http://blogs.ft.com/ft-dot-comment/2010/04/15/roubinis-bad-call-a-brazilian-coup-detatNouriel Roubini built his reputation, and that of his Roubini Global Economics consultancy (RGE), on his gloomy, but accurate,
predictions of financial doom. He
isn’t always right though; and the decision by RGE to publish a call for a military overthrow of the democratic Brazilian government is clearly a mistake.
Ricardo Amaral, a Brazilian economist, pulls no punches in
an article on the RGE web site:
I am suggesting that the military should seize power again in Brazil through a coup d ‘état, because we all know that this massive crime problem that is devastating the Brazilian population can’t be solved under a democratic system of government, and because of the actions that have to be taken to bring peace to all neighborhoods in Brazil. It is time for a benevolent military dictator to take power in Brazil and get the job done.
Mr Amaral even recommends General Augusto Heleno Ribeiro Pereira, commander of the UN Stabilisation Mission in Haiti, as a possible candidate.
This comes after hagiographies of the last three “benevolent dictators” of Brazil, who he credits with laying the groundwork for Brazil’s economic success.
(more at link)Tell to the family of this innocent journalist (
Vladimir Herzog) -- and a few thousand others -- how "benevolent" the 1964 coup regime was.