Brazil's right wing exploits scandal to promote coup calls

[OBenario]

March 14, 2015 -- TeleSUR English, posted at Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- Government supporters say the opposition is inventing a crisis in order to undemocratically remove President Dilma Rousseff, of the Workers Party of Brazil, from power. The political forces organising marches on March 15, 2015, against the democratically elected government of Dilma Rousseff began conspiring immediately after it became known that she had won the run-off election in October 2014 against the candidate of the Brazilian elites, Aecio Neves.

The right-wing political opposition in Brazil has been reluctant to accept the results of that election, seeking to implement their neoliberal agenda by whatever means they can. The opposition, like their right-wing contemporaries in the rest of Latin America, have become frustrated at their repeated electoral defeats. The left-wing Workers Party (PT) has been in power since Rousseff’s predecessor, Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva, was elected president in 2002.

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Leaders of the Free Brazil Movement (MBL), one of the main organisers of the March 15 marches, told Folha de Sao Paulo, “The main aim of the movement, at this moment, is to overthrow the PT, the biggest nemesis of freedom and democracy that haunts our country." In light of this goal, the MBL has been pushing for impeachment proceedings against Rousseff. Supporters of the government consider this an attempt to hold a “third round” of elections. They accuse opponents of wilfully ignoring the fact that Rousseff won the election with 51.64 per cent of the vote, in an election that was affirmed by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal.

Rousseff has referred to the attempt to hold a “third round” as a break with democratic order in the country. “The election is over. A third round … cannot occur unless one wants a break with democracy", she said during an event earlier this month. The Brazilian Social Democratic Party (PSDB) is also backing the marches, but stops short of backing a call for the impeachment of Rousseff. The party’s national president and former presidential candidate Aecio Neves said he would not personally attend, but the party and its members would attend.

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[Judi Lynn]

1. We've seen this contemptible pattern already, with the right-wing throwing tantrums

right after a leftist Presidential candidate won the election. Looks like they have a limited ability to control their greed, hostility and blow up as soon as they learn they lost again.

Their true natures are becoming harder NOT to recognize day by day. They are monsters, not fit to live among members of the human race.

This war has been conducted by groups sponsored by US sources and Brazilian businessmen. Very familiar pattern there, too, isn't it?
Fascists. Nothing but.

Our own corporate media has been making ever effort to keep real information about this foreign and local commercially managed coup attempt out of the "news" stories we see in the U.S. The Kochs must be amazed at how much evil they can command with their dirty money.

From the article, deeply interesting info., which also sounds like part of familiar patterns we have heard:

Brazilian media giant Rede Globo has also played an active role in mobilising against the PT governments. The network changed its programming in order to encourage more people to attend the March 15 marches and broadcast the events live on its networks. Erick Bretas, one of Globo's directors, publicly announced that he would attend the march.

The controversy over the role played by Globo is such that supporters of the government have taken to calling them "coup backers" and have been denouncing them over social media.​ The hashtag #GloboGolpista, meaning Globo Coup-backer, has been trending throughout the country.

Yup. It has all been done before, by fascists. Stupid, and ugly.