like the results so he's demanding a refund

[kevwun 15938]

A group of fascist idiots stormed their Capitol when the Brazillian Congress wasn't in session and the new President wasn't even in the city.

Edited January 9, 2023 by kevwun

[Deej 77012]

I remember the Banana Republic in Highland Mall.

[atomheartbevo 89903]

2 hours ago, kevwun said:

A group of fascist idiots stormed their Capitol when the Brazillian Congress wasn't in session and the new President wasn't even in the city.

That sounds like a group of people.....there's a word for them...

[Captainant 27889]

Weird that blacklab memory holed my post about the fact that Steve Bannon and the same cast of characters that promoted the Jan6 big lie are also the people who stoked the Brazil incident (reporting per BBC)

Edited January 10, 2023 by Captainant

[elfenix 34366]

[DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt 12301]

They’re just a bunch of tourists snapping selfies!

- Brainworms crew

[YGIFS 19453]

Just several thousand angry cult members who got lost on their way to the Pele memorial.  

It's so weird to see stupid people wound up by a marginal, to sub-marginal, leader here in the Western Hemisphere.  Thankfully that could never happen here.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

A group of fascist idiots stormed their Capitol when the Brazillian Congress wasn't in session and the new President wasn't even in the city.

Tem razão.

Bolsonaro is a little titty baby just like Trump.

[Horn Under a Bad Sign 20545]

 

 

[bolverk 29780]

Brazil Police Recommend Criminal Charges Against Bolsonaro
The federal police accused the former president of falsifying his Covid-19 vaccination records.

Brazil’s federal police recommended former President Jair Bolsonaro be criminally charged in a scheme to falsify his Covid-19 vaccine card, partly to travel to the United States during the pandemic, in the latest sign of criminal investigations closing in on the former president.

Federal prosecutors will now decide whether to pursue the case. If they do, it would be the first time the former president has faced criminal charges.

Brazilian police accused Mr. Bolsonaro of ordering a top deputy to obtain falsified Covid-19 vaccination records for himself and his daughter, 13, in late 2022, just before the former president traveled to Florida to stay for three months following his election loss.

Brazilian police said they were awaiting an answer from the U.S. Justice Department on whether Mr. Bolsonaro used a fake vaccination card to enter the United States, which could bring different criminal charges. At the time, most international visitors to the U.S. were required to show proof of Covid-19 vaccination to enter the country.

Mr. Bolsonaro has said he did not receive the Covid-19 vaccine, but he has denied accusations that he was involved in any plan to falsify his vaccination records. His lawyer said in a text message that he was still reviewing the accusations.

Mr. Bolsonaro, if convicted of forging his vaccine card, could face prison time.

The federal police’s indictment is the first time the various investigations into Mr. Bolsonaro have moved toward charges.

Mr. Bolsonaro has been subject to questioning and searches as part of several inquiries, including into the selling of watches and jewels he received as presidential gifts from Saudi Arabia and accusations that he worked with top government officials to hatch a plan to try to hold onto power following his 2022 election loss.

Brazil’s electoral court has already ruled Mr. Bolsonaro ineligible for public office until 2030 for spreading false information about Brazil’s voting systems on state television, forcing him to sit out the next presidential contest in 2026.

During the pandemic, Mr. Bolsonaro was critical of the Covid-19 vaccine, notoriously joking that it would turn people into alligators and instead promoting unproven treatments, such as an antimalarial drug called hydroxychloroquine.

His administration hesitated to secure vaccines when they were first being distributed, exacerbating the pandemic in Brazil, according to a Brazilian congressional investigation that recommended the former president be charged with “crimes against humanity,” among other charges, for his actions during the pandemic.

The prosecutor at the time did not charge him. Nearly 600,000 people died in Brazil because of Covid-19, the second-highest national death count after the United States.

In May 2023, the police searched Mr. Bolsonaro’s home, confiscated his cellphone and arrested one of his closest aides and two of his security guards as part of the investigation into the fake vaccination records.

[SubliminalHorn 6815]

Must be nice to be able to hold leaders accountable 

[Brisketexan 105490]

42 minutes ago, SubliminalHorn said:

Must be nice to be able to hold leaders accountable 

"America: maybe one day, we'll be as functional as Brazil!"

FFS.

[Foosters 17906]

2 hours ago, SubliminalHorn said:

Must be nice to be able to hold leaders accountable 

Trump has 91 criminal charges filed against him in 4 separate indictments. 

Bolsonaro has zero, and only a "recommendation" that charges be filed.

Why is the latter an example of holding someone accountable, while the former is not?

 

[SubliminalHorn 6815]

57 minutes ago, Foosters said:

Trump has 91 criminal charges filed against him in 4 separate indictments. 

Bolsonaro has zero, and only a "recommendation" that charges be filed.

Why is the latter an example of holding someone accountable, while the former is not?

 

Is trump eligible to run for president right now?

[Foosters 17906]

5 minutes ago, SubliminalHorn said:

Is trump eligible to run for president right now?

Fair

[Basil 760]

Not a fan of due process?  Maybe Brazil would fit you better.

[SubliminalHorn 6815]

3 minutes ago, Basil said:

Not a fan of due process?  Maybe Brazil would fit you better.

When due process is manipulated in order to drag out the process in hopes of winning the election so those charges can be dropped? No, I’m not a fan of that