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Related: About this forumBrazil's far right sees an opening
With less than a week until the Brazilian senate votes on the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff, the question facing the nation is no longer whether the Workers party government will fall, but how far to the right the political pendulum will swing once it has fallen.
For Marco Feliciano an ultra-conservative preacher-politician from the evangelical caucus it cannot go far enough in reversing what he sees as the malign policies introduced since the left came to power in 2003. For 13 years we have been anaesthetised. Now we will see the renaissance of hope in Brazil, he told the Guardian. I dont just want the Workers party to go, I want it to disappear from history, to fall into extinction.
Speaking in his parliamentary office in Brasília, the controversial Social Christian congressman said impeachment opens the door for a resurgent right an alarming prospect for anyone on the left or in the centre who is worried about the polarisation of Brazilian politics. His comments reflect the growing influence of the bullets, beef and Bible (BBB) caucus, which aims to strengthen the military, expand agriculture and tighten restrictions on abortion, gay marriage and secular education.
There is still a long way to go before that happens. In the short term, Vice-President Michel Temer is expected to form a centre-right administration for the 180 days of the senates deliberations on Rousseffs impeachment. But longer term, conservatives like Feliciano feel they are well placed to expand their influence...
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/05/brazil-far-right-dilma-rousseff-impeachment
For Marco Feliciano an ultra-conservative preacher-politician from the evangelical caucus it cannot go far enough in reversing what he sees as the malign policies introduced since the left came to power in 2003. For 13 years we have been anaesthetised. Now we will see the renaissance of hope in Brazil, he told the Guardian. I dont just want the Workers party to go, I want it to disappear from history, to fall into extinction.
Speaking in his parliamentary office in Brasília, the controversial Social Christian congressman said impeachment opens the door for a resurgent right an alarming prospect for anyone on the left or in the centre who is worried about the polarisation of Brazilian politics. His comments reflect the growing influence of the bullets, beef and Bible (BBB) caucus, which aims to strengthen the military, expand agriculture and tighten restrictions on abortion, gay marriage and secular education.
There is still a long way to go before that happens. In the short term, Vice-President Michel Temer is expected to form a centre-right administration for the 180 days of the senates deliberations on Rousseffs impeachment. But longer term, conservatives like Feliciano feel they are well placed to expand their influence...
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/05/brazil-far-right-dilma-rousseff-impeachment
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Brazil's far right sees an opening (Original Post)
Ghost Dog
May 2016
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"Bullets, beef, Bibles" caucus. These slimes are the same everywhere, aren't they?
Judi Lynn
May 2016
#1
Definitely would be wrong to forget rubber and soy, and coffee. No parrots, please!
Judi Lynn
May 2016
#3
Judi Lynn
(160,649 posts)1. "Bullets, beef, Bibles" caucus. These slimes are the same everywhere, aren't they?
They have no real inner strength to sustain them, they will eventually vanish, but never soon enough.
What a shame they are allowed to interfere with the real progress the struggling people everywhere need so much.
MisterP
(23,730 posts)2. given what TFP does, I'd also add rubber and soy
Judi Lynn
(160,649 posts)3. Definitely would be wrong to forget rubber and soy, and coffee. No parrots, please!
Parrots should stay right where they are, in the trees, which should also stay right where they are, what's left of them.