Free Republic

A festering situation that so far seems not to have attracted attention internationally is that of "land reform." Clashes between the landless people and proprietors of farms and ranches that are being invaded are bound to happen. ................................................................................................ The most organized group, the Cuban-tutored MST (Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra—Landless Rural Workers' Movement) has invaded privately owned productive property in parts of São Paulo State, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Minas Gerais and Pernambuco. A giant tent city with over a thousand families has sprung up on a state highway right of way in the western part of São...

"Charity begins at home", said my Aunt Silvia, commenting on another aunt of mine who was most active in the church parish. She used to let her unruly children loose at home by themselves, free to play every sort of pranks and tricks they could imagine. Brazil's President Lula, in spite of his declining popularity, maintains a remarkable prestige in the Land of Carnivals. Giving autographs, applauded as he passes, he is besieged by common people craving to hug him to seize that unique magical moment that power can bestow face to face; seizing a feeling of importance being side...

While Washington’s attention is focused on the Middle East, communism and communist terrorism are threatening America's security in Latin America, where another Axis of Evil is spreading its tentacles throughout the region. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is getting credit from the Internatinal Monetary Fund and Wall Street's useful idiots for following the orthodox economic policies of former president Fernando Cardoso while plunging his nation into communism and allying himself with Fidel Castro and Castro's puppet in Venezuela, Hugo Chavez. So radical is the regime under Lula that the Rio de Janeiro city council recently declared President Bush...