[fella]

" . . . outsized concern in most Brazilian minds: reducing crime, countering corruption, and boosting the economy."

The first two go hand in hand, just look at our own "Deep State", and him promising to actually do something about it is why they tried to assassinate him. Fix the first two and the third will fix itself.

[pepsi_junkie]

I think this guy was a Captain in the army. I can see how Trump's background in running huge, diverse organizations could translate into making government run like a business or at least in a business friendly manner. Not sure if this gent has the ability to turn around a monster like Brazil but I hope he does.

This line of thinking (businessmen can make smart choices for government) just now had me wonder if Romney might have actually worked out okay. My conclusion: no. Romney wanted to make government more efficient, to get the most out of it. That's what he did in business. Trump wants to dismantle it (or at least the parts that choke us all) and unleash the rest of America. Romney might have been measured a success by the sorts of standards where a guy like Bill Clinton is considered a success (by some). But Trump is transformational. Many thought that with Trump we were betting big. He was either going to succeed in stratospheric levels or he was going to implode quickly. Verdict is in on that one, he's outpacing Reagan for most historically important and successful President in the past 75 years.

[PGR88]

If there is a country that would clearly benefit from less government, its Brazil.

[aquila48]

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[cdcdawg]

Santa Catarina doesn’t have many of the problems that plague other states in Brazil. It might have something to do with the demographics. Nah. They must have a different constitution or religion or they persecuted other Brazilians or ... other excuses for ignoring reality.

[bert]

Oligarchical corruption can not be overcome absent revolution. The wealthy patriarchs will not release control.

They are free to come to Miami or Dallas and buy what they want and take plane loads home for others.

(I know this to be true. The wealthy Sao Paulo exchange student and sister who lived with us are now 50 and they make at least one buying trip per year)

[jdsteel]

The globe is in desperate need of a counter revolution to combat Marxism in all of it’s forms and replace it with freedom, liberty and a free market. We are way past the time to eradicate that failed 19th century philosophy.

[stuck_in_new_orleans]

This the guy that was stabbed a month ago?

[Petrosius]

He shocks many Western liberals, and some of his rhetoric on women and gays is certainly extreme.

In other words, common sense and in the mainstream of the last 2000 years of Western thought. Liberals do not understand that they, not the conservatives, are the extremists who are out of the mainstream.

[Deplorable American1776]

Brazil’s Trump? I hope so...

[Robert DeLong]

Adele Scalia, daughter-in-law of Justice Scalia, shared this photo on Facebook of her, Scalia, Maureen, and Adele's son. (Facebook)

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[Billthedrill]

"Brazil is the country of the future and it always will be."

Stefan Sweig (also attributed to Clemenceau and de Gaulle).

[JoeFromSidney]

Nearly 30 years ago I was a visiting professor at A college in Brazil. My colleagues were proud of the fact that Brazil was the only democracy ever to go through the full process of impeaching a president.