Category Archives: Politics
Brasil, país de todos?!
A book signing that the Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez would do at a Bookstore in Sao Paulo was canceled this week due to the turmoil caused by protesters opposed to her. The Cuban blogger tried to answer questions from an audience of about 300 people at the site for 30 minutes, but her speech was [...]
Playboy magazine publishes photo of former senate aide involved in scandal in Brazil
The Brazilian “Playboy” magazine published a photo of the cover of the magazine essay where the sensual attorney Denise Rocha Leitao will be featured. A former aide in the Brazilian Senate, she was recently exonerated after a purported sex video of herself was leaked on the Internet. According to the publication, the picture of the [...]
The Mensalao trial: the big monthly allowance of brazilian politics and its repercussion on international media
Brazilian democracy is always praised – and priced – in international analyzes on our economy. Since thursday, August 2nd, the start of the trial of Mensalão(big monthly allowance), the economic world is keeping and eye on the proper functioning of the institutions of Brazil. The international repercussions of the work of the Supreme Court is [...]
A female senator aide rises to fame in Brazilian politics, but because of her body attributes
A lawyer and aide to Senator Ciro Nogueira (PP), Denise Rocha, has called the male attention during the deliberation sessions of the last politic scandal in Brazil(look up CPI do Cachoeira). The young woman, who has a sculptural body has been very harassed and even an alleged sex tape was found to be lurking in [...]
Local elections start in Brazil, and with it the most bizarre candidates to politicians
Has begun this month in Brazil, the election race that will define the veradores(town councilors) and mayors of each city. This election is the one when the candidates are the closest to the people, for those elected will represent the people locally in their towns and cities. No shortage of candidates seeking a place to [...]
Shaming the unshameable – The Economists take on public sector wages and high taxes in Brazil
In an article in today’s edition, the British magazine The Economist did not spare criticism to the government spending on it’s public workers. In a report entitled “shaming the unshameable – how bureaucrats steal taxpayers,” the publication shows the difference in wages of Brazilian workers in private sector and workers in public sector. The magazine [...]
Corruption in Brazil, all the truth
According to Transparency International, Brazil appears as one of the most corrupt countries in the world. Of 91 analyzed countries, Brazil occupies the 69% place. In Brazil, corruption is historical, was naturalized, you can even say it was considered as a natural given, and it is attacked only later after it occurred and reached many [...]
Politics in Brazil: a clown for mayor of Sao Paulo
The clown Tiririca, a possible candidate for mayor of Sao Paulo in October’s town elections in Brazil has been the subject of a column in Forbes, which carries the title “A clown (really) can become the mayor of the sixth largest city in the world.” The article presents the biography of Francisco Everardo Oliveira Silva, [...]
