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This analysis of the situation in Brazil was provided to SF by Francisco de Campos Lopes. The SF Team publishes the text as it is. We believe that the author’s point of view deserves attention and we thank the author for an important and interesting overview of the current situation in his country.
Written by Francisco de Campos Lopes
My indignation with the article written by Lucas Queiroz (Lucas Leiroz) “Political Polarization in Brazil reaching point of no return“, made me feel the urgency to write a different opinion. I can imagine the difficulty for the rest of the world to understand what has been happening here, and to this is added the fact that our culture is peculiar.
This week, after the elections, were marked by vexing moments. Political violence was seen from Bolsonaro supporters who were frustrated with the election result. Above all, because the final results where decided by voters from a poorer region of the country, although with a rich culture and being the origin of our history.
However, despite the roadblocks made by some truck drivers who decided, without support from any specific sector, to cause social chaos, to demand a military intervention, the attacks were few and localized. Some citizens rebelled against anyone nearby. A retired policeman hanged a 7-year-old boy in the market because he said he was in favor of Lula. A young man left his house in Belo Horizonte – Minas Gerais, willing to shoot PT supporters, shortly after the results were announced, and killed another young man and a 12-year-old girl. Having left others injured. The defense says he got crazy, and he’s on medication for mental disorders. Some students were beaten up in universities, and maybe some other case that escapes me.
Roadblocks received support only from the most uneducated parts of our society, those subject to fake news, disseminated in mobile applications. All elites, whether business, political or cultural, rejected this misplaced act, which indiscriminately harmed the common citizen, and jeopardized the supply of our cities. Few people were able to cause much damage, mainly due to the delay of the police in deciding to act in these criminal actions.
The Federal Highway Police even seemed to give some support to them, through videos and actions in the acts, but above all, for deciding to let it be and see what would happen. On election day, they tried to stop Lula voters from arriving at polling places, even though they were banned from blocking roads at that day by the Electoral Court of Justice. Added to this is the fact that this year has been an astonishing record of electoral harassment, with many cases having been a clear attempt to buy votes.
The case at Mirassol – Sâo Paulo, was of a driver who is not affiliated with any group, and was in the car with his mother. He felt threatened when he was stopped at the blockade, and was even attacked, so he accelerated to escape. Pro-Bolsonaro militants were proven to be using children to force drivers to stop. Coming to the case of putting them alone in the middle of the track. No one died, the car speed was low.
The Homeless Workers Movement, or MTST, considered the possibility of dismantling the blockades, but they were advised against it by political allies. This happened due to the curious fact that the organized supporters of Corinthians and Atlético Mineiro managed to expel the protesters without using violence, only with shouts of order, and opening the roads. There were 3 cases, in two of them the objective was just to reach the stadiums.
On Saturday 11/05, no roads are blocked. The streets of Brasil are calm. As they were in most of the country on the days of the first and second round of elections. Brasil is confused, we are entering 10 years of popular mobilization, influenced by movements like the “Arab Spring” and “Occupy Wall Street”. Politics saturated families, many friendships fell apart.
The economy suffered a huge shock with the attack made at all costs to try to take PT from power, using the pretext of fighting corruption. President Dilma Rousseff was deposed without ever having been accused of any criminal act. It was simply a lack of political skill. And Lula was arrested by a judge trained in the US to use the methods of that country, and act as a true prosecutor, and convict Lula without proof that he has received any undue value.
There were many laps, and here we are again. Lula elected, with a country stunned by slander, ranging from the alleged plot of the Federal Supreme Court with Globo, to doubts about the veracity of electronic voting machines, a device used in our elections for decades. Bolsonaro tried to avoid making major accusations during the campaign period, but as he realized he was going to lose, he decided to attack the credibility of the process more forcefully.
However, it was a failed attack. Even more so because a political ally, Roberto Jefferson, refused to be arrested, when he disobeyed house arrest agreements and attacked a Federal Supreme Court judge with humiliating words. He decided to shoot at the federal police officers who were in his house. 50 rifle shots and 3 grenades were fired. An agent was injured in several parts of the body, and also deputy has some cuts. This happened 7 days before the election.
A candidate elected as a Federal Deputy, Carla Zambelli, another ally, less than 24 hours before the election, pursued with a pistol in her hand, in addition to the help of other armed security guards, a young black man of poor origin, a journalist. He challenged her and said some words that refer to a past that she tries to hide. The rush ended inside a bakery, with all the customers scared, and with weapons pointed at all times, with screams of lay down on the floor, you garbage! All this in an upscale neighborhood of São Paulo.
As much as a good part of the population voted against Lula, and it was more a vote against Lula than pro-Bolsonaro, our society is tired of so much shame, so much violence. I could see that many activists in their campaigns have already completely demobilized. Complain about the poor people of the Northeast who elected Lula, but they accepted the result. Even some of them made it clear that they would continue to work for our society to have a better future, and that they recognize that Bolsonaro lost because of many mistakes, that he had a chance to win, and wasted it.
Brasil is a hot-blooded country, it can be very scary in times of crisis. Yet we have difficulty sustaining a hostile attitude. We want to live in peace, work, watch football, laugh. The focus of most of the population, right now, is to watch the World Cup, and to hope that we are finally Hexa champions. Families look forward to getting together again, enjoying the holidays in harmony.
The part of the population that is radical left, located mainly in the upscale neighborhoods of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, and the radical right, located in the southern region of the country, with immigration from Eastern Europe, and in the zone of conflict with native and accentuated clearing, in the southern limits of the Amazon rainforest, represent a minority of the population.
The vast majority hate politics. Bolsonaro himself, was elected for being the “anti-political” candidate. However, over the last few years, and especially in this electoral race, he has proved to be as political as any other. As in the case of Jefferson, his great ally, in which he tried to avoid damage when the shooting started, sending the Minister of Justice to negotiate the situation, but when he saw that the damage was done, he decided to say that he was never a friend with him. His lies bordered on humor.
Bolsonaro won a large number of votes, but not the hearts or minds. And it still lost the political support it had. All respected politicians, including their former allies, rushed to recognize Lula’s victory. His 45-hour silence was shameful. The crisis of the occupation of the roads fell on his account. When he spoke out, he avoided saying Lula’s name, but even so he recognized the result, and authorized the beginning of the transition of governments.
On Friday 11/04, he received the Vice-President-elect, Geraldo Alckmin, to talk about the process of changing governments. As a clear sign of dialogue, of recognizing that it will be like that. In fact, in the last debate between Lula and him, at 10/29, he even declared that he would accept the result. And so he did, despite letting things happen, to see if it was inevitable.
Lula has already managed to establish a broad base of allies to have governability in the Legislative. Brasil’s economy is going through a good moment. The country as a whole remembers that in his government prosperity was the rule for the entire population.
The media will be much more favorable than in their previous governments, because of the fear caused by Bolsonaro. I am confident that these dark years, between the 2016 coup d’état, the Pandemic and Bolsonaro’s attempt to destroy democracy once and for all, will be left for the past.
Thats the point of view of a leftis PT’eist extremist. The fact of the matter is the elections were most probably rigged in order to place Lula (an pro establishment pro democrat candidate) in power, they only made one small mistake:
Lula has a huge lack of conection with the workers class (the true workes, not those of political associations and currupt unionist) the middle class and part of the upper elites + he lacks any suport from the congress and very low approval from the population. Thus, its very likely that he will be impeached and lose power.. well that IF he indeed assume office next year.
BS
True lula is probably the next brazilian stalin or polpot. He will make the whole country bankrupt and a very small polit bureau elite very very rich at everyones expanse that is what communists always do promise the people alot and exploit them into hunger and poverty. Bolsonaro was a great president he improved living conditions and prosperity for many brazilians. Overall the country was in goodshape despite all the dirty tricks wef puppets and climate change activist marxists are trying to pull on brazil.
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I totally agree with the text! Bra”Z”ileiro
All the information in this article is FAKE NEWS.
I am Brazilian and I can tell you what is going-on…
The 2022 election in Brazil was subject of a big fraud perpetrated by the Workers Party (“Partido dos Trabalhadores – PT”), a radical leftist party connected to drugs cartel and globalists, together with the Brazilian supreme court (“Supremo Tribunal Federal – STF”), that is ruled by the Brazilian version of Lex Luthor.
Following the fraud, tens of millions of Brazilians took the streets in front of Army units demanding to have the law and order restored and the criminals arrested.
The reality is that the “elected” candidate, Lula da Silva, is the head of a gang that stole USD 2 trillion from Brazilian tax payers in the 14 years they were in power (2002 – 2014). Lula da Silva was in jail, but had his sentence cancelled by the STF that is composed, mainly, by judges appointed by Lula da Silva and his gang in the past, to become candidate to take the power in the fraud.
The support of the Workers Party (PT) in Brazil are around 10% of the voters, basically they are drug users, gays, criminals, drug dealers and the alike. But the electronic voting machines did the magic, like in USA two years ago.
That Workers Party’s supporters are known in Brazil as “mortadela”, people that work for the PT in exchange for a “leftist kit”: a ham sandwich (“mortadela” sandwich), marijuana, alcohol and promises of a paradise like North Korea, Cuba and Venezuela. One of their main tasks is to spread fake news everywhere they can.
We, the Brazilian people, including many descendants of Russians and Brazilian Indigenous People, will stay in front of the Army wearing green and yellow (Brazilian colors) and chanting the National Anthem until the law and order are restored. All protests are peaceful, with a plenty of people of all ages, including kids and elders.
Today (09 NOV 2022) the Brazilian Army published the first report about the elections, pointing out a number of “problems”. Other reports will come. The Army is moving troops and preparing to do what must be done.
#BrazilWasStolen #BrazilianSpring
Fork off you piece of Bols shit
Accusations undocumented.
looks pretty fishy. but not being there and not having an honest press or honest coverage and the fact that biden sent the cia and state dept there to enforce the legit election of lula…
2022 midterms stolen by the same cabal.
polls, all polls showed overwhelming loss for democrat leftists… and then on game day they miraculously surge like bidens pedophilia around children
Good luck with that!
I see your article as good but a little one sided forgetting the past and the future.
Bolsonaro was better than a Temer, a full blown 100% Oligarch selected by CIA/MI6, wasnt he??
Bolsonaro did things in favour of Brasil e o povo ne?
However, I agree in your conclusion. Lula is probably the solution for the moment and my feeling out there is a little majority of the population like the shift to Lula.
But your final conclusion is probably the right one on the spot. Brasil is about soul and way of life.
Brazil is doomed for the next 4 years and taken over by the corrupt party. Voting is meaningless and the results are dictated by the supreme court and electoral commitee. The mass media is taking a big chunk of government funding with the corrupt party in power next year and they support them. Note that it’s not about Left vs Right, it’s about a corrupt political party that is by coincidence, left wing. I don’t see another solution for Brazil unless they start to kill some of those key politicians in power in the presidency and supreme courts.
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You are the leftist covid nazi hacker!
You forgot to say that I am a reptilian!
I will repeat: TELEGRAM.
Do I really need to explain? Lula – was allowed to say anthing.
Bolsonaro – censored.
You’re stupid Mr Franciso de Campos Lopes. Exceedingly stupid for you to believe you could write such idiocy and be believed. Brazil is a Judicial Dictatorship now.
If Lula was trying to say anything similiar to what Bolsanaro, and his supporters, were doing, he would have been censored too. But thanks, for reading it. Hope you enjoyed the photo, at least. I took it.
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Lula will make so rich some of his supporters , but also will make the rest of the people very poor.
Some Votes in the Elections are probably stolen, election machines are fake and disrupted. Brazil’s economic collapse will accelerate after Lula administration. its better making new ellection to resolve all problematic questions about the 2022 elections
#BrazilianSpring
#BrazilianElections2023
Porque deletaram meus comentários? Canalhas, falam palavrões aos montes aqui e quando eu falo palavrões me defendendo com palavrões vocês me censuram?
It wasn’t southfront… it came from some hacker!
The stronghold territory in votes for the candidate Lula was the Northeast, which is often called the Africa of Brazil. Bolsonaro made xenophobic speeches towards the territory after gaining only 26% of the first round of votes compared to Lula’s 67%
It’s good Francisco, in the ocasion, Zambelli shoot your pistol!
Shoot her pistol
Avia-pro recently published an article which seemed very positive about Lula’s election win, pointing out he was one of the key people involved in the creation of the BRICS group:
“The victory of Lulu da Silva in the elections in Brazil means that a front of states supporting Russia and China is forming in Latin America”
Bolsonaro made some helpful changes for individual freedom though, for example before you had to get special authorization from the Army to own a telescopic sight, and then you could only have one up to 6x mag, but that requirement was removed.
Im on Brazil right now THE MEDIA in Brazil is worst than MSM in USA… There are two factions fighting. Bolsonaro are the Elites imposed by the Big Brother during Cold War, Elitism Breed, Militarism, and the Brazilians who wanted to be just like USA, they copy everything from North America… then there is the other side of the coin, the Poor Brazil, the huge masses of poor workers and even slaves, the tribes that are using like slaves… they called Democracy, I guess the Elites and his suporters are no more than 25% of voters and the rest of Brazil Citizens are poor 75%… you dont need to be a Master PHD in Mathematics to discover who will have more Votes on an Election. Bolsonaro in second round voting got a lot more votes than the first round so if someone Cheat the Electition, guess what side are the cheaters. Also the Elites had all the Money $$$$ and in Brazil with money $$$$ you can do whatever you wanted
Also I guess before Brazil Elections that USA wont lose so easy Brazil again, the World Powers USA and CHINA just see the Rio de la Plata Basin as a source of food and meat and agro exporters… so USA haves the Upper Hand in Rio de la Plata Basin right now, and wont let anything else to dispute their Hegemony in the Region. But they are fighting right now, just buy some popcorns, turn on your Politics Mind and wait to see them fighting using their followers and the Goverment…
Here’s a different view, which doesn’t insult the ‘uneducated’ Brazilians now protesting the ruling elite in their millions. Brasil has become a dictatorship of the judiciary, with criminal leftist Lula released from prison as the selected puppet president of the establishment. The state ran a fraudulent election to install him, outrageously silenced the free speech and media outlets of Bolsonistas, and now threatens any citizen who says ‘fraud’ with a heavy jail sentence. They are out of control fascists, having already shat on the cinstitution and blocked Bolsonaro’s policies over the last 4 years. The Judiciary’s constitutional duty to ensure fair elections and to prove their security is being completely denied. This is an obvious admission of guilt. Only a military intervention, a full and transparent investigation, and fresh elections without corrupt electronic voting can save this wonderful nation and its dying democracy.
You and other few thousands are trying to kill it. There wasn’t a single person arrested, even between those who blocked the roads. And there were many attacks to the federal agents, leaving some of them hurt. I would like to know in wich Brasil you live… but I am sure in wich one you would like to be!
Splitting Brazil in two?
It is divided. The real one, and the fantasy on social media groups.
Southfront taned over by covid-nazi writers?
The bastards at Langley stole the USA and Brazil elections, time for people to realize that the civil servants in the USA plus Canada and Brazil wants socialism Chinese style in the Americas
Assassinations of journalists and elites are coming.
Get over it and live with it. Somebody will always be smarter, quicker and brighter than you.
Dont destroy your own teeth because of that!
Bolsonaro is one of the only world leaders, along with Lukashenko, to have publicly opposed the corona circus consistently, in 2020, 2021, 2022, and personally refused the covid clot shots that are correlated everywhere with record excess mortality, strokes, myocarditis, and female infertility.
It takes a lot to see through Big Pharma’s bullshit, and it takes balls to confront them — against the most vile attacks from the lying media.
It would’ve been so easy for a politician to go along with the NWO dystopian plan: vaccine passports, energy restrictions, and population control/culling. He chose to stand up, even more than Trump who sold out to the vaccine gang.
I know Jair’s a Zionist (although he didn’t move the embassy–which vengeful Amb. David Friedman tweeted, cost him reelection!), but he opposed the Pfizer mafia, and the uber-Zionist, NWO elitist gang that seek to transform the planet in a techno-dystopian hellhole.
I should note, that on this matter, the “socialist” Lula is closer to the Davos oligarchy than pro-free-market Bolsonaro, why? Maybe because we now have a global opposition between “global governance” and “national capitalism”. Both seek more profit, but Western globalists are in recess, losing market opportunities to China, and have a smaller and smaller cake to piece apart. Therefore, they need to police the masses into austerity for whatever “ecological”, “sanitary”, or progressive excuse. Blame the energy crisis on climate change (while banning cheap energy sources), blame the economic krach on a virus (while mandating lockdowns), etc. That’s why, to confront this global mafia, nations resort to Italian-style fascists, USSR-style communists, and whatever authority there is left in this fatherless, godless world.
Actually I agree with that, and congragulate him. But there is much more in game than this virus. And, anyway, most of our country was vaccinated with Pfzor. I tried to avoid it, as long as I could. There is lass than one year I got the first dosis.