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Thanks for the very detailed response. I'd be very happy to read more about your side of the things. While I don't follow the Brazilian developments too closel

Thanks for the very detailed response. I'd be very happy to read more about your side of the things. While I don't follow the Brazilian developments too closely, I visit Brazil every year, so I "kind of know" what's going on. Still, articles like the guardian piece are really good for me because they connect the dots. If you happen to have some links to stories detailing your view, would you mind sharing them? I am fluent in Portuguese, so they don't have to be in English.

andrenth 9y ago
Here's an article listing infrastructure projects abroad funded by (or partly by) Brazilian taxpayer money from BNDES. Note that they all involve companies who have been shown to be related to multiple corruption scandals, but even if they weren't, for a country that lacks so much infrastructure like Brazil, these "investments" are at the very least questionable: https://spotniks.com/20-obras-que-o-bndes-financiou-em-outros-paises/ https://spotniks.com/20-obras-que-o-bndes-financiou-em-outro... The same site has a list of dictatorships that benefited from Brazilian investments during the workers' party governments: https://spotniks.com/7-ditaduras-financiadas-pelo-governo-brasileiro-nos-ultimos-anos/ https://spotniks.com/7-ditaduras-financiadas-pelo-governo-br... About Roussef's administrative crimes vs what happened in previous governments: http://m.jovempan.uol.com.br/programas/jornal-da-manha/reale-jr-pedaladas-de-governos-anteriores-nao-se-comparam-de-dilma.html http://m.jovempan.uol.com.br/programas/jornal-da-manha/reale... Workers' party bribe money from Odebrecht funded El Salvador campaign: http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/2016/12/1838033-caixa-do-pt-bancou-aliado-em-el-salvador-diz-delacao.shtml http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/2016/12/1838033-caixa-do-... Also in Angola, Venezuela, Dominican Republic and Panama: http://m.oantagonista.com/posts/o-pt-corrompeu-a-america-latina-e-a-africa http://m.oantagonista.com/posts/o-pt-corrompeu-a-america-lat... Roussef's obstruction of justice attempt by nominating former president Lula a cabinet member to put him out of reach from Car Wash judge Moro (in Brazil government officials and elected politicians can only be judged by the Supreme Court, and not by "regular" justices): http://veja.abril.com.br/politica/de-obstrucao-da-justica-ao-desespero-os-grampos-de-lula/ http://veja.abril.com.br/politica/de-obstrucao-da-justica-ao... Workers' party member claims judge Moro and pro-impeachment group are CIA agents (seriously): http://veja.abril.com.br/blog/reinaldo/petista-descobre-mbl-e-sergio-moro-foram-treinados-pelos-eua-para-destruir-o-brasil/ http://veja.abril.com.br/blog/reinaldo/petista-descobre-mbl-... Workers' party publishes document praising arrested members and criticizing Car Wash operation: http://epoca.globo.com/colunas-e-blogs/blog-do-fucs/noticia/2015/11/cartilha-contra-lava-jato-e-o-desespero-do-pt.html http://epoca.globo.com/colunas-e-blogs/blog-do-fucs/noticia/... Theres also this book about the Caw Wash operation, though being released in 2016 it obviously does not cover this year's developments: https://www.amazon.com.br/gp/aw/d/8568377084/ https://www.amazon.com.br/gp/aw/d/8568377084/ I could find more links but I only have my phone now so that's all I have the energy to do :P

andrenth 9y ago

Here's an article listing infrastructure projects abroad funded by (or partly by) Brazilian taxpayer money from BNDES. Note that they all involve companies who have been shown to be related to multiple corruption scandals, but even if they weren't, for a country that lacks so much infrastructure like Brazil, these "investments" are at the very least questionable: https://spotniks.com/20-obras-que-o-bndes-financiou-em-outros-paises/ https://spotniks.com/20-obras-que-o-bndes-financiou-em-outro... The same site has a list of dictatorships that benefited from Brazilian investments during the workers' party governments: https://spotniks.com/7-ditaduras-financiadas-pelo-governo-brasileiro-nos-ultimos-anos/ https://spotniks.com/7-ditaduras-financiadas-pelo-governo-br... About Roussef's administrative crimes vs what happened in previous governments: http://m.jovempan.uol.com.br/programas/jornal-da-manha/reale-jr-pedaladas-de-governos-anteriores-nao-se-comparam-de-dilma.html http://m.jovempan.uol.com.br/programas/jornal-da-manha/reale... Workers' party bribe money from Odebrecht funded El Salvador campaign: http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/2016/12/1838033-caixa-do-pt-bancou-aliado-em-el-salvador-diz-delacao.shtml http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/2016/12/1838033-caixa-do-... Also in Angola, Venezuela, Dominican Republic and Panama: http://m.oantagonista.com/posts/o-pt-corrompeu-a-america-latina-e-a-africa http://m.oantagonista.com/posts/o-pt-corrompeu-a-america-lat... Roussef's obstruction of justice attempt by nominating former president Lula a cabinet member to put him out of reach from Car Wash judge Moro (in Brazil government officials and elected politicians can only be judged by the Supreme Court, and not by "regular" justices): http://veja.abril.com.br/politica/de-obstrucao-da-justica-ao-desespero-os-grampos-de-lula/ http://veja.abril.com.br/politica/de-obstrucao-da-justica-ao... Workers' party member claims judge Moro and pro-impeachment group are CIA agents (seriously): http://veja.abril.com.br/blog/reinaldo/petista-descobre-mbl-e-sergio-moro-foram-treinados-pelos-eua-para-destruir-o-brasil/ http://veja.abril.com.br/blog/reinaldo/petista-descobre-mbl-... Workers' party publishes document praising arrested members and criticizing Car Wash operation: http://epoca.globo.com/colunas-e-blogs/blog-do-fucs/noticia/2015/11/cartilha-contra-lava-jato-e-o-desespero-do-pt.html http://epoca.globo.com/colunas-e-blogs/blog-do-fucs/noticia/... Theres also this book about the Caw Wash operation, though being released in 2016 it obviously does not cover this year's developments: https://www.amazon.com.br/gp/aw/d/8568377084/ https://www.amazon.com.br/gp/aw/d/8568377084/ I could find more links but I only have my phone now so that's all I have the energy to do :P