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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 04:41 PM
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Brazilian fatcat jerk wants a dictatorship; calls previous ones "benevolent" (GRAPHIC WARNING)
http://blogs.ft.com/ft-dot-comment/2010/04/15/roubinis-bad-call-a-brazilian-coup-detat

Nouriel 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.

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inna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 04:51 PM
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1. Thanks for the warning, but that image was completely unnecessary.

Totally gratuitous.

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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 04:57 PM
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2. Not to me.
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Grand Taurean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-10 05:14 PM
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3. No way in hell!
Lula has made it a priority to have a strong middle class. The Batistites can never have that.
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