A third term for Lula?

[rabs]

(From an article published today in Semana)


Although President Lula has stated that he would not repeat his mandate, in Brazil, as in Colombia and Venezuela, legislators are proposing a referendum to change the constitution and enable his re-election.

(Pese a que el presidente Lula ha dicho que no repetirá mandato, en Brasil -como en Colombia y Venezuela- legisladores proponen un referendo para cambiar la Constitución y poder reelegirlo.)

(Lula) has said he would not seek a third term when his second presidency concludes in December 2010. But that has not slowed some of his supporters to push for a new candidacy for the most popular leader in the history of the nation, with approval levels over 80 percent.

(El presidente de Brasil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, ya ha dicho que no buscará un tercer mandato cuando concluya su segunda presidencia en diciembre de 2010. Pero eso no ha frenado a algunos de sus partidarios a impulsar una nueva candidatura del líder más popular en la historia del país, con niveles de aprobación por encima del 80%.)

This weekend, (Deputy Jackson Barreto) told the newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo that his proposal already had the minimun of signatures needed to call a referendum in September, in which a modification in the Magna Carta would be proposed that would permit a third consecutive term for Lula.

(Este fin de semana, el legislador informó al diario Folha de Sao Paulo que su propuesta ya cuenta con el mínimo de firmas necesarias para llamar a un referéndum en septiembre, en el que se plantearía una modificación de la Carta Magna para permitir un tercer mandato consecutivo de Lula.)

More here in Spanish: http://www.semana.com/noticias-america-latina/tercer-mandato-para-lula/124154.aspx

[Judi Lynn]

1. He's good for indigenous people, good for all the people, good for business. What's not to like?

And he does it without murdering people. Amazing!

[Bacchus39]

2. Police kill 10 in Rio slum

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29028369/

Brazil has many of the problems that Colombia has. worse in the cities.


feel free to blame whomever you like.


Police kill 10 in Rio de Janeiro slum
Two teens among dead as cops target drug traffickers in massive operation


RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian police killed at least 10 suspects — including two teenage boys — during operations against drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro early Wednesday.

The suspects, all males, included boys ages 15 and 16, Silvana Caminiti, a spokeswoman for Rio de Janeiro state's Health and Civil Defense ministry, confirmed in an e-mail to The Associated Press.

The rest were in their early 20s, except for one 37-year-old man.

[Bacchus39]

3. Last year a United Nations report noted that police kill an average of three people a day in Rio de

Janeiro.


from the same link above. yep, all is well in Brazil. nothing to see here.