You will probably have heard about all the protests in Brazil against the newly re-elected government. I have said nothing about this to date as I am not sure what to say. The thing is that the country is divided down the middle politically with the current government re-elected by a narrow majority. It strikes me that partially those who lost the election are who are now protesting.
It is undeniable too that there are problems with serious corruption in government, but that is no new problem in Brazil unfortunately. We are of course against corruption from any source and must stand against it. However we must not be naive and manipulated by sections of the press who have supported the defeated candidate from day one.
It strikes me that the current re-elected government has done undeniable good for the poor and as this increases it gets increasingly under the skin of the rich. That has a lot to do with all this turbulence I suspect, but we will watch and pray.
Another factor in the present political crisis in Brazil is the economy which was doing great when in Europe and the USA things were bad. Now it's the other way round as recession kicks in here. Electricity, for example, has just gone up in price by one third! Wow! That's enough to make anyone protest!
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