• @tronk
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    33 years ago

    This excites me so much. It also relieves me. Bolsonaro is a terrible joke, a joke that costs too many lives.

  • @j0ta
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    3 years ago

    Lula QQ corruption

    lula only won elections some years ago because america otherwise Tancredo Neves (who died in 1985 of intestinal disease before taking office as Brazil’s first democratically elected leader after 21 years of military) coincidence ? He would have won the elections

    • @tronk
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      13 years ago

      Interesting. I didn’t know this. How did America make Lula president?

      • @j0ta
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        13 years ago

        “who died in 1985 of intestinal disease before taking office as Brazil’s first democratically elected leader”

        • @tronk
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          “who died in 1985 of intestinal disease before taking office as Brazil’s first democratically elected leader”

          So the U.S. killed Tancredo in favor of Lula?

          Knowing America’s history of meddling in Latin American politics, this wouldn’t surprise me. However, why would the U.S. want a working-class and clearly leftist politician like Lula in power in the middle of the Cold War? Especially since this president advocated for agrarian reform, the very same policy that just 30 years earlier got Guatemala on the U.S.'s sight.

          More broadly, by the time Tancredo was elected, the U.S. had spent the last ~30 years supporting rightist military dictatorships in Latin America, of which arguably the most infamous were Guatemala, Chile, and Argentina. These were set up to protect American interests.

          And so a question arises, how could a leftist president represent American interests in the middle of the Cold War?

          But perhaps more pragmatically, Lula supported Tancredo in the 1985 elections. I don’t know the exact reasons why, but it’s not hard to imagine that it has to do with the fact that Tancredo was a social democrat.

          This doesn’t exclude the possibility of conflict, which is why I’m asking both (1) why Lula would want to kill Tancredo and (2) why Lula would be of interest to the U.S…

          • @TheAnonymouseJoker
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            03 years ago

            Even I am confused about this. I would like to learn how Lula favours USA, the way Bolsonaro does with his propaganda statements that even citizens do not support.

            • @j0ta
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              -43 years ago

              Lula is one of the most corrupt presidents in history and is a tool for the Marxists

              • @tronk
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                13 years ago

                I agree that he’s corrupt, in that his administration was filled with scandals of corruption —not to mention the whole Operation Car Wash. But, to the two questions I asked previously (why Lula would want to kill Tancredo and why Lula would be of interest to the U.S.), I also add now how Lula is a tool for the Marxists. I’m sure you have legitimate reasons to think this.