Bolsonaro takes office in Brazil, says nation 'liberated from socialism'

[Victoria33]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-politics/bolsonaro-takes-office-in-brazil-says-nation-liberated-from-socialism-idUSKCN1OV1AU?il=0

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil’s newly inaugurated President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday his election had freed the country from “socialism and political correctness,” and he vowed to tackle corruption, crime and economic mismanagement in Latin America’s largest nation.

Bolsonaro, a former army captain turned lawmaker who openly admires Brazil’s 1964-1985 military dictatorship, promised in his first remarks as president to adhere to democratic norms, after his tirades against the media and political opponents had stirred unease.

I’m excited and cautiously optimistic for Brazil. I hope they don’t go into the Amazon forest too much if it affects the indigenous peoples negatively, said tribes haven’t even had contact with modern civilization.

I’d think the country too, will benefit from a return to Christian values. I do realize he has said upsetting things in the past. Those are just words to me. They may not have any bearing on the serious matters the country faces.

 

[LastStand]

God willing, Orban, Bolsonaro, Putin, and Trump will form the nexus of an alliance against globalism and cultural Marxism.

 

[Victoria33]

God willing, Orban, Bolsonaro, Putin, and Trump will form the nexus of an alliance against globalism and cultural Marxism.

Putin’s despicable, Orban’s facing protests daily in Hungary, the citizenry accusing him of making their people slaves. Why not include Charlie Manson in your group. Russia is predicted by their own news agencies Tass to be Muslim majority in the next 30 years if not earlier.

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Ignoring the fact that Vladimir Putin came to power through an act of terror is highly dangerous in itself.

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Putin and Russia attacked a Christian nation in Ukraine. They have also attacked Georgia and Moldova.

 

[Victoria33]

Russia is courting Venezuela to set up a base there.

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It won't happen. Here's why.

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Bolsonaro has talked down the rulers of Venezuela, the president of Colombia agreed with him. I’m not sure if they are talking about regime change but I saw something on this earlier.

Colombia suggests alliance with Brazil's Bolsonaro to overthrow Venezuela's Maduro: report

A top Colombian official told Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo that its government will support Brazilian’s far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro if he wants to overthrow the socialist government of…

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I don’t agree with overthrowing governments in general. It does need to be acknowledged that Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil and even Peru have been accepting refugees that number into the millions.

Russia has just arrested an American on spy changes, some say, he’s basically a hostage and this is in retaliation to the case that was here with that Butyna lady.

Brother of American arrested in Russia on spy charges says he was there for a wedding

"His innocence is undoubted and we trust that his rights will be respected," Paul Whelan's brother, David, wrote on Twitter on Tuesday.

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It’s appalling and insulting to group Putin with those other 2 or 3.

 

[graciew]

It is like a mystery until he starts these days. What he will do and be allowed to do… Brazilian people must be super anxious these days . It sounds like a big change.
Hopefully for the best. We’ ll see

 

[billsherman]

God willing, Orban, Bolsonaro, Putin, and Trump will form the nexus of an alliance against globalism

Wouldn’t that just be globalism by a different name?

The world has been globalizing for a couple of thousand years now, you’re not getting that genie back in the bottle.

 

[Ioannes_L]

said tribes haven’t even had contact with modern civilization.

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I’m sorry but people love to depict the indian in a romantic view, as some hero from the Brazilian 19th century novels or Rousseau’s good savage, but reality is far from that.

 

[graciew]

Nothing romantic about isolated tribes in Amazonia. And they aren’t “ Indians” in Brazil .It is a real struggle to protect them and their lands and environment from depletion.
Victoria is referring to isolated tribes,which there are ,one only recently discovered by a drone.
Even among a same tribe normally nomade, the groups within the tribe have no contact with each other.
The rainforest is very dense. You cannot see a meter inside the forest sometimes.
I used to run ( and walk)about 3 km along a path where two persons could not walk side by side. It really is very dense.
And in all they aren’t a lot of people within each tribe
A close to the frontier with Peru, though forbidden it was private initiative to organize “ human tours” to see their human aboriginal brothers who had had no contact till then.
So Victoria is referring to persons with no cellphone…and she is right…
Hope they are left in peace…and what is left of Amazonia.

 

[Ioannes_L]

And they aren’t “ Indians” in Brazil .

Yes, they are.
I was born in Brazil and still live in this beautiful but troublesome country, so I guess I know how they’re called here.
About the isolated tribes the question is not if, but when their isolation will end. Their idyllic isolation will be the cause of their end, either by the evangelicals who throw clothes and other items from planes, or from the belongings they steal from nearby tribes and villages.

Nothing romantic about isolated tribes in Amazonia.

And yes, people do romanticize these tribes, these good savages who don’t want any form of contact with the evil Western society, with the “white man” and his way of life.

Hope they are left in peace…and what is left of Amazonia.

In the end of the day, the Brazilian part of Amazonia is Brazilian, so we should be able to do whatever we consider fit.

 

[Theo520]

Calling it a ‘slave law’ sounds like union hyperbole.

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[Victoria33]

Calling it ‘slave law’ is merely being aware of what the protesters are saying daily there. I will read up on it more later.

 

[graciew]

I do not your age,but the love and respect for Amazonia was instilled in us since very little and for very good reason . Six million square kilometers considered the lungs of the planet and containing the widest variety of biodiversity in the planet is quite a responsibility for the better of humanity
and good stewardship of such a gift.
It extends across eight countries ,for those who may not know.
I hope that what you see fit takes what is left of that magnificence and the biodiversity and persons involved with charity and dignity .
I know that the Brazilian people I know do care…and a lot about life in Amazonia.

 

[Theo520]

Calling it ‘slave law’ is merely being aware of what the protesters are saying daily there. I will read up on it more later.

Yes, the protestors branded it that way, not you.

Fundamentally they increased how much OT someone could legally choose to work in a year, from 250 to 400 hrs. That’s an increase from 5 to 8 hrs per week.

Since they get paid for the OT they chose to work, and are in a tight labor market, I don’t see anything ‘slave’ about it. Heck, I worked 20 hrs of OT just in the past two weeks. Many people make most of their disposable income on OT hrs. Jobs that offer OT are usually seen as a benefit, not a negative.

 

[angel12]

Jobs that offer OT are usually seen as a benefit, not a negative.

Not that much of a benefit when your employer can take up to three years to pay you for it.

 

[Regular_Atheist]

Bolsonaro has made it pretty clear that he doesn’t care about indigenous people. He’s already spoken of forcibly integrating them into Brazilian society, and has basically given free reign to the agribusiness controlled Agriculture Ministry to do whatever they want with the rainforest.

It’s interesting to see the way they speak about a lot of these processes. They’re basically wrapped up in anti-colonialist language - I recall reading about a figure in the government who said that the European countries have already demolished their forests, and now it was Brazil’s turn to do it, essentially accusing opposition from European countries of being hypocritical.

 

[Theo520]

Not that much of a benefit when your employer can take up to three years to pay you for it.

Interesting, I’ve read different descriptions.
One says it changes the period used for calculating vacation (rest) time and another indicated they can delay payment.

I seriously doubt they can with hold your wages for 3 yrs, so I’m looking for a clear explanation of the law.​

Found below description, which is better but still inadequate. I like the US method of fixing OT to your pay period, not your yr total. How they implement the 3yr change is not explained. I don’t like the sound of it but reserve judgment for a clear explanation.

The amendment, proposed last month, hikes the maximum annual overtime hours that employers can require from 250 to 400 hours. It also triples the time period for calculating overtime payments to three years.

 

[Ridgerunner]

I’m living proof of that. My father’s people were from Ireland, but they had a Norman last name, as I do. Their “family memory” story was that while they were Irish, they were originally “from France”. And so they were.

I think we don’t really know much about the Amazon forests. Anthropologists have determined that vast tracts of what is now jungle were farm land a few hundred years ago. When the Spanish initially traveled the Amazon from the west, they noted huge cities and massive farmed areas and orchards. 200 years later when the Portugese explored from the east, they found none. The jungle had taken over and there were few people left.

The early Spanish passing through was enough to kill off through disease what might have been millions of Indians, and the cities and farm land returned to the jungle. To this day, there are fruit trees in the jungle that aren’t native, having initially come from Chile ages ago.

So it’s likely the “unspoiled” Indians everybody is so taken with are a remnant of a civilized people who reverted to primitive savagery when almost all other Indians died out and civilization collapsed.

 

[graciew]

The Amazon geologically can be explained at the same time of the formation of the Andes. About 20 millions ago. The Amazon river about 10 million years. There are quite recent studies worth reading for whoever is interested in learning about it.
To explain Amazonia and its rainforest and biodiversity one would have to go back various million years .
It is very relevant and has always been,particularly for us South Americans.
Not just one more place

 

[Victoria33]

Protesters in Hungary reject Orban's nationalist government

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Thousands of people marched in anti-government protests Friday in Budapest, upset over labor law changes, increasing corruption and limits on academic freedom under Prime Minister Viktor Orban's nationalist government.

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It’s rarely just one thing.

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To other things:

Brazil’s Bolsonaro targets minorities on 1st day in office

The new president issued an order that removes the rights of the LGBT community and indigenous residents from consideration by the new human rights ministry.

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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019...ous-groups-fear-violence-190103145910023.html

So, an Indigenous person has a cell phone and that proves something per above? I always read the whole story, both sides and do realize there might be some embellishments on both sides.

 

[Ridgerunner]

Orban won by a 2/3 majority? A few thousand protesters don’t quite match that.

And the following is a bad thing?

“Emboldened by his latest big majority in parliament, Orban has forced a Budapest-based university founded by billionaire philanthropist George Soros to move most of its programs to Vienna.”