MY POINT OF VIEW

China is to Blame for the Virus

2020-04-01T09:59:00.000-03:00

I do have a question:

How will the world answer to China concerning this new Coronavirus?

The Chinese Covid-19 flag

I just imagine what would it be if this virus came from a third world country... Would the greatest powers invade the country? Would this country been imposed sanctions? Maybe the answer is 'yes' for both questions.

China, again, has been cracking the world. It's spread this virus on purpose to have economic gains and now, while the entire world has been suffering, it remains in silence. This Communist country must pay this debt for what's been doing to the world. Chinese government did it on purpose, but it must have a well deserved answer for that.

When the Amazon forest was on fire last year, the "pseudo-people-preserver's" of the world like the French President Macron and the actor Leonardo DiCaprio, came to spot to say that "the Brazilian government was to blame for the health of the world." Macron suggested an international force to invade the Brazilian State of Amazon (a suggestion not well digested by the US, Germany and the UK) and went out to vent his dissatisfaction with the handle of it by the Brazilian President, Mr. Bolsonaro. DiCaprio, using his Twitter, said that "the world would fall apart if that fire would not be extinguished soon." Well, now the world is really falling apart because a virus that was made up in China has actually killing thousands persons in the world, but those "protectors" are in silence now. Why? Because China has atomic weapons and Brazil does not?

And, again, I ask: do you really believe that this virus suddenly 'appeared' because someone has eaten a bat in the city of Wuhan? The city where the Chinese government has an Institute of Virology?

It's up to you believe in it or not.

Please, dear reader, think about those thinks.

Coronavirus death toll: Italy x China

2020-03-20T09:20:00.001-03:00

The world is worried about the Covid-19 outbreak while China remains quiet.

Why?

According tho the news, Italy has suffering more with this virus than China - the epicentre of the outbreak - with almost 4.000 confirmed deaths so far. However, one should remember that China hid it for months before turning it out to the world. We will never know how much people died in that country in reason of Coronavirus. Official data from China cannot - and should not - be taken for granted. A country which the government controls everything, including the news, cannot be taken seriously when it says that the death toll is about 2.500 people.

So, the real death toll we will never know. China is still in silence; it also has banned several news media from de country (The Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times have been banned from reporting there) and started accusing the US and Europe countries of spreading this virus in its country. It also has blocked several internet sites from reporting about this pandemic. Then, with all this, do you really believe that there’s more dead person in Italy than in China? It’s up to you to believe or not.

I do not believe in China. I’m afraid this is a biological agent intended to be used in a war but got out of control for some unknown reason.

Coronavirus... Can it be a biological weapon?

2020-03-18T19:15:00.002-03:00

Ok...
It's been some time since I last wrote something here. The world has been turning around so fast that it's almost impossible to keep up with it. However, as this "new" virus is shutting down the globe, a question came to my mind: Is this virus a "simple" one or is it made to cause harm to people?
For me, the correct answer is the second one.

As the Communist country does lots of things behind the scenes, for me, it looks this unknown virus was spread out in the world on purpose. Perhaps a biological weapon that went out of control or a biological weapon that for some reson was leaked by someone on purpose.

Of course, it looks like a conspiracy idea but we will never know the true, for sure. China has been constructing military gears so fast, apart from building up military structures in the South China Sea, that her eager to be the most powerful and influential country in the world is almost unstopable!

The Chinese officials said that the disease originated from "a Wuhan seafood market where wild animals, including marmots, birds, rabbits, bats and snakes, are traded illegally." However, for centuries, Chinese people eat all kinds of weird things and nothing like that happened...! How come an unknown virus suddenly come to light as a Covid-19? I'm sure the Chinese government knows a lot about what caused this outbreak but as it always do, will misinform the world and its own people.

It is sticked to my mind that this virus was intended to be used as a biological agent and got out of control by the Chinese government. I'm also sure that the most respected intelligence services in the world like the CIA, MI6. MOSSAD and FSB and their respective governments, already know (or are almost coming to a conclusion about) what's behind all this; but they cannot say a word about the truth to the world due to the seriousness of it.

So, let's pray and see what's going to happen to us from now on. While nothing happens, I hope the world may give China a lesson it deserves, although all the "capitalist"world needs all the goods they make in the "communist" China.

Who is Jair Bolsonaro ?

2018-11-29T13:39:00.000-02:00

The newly elected Brazilian President, Mr. Jair Bolsonaro, is a controversial person who is absolutely loved by his supporters and hated by the ones who oppose him.

But, after all, who is Mr. Bolsonaro?

Currently, Mr. Bolsonaro is a congressman and have been reelected six times so far. He is a strong

Mr. Jair Bolsonaro

opponent of criminals, communism, gender ideology, abortion and drug liberalisation, among other things, as he sees the Brazilian citizens as conservatives.

As a retired Captain of the Brazilian Army, he vows to reduce criminality - perhaps the top Brazil’s concern nowadays - by responding to criminals by the use of brutal force. “If they (criminals) hold a weapon to commit their atrocities, them the police officers and good guys have the right to kill them”, he said during his campaign. So far, Brazilian law does not allow any citizen have a gun, unless police officers and a small group of person such a judges and public prosecutors. However, millions of weapons are in the hands of all sorts of criminals, including weapons commonly used in wars like the fearful .50 which caused the fall of a police helicopter in Rio in 2009, after ‘drug soldiers’ hit the helicopter. The rising of violent crimes in Brazil is in a such mood, that Jair Bolsonaro appeared as the solely option to cope with this problem, as the leftist government which has governed Brazil for more the 13 years (through the current jailed ex-president Lula, and the impeached ex-president Dilma Rousseff) just left it far worse then before.

Bolsonaro has a firm voice against all kinds of crimes, including the ones related to white collar. Brazil has been enduring a fierce fight against corruption and Bolsonaro is one of the few politicians who has never been accused of any misconduct during all his terms. So, with this reputation plus his strong views against crimes and communism, he conquered the heart of most of Brazilians.

During the presidential campaign, he suffered all kinds of attacks from leftists and moderates parties who joined the leftists. He was accused of being ‘fascist' by those ones who are critics of him for his bold words about what he things and all sorts of accusations dropped over him, ranging from homophobic to racist, but those accusations just made him get stronger, as the groups who attack him almost always come from some sort of leftist party (PT, PSOL, PC do B, etc), parties of which are seen of the most corrupts of Brazil.

As if the war of words weren’t enough, Bolsonaro was physically attacked when campaigning in the city of Juiz de Fora, State of Minas Gerais, in 06 September 2018. His attacker, Adelio Bispo de Oliveira, is a member of the Socialism and Liberty Part (PSOL) and tried to kill him by stabbing Bolsonaro’s stomach. After this attack, Bolsonaro has been under medical care and will undergo other surgery, the second one, in December.

One of his promises during his presidential campaign is to restore friendship with countries forgotten by the last government; such countries are Israel and the USA. For him, we Brazilians, have lost too much in shifting such advanced countries by countries that have dictatorship and nothing to offer us, such as Cuba, Venezuela Bolivia and Syria. His view was very welcomed by Israel and the US, which assured Bolsonaro that will help Brazil restore his growth by investing in several areas like agriculture, technology and security.

Mr. Bolsonaro is not ‘fascist' as the communists and leftists like to say. He is just opposed to those kinds of failed projects that has never had any success in any part of the world. However, as the left is still strong here, they (socialists and communists) have successfully labeled him as ‘fascist, racist and homophobic’, what for sure, he is not.

Then, Bolsonaro has been seen by his supporters, as the last chance to change this decaying country into a respectable one. Four years isn’t enough to change all this mess, but for sure he can restore some of the Brazilian dignity that has been lost years ago, when the socialism took power and robbed this country.

Ex-President Lula ought to go to jail, Brazil's Supreme Court decides

2018-04-05T14:36:00.000-03:00

Brazil's Supreme Court judging habeas corpus of ex-President Lula da Silva

The Brazilian Supreme Court has decided that ex-President Lula must start serving a 12 year jail sentence for corruption. He had filed a habeas corpus request to delay his prison but the court verdict denied it.

Lula always denied any wrongdoing during his terms (he governed Brazil from 2003 to 2011) and said it is just part of a coup to take him out of the presidential run where he figures as a frontrunner in the next election, due to occur in October.

Now, the Supreme Court decision will go back to the Lower Court where it started. This court is also expected to issue a warrant arrest in the coming days and so, the judge who commenced all this investigation, Mr. Sergio Moro, will decide where Lula will serve his jail term.

Everything started during the investigation named “Car Wash” where an endemic corruption by politicians, businessmen, and several spheres of public services were discovered by federal judges, police and prosecutors.

ex-President Lula da Silva

Friend of the Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, as well as the Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro and several others leftists and communists leaders, Lula is member of the socialist party “Partido dos Trabalhadores” - the Work Party - which has been almost dismantled last years, during several investigation by Federal Police, where the main leaders of this party where found guilty of embezzlement, money laundering and corruption.

The Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro, is the only President to send him a message of support after the Supreme Court verdict.

Just a note: if you would like to see what’s “Car Wash” operation, watch “The Mechanism” on Netflix. This series give us a good insight how everything started and how corruption work in Brazil.

Who's Marielle?

2018-04-04T11:26:00.001-03:00

Nowadays, all news media in Brazil, have been talking about the death of Marielle Franco. However, until his death, almost none had never heard about her. So, who’s Marielle?

Marielle was a politician who was elected by Rio’s city council and was serving her first term a

Activist Marielle Franco

councilwoman. Mother of a girl, she became lesbian when had about 24 years old and got married to her girlfriend, Monica. An activist against police force and pro human rights, she was rose in the "favela da Maré", a violent place in Rio, where drug trafficking are in charge of everything, ranging from gas price to the control of tourists in the region.

She and her driver, Anderson Gomes, were shot dead in their car, by at least nine bullets (four bullets hit her head) while leaving an event called “Young Blacks Changing Balance”, in 14th March 2018. They were followed by two cars and the shooting occurred at about 09:30 PM.

But, after all, who was Marielle Franco? Why so many fuss about her death?

As I have said before, she’s just it. An activist engaged against police, a leftist who wanted to bring attention to the black’s people cause as well as to LGBT movement. This fuss about her death happened because 1) she’s a politician; 2) this is an electoral year in Brazil, so not only leftists but also other parties want to take advantage of her death to own benefit.

As she was a human rights activist, then the Human Rights around the world rose its flag to show to the world how violent is Brazil against the human rights activists. However this same “Human Rights” never spoke about about 30 police officers in Rio this year who lost their lives fighting criminals, besides the victims of all kinds of criminals who lost their lives to that assailants.

If she wasn’t an activist, probably her death would be a “common" one, even with her car riddled with bullets, and the world would not give this attention as it’s been doing now.

The UN votes to condemn Trump's Jerusalem decision, despite a threatening Haley

2017-12-21T17:31:00.002-02:00

Today, 21 December 2017, the UN voted to condemn President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel despite threats from the US to the world that would watch very close each vote. An exact number of 128 countries voted for the resolution, nine voted "no," and 35 nations abstained, including old US partners like Canada, Mexico and Australia.

The vote came after US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley issued a threatening statement that the US will think twice about funding the world body if it voted to condemn Trump's decision.

Before the vote, Turkish President Recep Tayyip blasted the President Trump during a speech in Ankara on Thursday. "Mr. Trump, you cannot buy Turkey's democratic free will with your dollars, our decision is clear. "What is the cradle of democracy doing," Erdogan said. "They are looking for people they can buy with their dollars." He also appealed to other world leaders, saying, "do not, for the sake of a few dollars, sell off your democratic free will.”

The Israel's Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon stated "The United States simply stated a fact. They officially declared what has always been true. Jerusalem always has been and always will be the capital of Israel. Those who support this resolution are like puppets," Danon said, "puppets controlled by the strings of your Palestinian masters.” That’s to say, it is as if all the world ‘should' think as Israel and the United States think. As if nobody should think and act by themselves.

What the US and Israel do not want to see, is that what they are doing is extremism. Or you think and do what we believe you should do, or you are our enemies. That’s the message both Trump and Danon have been saying. Not different from what an Arab extremist believes, but in the opposite side.

However, the Haley's claim that the decision to move the embassy reflects the will of the US people, is untrue. A University of Maryland Critical Issues poll released December 1 found that 63% of Americans oppose moving the embassy to Jerusalem, including 44% of Republicans! The pollsters questioned 2,000 people and had a margin of error of 2.19%.

A December 13 Monmouth University poll that found Trump at record low approval ratings also found that 39% of Americans thought moving the embassy to Jerusalem was a bad idea, while only 23% thought it was a good idea. Some 51% of respondents said it would lead to greater regional instability, while 10% said it would make the region more stable. It means that is the only Trump’s decision and it does not reflect American people’s will.

If Israel has the right to have Jerusalem as its capital or not, doesn’t matter here. What does really matter is that the US has shown to the world that it doesn’t respect any other countries’ decisions except the ones that pleases it, as well as - the main issue - it also does not respect the UN.

What the today’s vote show us, is the simple and well known fact that the UN is an old and useless place where the world’s body assembles to listen to the world’s powerful countries and do nothing but their wishes.

Shut down the UN.

Donald Trump - a dotard in the White House

2017-11-30T17:50:00.000-02:00

It’s tragicomic, but, in fact, there’s a "dotard" in the White House.

No. I’m not against the United States of America! On the contrary, the US is a country which always deserves respect not only for owing the most powerful arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in the

The populist President Donald Trump

world, but mainly for the good things it produces, such as: the incredible technological apparatus it develops every year; the amazing bunch of athletes that always receive the best medals in a wide range of sports around the world; the admirable way it gives comprehensive education to the most of its citizens; the commendable means it leaves bureaucracy aside to generate jobs through the creation of new companies; the laudable form it handles economy when all the world is upside down and so many other commendable feats that it is almost impossible to not like this country!

However, this year everything is changing…

I'd never imagined that the United States of America would have a populist President as it has today. Donald Trump is as much populist as it is President Maduro, in Venezuela, President Rodrigo Duterte, in Philippines, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, in Turkey, ex-President Lula in Brazil, and lots of other examples like the ones in Africa and in South America. The main difference is that Trump has the world’s most powerful country in his hands - but it looks like he isn't aware of that.

His slogan is “Make America Great Again”, but what we can really see he’s been doing is he dividing America between blacks and whites, christians and muslims, Americans and ‘foreigners’. He spreads hatred around the world and brag himself about it. He uses his twitter account to write what he thinks - even "without thinking” about the outcome of his words. Like a little rich boy who boasts himself about getting everything he wants, the US President does exactly the same besides being proud of those disgusting behaviors!

Unbelievably, he still has fun in goading Ms Hillary Clinton, his opponent in the 2016 presidential election (a childish behavior only seen before by ex-President Hugo Chavez and the actual President Maduro, both of Venezuela), an election that occurred a year ago. He accuses without showing any piece of evidence, the most reliable international news agencies such as The Washington Post, the BBC, CNN, The New York Times, CBS, etc. of spreading “fake news” while crediting the “Republican” Fox News as the only source of liable news in the US, only because those media news speaks against his poor politics. He pokes his nose on other’s countries matters as he did with Germany and still does with the US most important ally, the UK.

So, what can we expect from a President who believes is untouchable and stands above the law? Mr. Trump thinks he is as much invincible as the North Korean leader Kim Jong-um believes he is a god. And, talking about them, we can see that in one side we have flame and in the other we have fuel, that’s to say, two “dotards" with a dangerous arsenal in their hans.

The funny thing about all this, is that the next US presidential race will occur only in 2020 but everywhere in the the US, and in the world, there are several discussions about who can succeed Donald Trump in the White House, something at least weird if we take into consideration that he didn’t accomplish his first year as President, yet. However several bets on whether he will remain in power or not, are already taking place everywhere around the globe!

To the US foes, having such a President in the White House is a good deal. So that, that the Russian President Vladmir Putin nowadays is considered the world’s most powerful and influent leader, a title that for many years belonged to the US Presidents.

So, what’s the deal to the American people in having such a populist President? Well, only them can answer this question. In 2020, if “the Dotard” defeats his next “would be”opponent, then it means they are happy with his populist way of managing their country. But, if another one climbs to power, then the answer will be they are tired of a man who is able to play havoc even to his own Republican inner circle.

Do NOT come to Rio

2017-10-26T18:25:00.002-02:00

I'm writing it down, just to give you one advice:

DO NOT COME TO RIO, in Brazil.

Why?

That's simple: Violence!

Too many shootings and too many victims are suffering for lack of security! Since the beginning of this year (2017) 111 police officers have died while fighting bandits. Yes, one hundred eleven officers have died so far, apart from several victims, including foreigners tourists.

I bet the travel agency you buy tickets from, does not tell you about that, so, as I'm living here in Brazil, I feel myself compelled to tell you this sad true. It's your life at risk; do not waste it.

Poor laws and with the Brazilian Human Rights Watchdog protecting bandits, it's up to you to get out of your country to come to one land where ordinary people do not live in peace.

All Brazil is enduring such a difficult time concerning violence, but in Rio de Janeiro, although all that natural beauty, is totally hostage of criminality.

Take it as an valuable advice.

Peace.

In the center, Col. Luiz Gustavo "Teixeira", who died today 26/10/2017 hit by 17 bullets, after an intense shooting in a busy street in the center of Rio

Trump pushes prime minister Dusko Markovic aside to be in front of a group leaders

2017-05-28T11:34:00.002-03:00

It's just appalling how Mr. Trump behaves as if he thinks he's is "the man"!

Have a look at this link: http://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/25/politics/trump-pushes-prime-minister-nato-summit/index.html

It's ridiculous - and funny.
What a regrettable behaviour for a President!

Turkish President Erdogan watches a brawl in Washington DC

2017-05-19T21:32:00.002-03:00

While visiting the US this week, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan watched his security servicemen beating up protesters outside the country’s embassy in Washington, DC. The Turkish embassy claimed that the protesters were "affiliated with the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party)" -- a terrorist group -- and had assembled without permission (as if protesters should have requested permission to the embassy, and not to American authorities).

The Turkish President Erdogan watching protesters clashing with his
security servicemen, in Washington DC

The protesters "began aggressively provoking Turkish-American citizens who had peacefully assembled to greet the President," the embassy said in a statement released late Wednesday.

The Republican Sen. John McCain, called for the Turkish ambassador to be expelled of the US. "We should throw the Turkish ambassador out of the country, we should identify those people that performed these unlawful acts of beating people up and they should be charged”. In the mean time, "were briefly detained during the altercations and subsequently released" and returned to Turkey with Erdogan.

An official of the State Department confirmed that two members of Erdogan's security service "were briefly detained during the altercations and subsequently released" and returned to Turkey with Erdogan.

Despite McCain’s comment, probably nothing will happen to the Turkish Ambassador or to the security servicemen who took part in the brawl. Mr. Erdogan knows the US needs Turkish bases to operate its Air Force in that region and, after receiving as much power as one dictator could get, he has more power in his hands than his American counterpart; even in the US.

Brazilian President Michel Temer under investigation

2017-05-18T11:31:00.000-03:00

Brazilian President Michel Temer gave his blessing to an attempt to pay a potential witness to remain

Senator Aécio Neves and President Michel Temer

silent in the country's biggest-ever federal probe, according to plea bargain testimony by the powerful owners of JBS industries.

Temer's office on Wednesday acknowledged he had met in March with the businessman, Chairman Joesley Batista of meat giant JBS SA, but denied any part in alleged efforts to keep jailed former House Speaker Eduardo Cunha from testifying.

Senator Aécio Neves is also appointed by the whistle blowers, as one of the members of the “gang" who received millions of dollars in cash, to approve of laws to benefit JBS.

The “Polícia Federal” (the Brazilian FBI), has arrested Aecio's sister Andrea Neves today as a member of this political extortion group.

In reason of this, investors dumped Brazilian assets in home and foreign markets after the news broke out, as it shows the federal probe "Operation Car Wash", which has sent several high level businessmen/businesswoman and politicians to jail, is still in progress without no end in sight.

The good of all this, is that Brazil has been cleaning up its political image before the world. For the first time in history, this Operation has sent the powerful lords of politics and from the business market, to serve long time in jail.

Donald Trump, a bumbling President

2017-05-16T21:17:00.000-03:00

For sure, everyone knows him: he tweets a lot, says things a self-contained President would never do, shares things a true leader would never share (with Russia, for example), speaks a lot about any one including some respected international leaders and still thinks his ideas are better to the US than any other American mind. Well, that’s the President of The United States of America, Mr. Donald Trump.

Perhaps his advisers team in the government has headache everyday when realise that their Boss' fingers and mouth run faster than his ears. It’s funny to think about it… It ought to be some advisers following President Trump on Tweeter only to see what he’s thinking about (at that exactly moment, of course, because he changes mind really quickly) - and so, prepare a sort of defense whether to the media news or to Congress and Senate. Perhaps, even Republicans have no clue what’s next move of this unpredictable President.

President Donald Trump and Russian Foreign Minister
Sergey Lavrov shaking hands in the White House (11 May 2017)

As if it’s not enough, It’s confirmed Mr. Trump shared confidential information about the Islamic State with the Russians. “As President I wanted to share with Russia . . . which I have the absolute right to do, facts pertaining to terrorism and airline safety,” Trump said today (16 May 2017) in two postings to his Twitter account. It only adds fuel to the flame as he fired Director of the FBI James B. Comey exactly because he was investigating the role of Russia on, indirectly, helping Trump to be elected.

It looks like - again - Mr. Trump doesn’t have even a small idea about his responsibilities and duties as a leader of this powerful country. Not only Russia is mocking at him, but nowadays all the world is deriding this bumbling President.

I bet some one in the US will start thinking about his impeachment…

Let’s see his next embarrassing move.

Evaluating Donald Trump

2017-05-13T17:58:00.000-03:00

After more than 100 days as the commander-in-chief of the USA, president Donald Trump hasn’t convinced the world, yet, that he is in fact a President of one of the most important countries in the world. On the contrary, he still looks like just a businessman who has no idea what he’s doing out there, in the presidency.

While ex-Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton have left behind a legacy of leadership (whether good or not) Mr. Trump thinks the US is one of 'his' companies - and not a country - and by thinking so, he’s been demonstrating he has no idea what politics is.

It’s the first time in my life I see an American President who looks more a joker than a serious man - with all respects he deserves - but It’s impossible to take him seriously, so far. Perhaps, his haughty way of saying “I do” instead of “we do” besides attacking all media that oppose his views on an array of political matters, make me thing that way.

Another issue really interesting - and awkward to the US - is how Russia is playing tricks on him. Soon

President Trump and Russian Ambassador Kislyak, in the White House

after Mr. Trump sacked Director of FBI Mr. James B. Comey, which was investigating the participation of Russia in meddling American election last year, a Russian photographer shot a smiling President Trump warmly shaking the hand of Russian Ambassador Kislyak, in the White House. The picture was published by the Russian Foreign Ministry for the world to see, along with other pictures of Donald Trump shaking hands with other Russian officials. Mr. Sergey Kislyak, dubbed a key Russian spy by US officials, is the epicentre of allegations of collusion between Trump associates and Russian officials that Comey was investigating before he was fired.

US officials say they did not know the pictures would be made public. However, to be more specific, they did not ‘want' those pictures to be made public.

So, what does Mr. Trump have in mind? Nothing? Something? He should stop tweeting nonsense and use this precious time to start governing a nation he inherited from the well respected ex-president, Mr. Barack Obama. He could wake up and see that administering a country is totally different from managing his companies. He still have time to learn politics but to do so, first he should treat himself from this anger towards media news and bring them to his side, as well as to stop blaming Democratic Party for all his failures. If he manage to handle it, them he could - perhaps - be at least remembered as an awkward president, and not as a joker.

For the time being, Russian President Putin is the most important ‘leader’ of the world. The craziest is undoubtedly the North Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong-un, so far, that’s to say… if Trump does not occupy his position.

Let’s wait and see Trump’s next move.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff Impeachment

2016-04-18T20:29:00.001-03:00

Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies voted in favour of President Dilma Roussef’s impeachment yesterday

The future is getting grim to Ms Rousseff

night (Sunday, 17th April). Ms Rousseff is accused of using accounting trickery to hide the true size of the deficit as well as using this money to improve social programmes in 2014 to grant her a second term in command of the country. The government vehemently denies it, accusing opposition of establishing a ‘coup’ against Ms Roussef and its left-wing Worker’s Party (PT).

Now, the struggle goes to Brazil’s Senate - and again to the streets of Brazil – while ex-President Lula (who is also investigated by Brazilian Federal Police, for corruption) works in the shadows to keep her in the highest post of Brazilian politics.

Senators will decide, as soon as possible, whether to accept the lower chamber’s motion to open impeachment proceedings against her. If the measure wins a simple majority in the 81-member Senate, Rousseff will be suspended and the Senate will essentially turn into a courtroom. However, the President of Senate, Mr. Renan Calheiros, is prone to vote for her Worker’s Party as he is a dependant ally of Rousseff and Lula. He has never cared about what the streets say – that is, calling for her impeachment – and Lula will use all his power to convince him to bring back all ‘allies’ who left in the last moment to go along with the opposition.

Left-wing groups have threatened “strikes, occupations of buildings, land occupation” and even take up arms against anyone who opposes her or PT. Ms Rousseff herself, is a former Marxist guerrilla during the early 1970’s when Brazil was still ruled by military dictatorship.

This ‘novel’ will take longer than ever..., while Brazil deepens in a recession and corruption scandals.

Lula - an ex-President who becomes minister to avoid being arrested

2016-03-16T14:14:00.001-03:00

Just to update the post I have written below a few hours ago, it's confirmed that Lula (PT - Worker's Party) has become Minister of "Casa Civil" (Chief Staff) in this current government. Then, he will avoid being arrested for money laundering as he's accused by Brazilian prosecutors, as the high staff politicians in Brazil can only be judged by the High Court - whom the judges are chosen by those very politicians!

Former Brazilian President Lula manoeuvres to avoid prison

2016-03-16T11:17:00.002-03:00

Brazilian prosecutors have requested the arrest of ex-President Lula (PT - Worker's Party) in a money laundering inquiry.

Ex-President Lula

However, to avoid so, the current Brazil President, Mrs. Dilma Rousseff (PT), is said to have offered him to take a cabinet position in her government. According to Brazilian law, politicians have a sort of immunity in case of committing crimes and accepting this position, Mr. Lula would be free, at least temporarily, of any charges against him.

Accepting a cabinet position would give Mr. Lula immunity from Federal judge Sergio Moro, who oversees a sweeping investigation into kickbacks at state-run oil Petrobras and approved the detention of dozens of senior executives as well as some politicians. Close friends of Lula said he was almost convinced he should take the position to “use his power to avoid the looming impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff, and not to avoid prison”.

Lula is considered, to many Brazilians, as a traitor who used his position as President to pretend he was helping the poor while he and his family was getting richer using public money.

On 13 March 2016, millions of Brazilians went to the streets to call for the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff

President Dilma warns athletes to take precautions during Rio-16

2016-02-25T16:34:00.002-03:00

Despite Olympic organisers insisting that Rio-2016 in Brazil this August will not be affected by the outbreak of the Zika Virus, the President Dilma Rousseff warned athletes and visitors to smother themselves in mosquito repellent to minimise the risks, besides wearing long sleeves clothing and trousers!

Dilma Rousseff speaking to students in the Northeast of Brazil

It looks like a joke to use such kind of clothing in Rio de Janeiro where the weather is always hot and moist during the entire year, but it is exactly what she said at a press conference held in Rio de Janeiro.

Epidemiologists have warned that the Olympics could accelerate the spread of the disease to other

countries through infections of athletes and other visitors. But the organisers played down such fears, saying the Games will be held in Brazil’s “winter” when the cooler, drier weather will reduce the number of mosquitoes. What wasn’t said is the the winter in Rio de Janeiro, means an average temperature of 26ºC!

Visitors must exercise a high degree of caution in Brazil during their stay, not only because the virus itself but also in reason of other serious killers “viruses”: violent crimes, particularly in major cities.

Rio 2016 Olympics and Brazil's Economic Crisis

2016-02-06T10:46:00.000-02:00

Despite the biggest sport event is coming to Rio de Janeiro, here, in Brazil, there’s no excitement about it. The reason is the economic and political crisis which has been taking this country into a worrying mess.

The number of jobs in the formal sector fell by 1.5m in 2015, the fastest pace of job destruction since comparable records began in 1992. As for the analysts, another 1m could be lost this year. Sales of vehicles dropped by a fifth last year and in spite of the recession, inflation has risen to nearly 11%, its highest level since 2002!

Apart from this economic crisis, Brazilian prosecutors are fully investigating the vast bribery scandal centred on the state-controlled oil-giant Petrobras, where there are expectations in more additional charges being filed against senior figures in Ms President Rousseff’s Workers’ Party (PT), which has already been badly tarnished by the affair. An even bigger worry for President Rousseff is the threat of impeachment against her on unrelated allegations that she assented to the use of accounting tricks to hide the true size of Brazil’s fiscal deficit.

Then, with these problems to be sorted out, the famous Brazilian Carnival and the Olympic Games

Brazilian Carnival

are fading away in the Brazilian spots. To add more problems to this economic-political crisis, the country also has been suffering high taxes of criminality. Police officers are being shot on the streets, drug battles are taking place in all over the country - mainly in Rio de Janeiro where the Olympics Games will occur - kidnappings, robberies and rapes are considered almost “normal” on TV Channels that shows the daily basis of criminality in Brazil.

No. It isn’t “only” this.

The Zika virus host transmitter

We cannot forget that the “Zika” virus is also part of this bundle. This virus is suspected to be responsible for microcephaly (abnormally small head) on babies. It is recommended that pregnant women and those considering becoming pregnant discuss their travel plans to Brazil, with their health care provider to assess their risk. The “most affected” states with this virus so far, are: Pernambuco, Paraíba, Rio Grande do Norte, Sergipe, Piauí, Ceará, Bahia (where its Carnival is well-known all over the world) and Goiás. But it’s also related cases of it in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and several other States.

But, if you tourist, is ready to face all this, I will give you an advice: be careful and watch out your surroundings. Political, economical and health crisis, we are able to overcome but, criminality is

Drug soldiers on the streets of Rio de Janeiro

almost like a cancer in Brazil; there’s no cure. Criminals see tourists as a easy prey to be caught and they don’t care about anything. The Brazilian criminal law is too old and so, there are several breaches on laws where crime as a whole, pays off. Then, taking advantage of it, they commit all kinds of horror towards their victims. BE CAREFUL!

Apart from this chaos, welcome to Brazil! We, ordinary citizens, will threat will with the attention you deserve and “Cariocas” (people who’s born in Rio) are really nice people and for sure you will enjoy them!

PS.: I’m not “Carioca”, I am “Paulista”, born in São Paulo :).

Welcome to no-law jungle!

Would it be fair if Syria bombed France?

2015-11-29T22:19:00.001-02:00

Just to think about it:

Would be fair if the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad bombed France, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, US, among others, if it was said there were terrorist cells operating in those countries, against Syria?

I'm not pro-Bashar al-Assad but I do not understand why there's always some countries that believe they can do whatever they want in other's countries. Russia is there in response to al-Assad who asked for help to stop rebels, not only ISIS. Whether right or wrong, Russia answered a request from his partner. However, it looks every country want to go to Syria not only to bomb ISIS, but mainly to hinder Russian President Putin.

Despicable world of self-interest!

Russia-Turkey tensions rising

2015-11-25T21:59:00.000-02:00

Tension in the Middle East is ratcheting up after Turkey shot down a Russian fighter airplane, with both countries accusing each other of provoking this incident.

Turkey said it has warned Russian pilots 10 times..., in 17 seconds*! This is, of course, is impossible. Even so, Turkey, a NATO member has released a tape where it’s possible to listen to some kind of English language saying ‘something’ like “change your heading south immediately”. Despite it, anyone could record a tape like that anytime, including after the incident.

As for the Russian side, the rescued co-pilot, Capt. Konstantin Murakhtin told state media reporters that “there were no warnings – neither via radio nor visually.” He also said he knew the region he had been flying in "very well" and that the jet had not been in Turkish airspace "even for a second".

While both countries blame one another, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu said that Russia is going to deploy S-400 defence missile systems to its Hmeymim air base near Latakia, on Syria's Mediterranean coast. The missiles have a range of 250 kilometers (155 miles), and the Turkish border is less than 30 miles away! That’s to say, Russia is preparing to go further in Turkey in case another “incident” occur.

What really took my attention in all this, were the words of the Turkish President Recp Tayyip Erdogan:

"There is no Daesh (ISIS)" - in the area where the Russian planes were flying. "Do not deceive us! We know the locations of Daesh."

If he “knows the locations of Daesh” as he has said, then is it true that Turkey and its NATO members are arming those rebels?

The world is on the brink of a real war!

*Today, on TV, Mr. Erdogand changed this time to 5 minutes.

The power of Press in manipulating people's mind

2015-11-19T12:29:00.002-02:00

Almost a week since the terrorist attacks in Paris happened and all the press around the world do, is to keep talking about it. It’s something like there’s nothing happening in the globe, but the attacks on French soil.

It demonstrates, once again, the force of the press and media alike. They have the power to brainwash people’s mind as they have been doing now. To give you an example, a terrorist attack also took place in Nigeria this week, but almost there’s nothing about it. In Israel, Palestinians are stabbing Israelis, but again, nothing published. In Brazil, a week ago, the Mariana Town, in the State of Minas Gerais has vanished covered with mud after a dam owned by “Vale do Rio Doce” and BHP Billiton ,burst - and also the world did not know it (see below some images of the tragedy in Brazil).

So, why all this fuss about Paris attacks?

It’s simple. It’s Paris.

Nobody cares what’s going on in other parts of the world, unless it happens in Europe or US. The rest of the world, is just this: the rest.

Below, pictures of the disaster in Brazil, in Mariana, a Bento Rodrigues District, where lives where also lost, but it's almost not noticed by press around the world.

French raids on Syria

2015-11-18T11:10:00.000-02:00

Just to remember...

When Russia started dropping bombs on rebels in Syria, the most powerful leaders in the world blamed on Putin for doing so. Then, the ISIS went on Paris and killed several civilians and, it's was enough to the same leaders change idea and believe that to bomb rebels in Syria is a good idea!

Now, tell me:

As the media around the world have been informing, the French raids in Syria have been hitting a lot of ISIS' "strongholds". Then, I have a question: Did the French military and/or intelligence services know where the ISIS fighters are? Have they just had a support from Russia to know where they are?

I ask it, because, suddenly, France went 'straight' to ISIS! If they did know something about their whereabouts in Syria, they are showing up it only now..., unless they are aleatory bombing Syria just to show to the French people some kind of reaction, after the failure of not protecting France as it should have done.

It's up to you, think about it.

A Syrian terrorist in Paris?

2015-11-16T21:10:00.001-02:00

After the terrorist attacks in Paris, it was said that pieces of Syrian passports were found near the places where the carnage happened. I'm just thinking about that... Would the terrorists really get out to commit a suicide attack, carrying on their passports? It doesn't make any sense for me! It looks like - if they really did it - they just used these passports as a cover for their real origin and so, to outwit Secret Services.

Paris attacks, again

2015-11-14T21:39:00.000-02:00

France, again, is emerging from one of its worst security crises in decades after the attacks by

gunmen in early January on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. Now, to be more precise, yesterday, on 13rd November 2015, terrorists attacked in several places around the capital Paris, where more than 120 people have lost their lives. In both cases, Islamic perpetrators are involved.

These attacks made me think about the French Security Services, the DGSI, which is the brand responsible for the surveillance of threats on French territory... Where was it when all this terrible attacks took place? Wasn’t it aware of anything about this?

Traditionally, the DGSI, DGSE, ANSSI, etc., work together with the best intelligence services in the world, such as the Israeli Mossad, the Chinese CSIS, the British MI6 and the American CIA. What makes me feel confuse is the fact that none of them could alert its French counterpart on this subject! Or, was it advised and did not take any measures to cope with?

Perhaps, terrorists are being more cautious and are avoiding being caught red handed, that’s to say, speaking on a mobile phone, or reuniting in places where they know they could be spied upon. But, if so, the intelligence services must change their way of spying on suspects. In this case, the best solution is the one largely used by Mossad: to put spies on the ground and rely on them, rather than only observe what suspects are doing through electronic gadgets and satellites.

The entire world has watched for years what’s going on in Syria and none did anything to stop it. The idea is “Bashar al-Assad must leave immediately, so let’s wait and see what’s going to happen to Syria”. Then, the al-Qeda weakened, the FSA has come to light as a force to overthrow Assad, and ISIS slowly advanced to be the master of the conflict! Today Syria is more dangerous than when Assad “was” actually in power.

ISIS became the world’s most dangerous enemy, thanks to the inertia of the world to take some action in that country. Everyone thought that the civil war was just that: a Syrian civil war. Nobody thought in the consequences it could bring to the world, and mainly to Europe. The massive wave of refugees in Europe is an answer to that inertia.

Russia, in October, started supporting Syria on fighting Daesh’s and so the “allies” came to the spot to condemn Russia (then, the only real force which was on the ground fighting on ISIL was the brave Kurds, with nothing but small weapons). Perhaps, more prone to hamper Russia than to defeat ISIS, the US and other countries started bombing Daesh’s, so did France. That’s OK. If all of them have the same foe, then it’s better to fight it together. However, ISIS now is a strong force! After more than four years in fierce battle in Iraq and Syria, they acquired valuable spoils of war, most of them from Iraq – that’s to say, US tanks, machine guns, pieces of artillery, etc – which make the terrorists confident they can surpass everyone in name of “Allah”.

Having that in mind, terrorists spread all over Europe, are ready to blow themselves up in name of Allah, as they did in France yesterday, apart from the shootings. But, why did they choose France again? France is bombing ISIS positions in Syria as Germany is supporting the Kurds in Iraq/Syria and Russia is spreading out the hell on Daesh’s in Syria. These countries are fighting the same enemy! Maybe the best answer so far, is that France has the largest Muslim community in Europe and the attacks come from..., radicalised Muslims!

Then, I go back to the second paragraph of this text...

What’s the French intelligence Service doing to put an end to this? It’s time to show to the French people that it is capable to cope with it before things happen. It should work closely with Mossad - in my point of view the best agency to go further in the world of Muslim radicals.

To the French people, I leave you a message: “Ne jamais abandoner.” My heart and prays are with all of you.