Posted on 03/19/2016 3:43:38 PM PDT by Lorianne
The plot to Brazil's political crisis has become so complicated that even makers of political drama 'House of Cards' joke they are now following events.
There is even an online quiz where one has to guess: did it happen in Brazil or in House of Cards, or both?
But this is no laughing matter in Brazil.
This is the country's toughest political crisis since the early 1990s, when its first democratically-elected President in the modern era, Fernando Collor, was removed from power.
On Wednesday night the crisis took a bizarre turn, as a judge revealed phone conversations between President Dilma Rousseff and her predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and suggested they are trying to obstruct the course of an investigation into corruption.
Spontaneous protests erupted in more than 15 cities across the country and riot police acted against demonstrators in Brasilia.
Both Rousseff and Lula - as he is known - are fighting for their political survival.
Their political project has been shaping Brazil since 2003, when Lula defeated the opposition and established the Workers' Party at the top of Brazilian politics.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Brazil enjoy many of the same legal protections available to non-LGBT people, with LGBT people having marriage rights available nationwide since May 2013.[7]
On May 5, 2011, the Supreme Federal Court voted in favour of allowing same-sex couples the same 112 legal rights as married couples. The decision was approved by 10–0 with one abstention – one justice abstained because he had spoken publicly in favor of same-sex unions when he was attorney general.[8] The ruling will give same-sex couples in stable partnerships the same financial and social rights enjoyed by those in opposite-sex relationships.[9]
Consequently, on May 14, 2013, The Justice's National Council of Brazil legalized same-sex marriage in the entire country in a 14-1 vote by issuing a ruling that orders all civil registers of the country to perform same-sex marriages and convert any existing civil unions into marriages if the couples so desire - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Brazil
The lid is being pried off that monster of a crime and all the Labor Party leeches are going to go hungry.
The south american curse.
Couldn’t happen to a nicer pair of corrupt commies.
Excellent...
Although civil unrest will likely result.
The Olympics will probably be a huge mess.
A view of what is to come here should we fail to remain a civil republic and elect corrupt would-be tyrants.
About 20 years ago when I was taking a close look at South American countries I came up with what I than called my BIG BAM theory.(Brazil, Argentina Mexico)
I figured those three countries would go belly up economically.
Maybe I will see that happen yet. -Tom
I believe they already are.
I don’t doubt that. That place is a cesspool anyway.
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I told ya!
-—Coruption - BILLIONS siphoned from petrobras to the socialismo cronies.——
Coruption - BILLIONS siphoned from Soylendra to the socialismo cronies.
Brazilians are pikers compared to Barack Obama et al
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