An IMMENSE “thank you!!” to D. for translating and subtitling this for us and to VV for helping me with this issue. The Saker
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Transcript:
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, journalists.
Good morning, here’s Congressmen, Ministers,
Good morning everyone here.
I will make a statement to the press, so it’s not an interview, it is a statement.
I wanted first to tell you, and say also, to all Brazilians, that the impeachment process was opened by the Senate, and ordered the suspension of my term of office for a maximum period of 180 days.
I was elected president by 54 million Brazilian citizens, and it is in this condition, the condition of a President elected by 54 million, that I address you at this decisive moment for Brazilian democracy and our future as a nation.
What is at stake in the impeachment process is not only my mandate, what is at stake is the respect to the polls, the sovereign will of the Brazilian people and the Constitution.
What is at stake are the achievements of the last thirteen years, the gains of the poorest people, as well as the gains of the middle class. The protection of children, young people access to Universities and to Technical Schools.
The value of the minimum wage, doctors attending to the population. The realization of the dream of home ownership with “Minha Casa, Minha Vida”.
What is at stake is also the great finding of Brazil, the pre-salt.
What is at stake is the future of the country, the opportunity and hope to move forward forever more.
Before the Senate decision, I want once again to clarify the facts and report the risks to the country of a fraudulent impeachment: a real coup.
Since I was elected, the opposition, dissatisfied, called recount, tried to nullify the elections and then went on to openly conspiring for my impeachment.
They plunged the country in a permanent state of political instability, preventing the recovery of the economy, with the sole purpose of taking by force what they did not win at the polls.
My government has been the target of intense and incessant sabotage.
The clear objective has been preventing me to rule and thus forge the environment conducive to the coup.
When an elected president is revoked on charges of a crime he did not commit, the name given to it in the democratic world is not impeachment: it is a coup.
I have not committed a crime of responsibility, there is no reason for impeachment proceedings, I do not have accounts abroad, I never received bribes, I never condoned corruption.
This process is a fragile process, legally inconsistent, an unfair process, initiated against an honest and innocent person.
It is the largest of the brutalities that can be committed to any human being: to punish him for a crime he did not commit.
There is no more devastating injustice than to condemn the innocent.
Injustice is irreparable evil.
This legal farce, that I am facing, is due to the fact that, as president, I never accepted blackmail of any kind.
I may have made mistakes but have not committed crimes. I am being judged unfairly by having done all that the law authorizes me to do.
The acts I practiced were legal acts, correct, necessary acts, acts of government.
Similar acts were performed by the previous Brazilian presidents, before me.
It was not a crime in their time, and also is not a crime now.
They accuse me of having published six supplementation Decrees, six additional credit Decrees and, in so doing, have committed crime against the Budget Law – LOA.
It is false because the Decrees followed authorizations provided by law.
They treat as a crime an everyday management act.
They accuse me of delaying payments of “Plano Safra”, it is false.
I have not determined anything about it. The law does not require my participation in the implementation of this Plan (“Plano Safra”).
My accusers can not even say which unlawful act I have practiced.
What act? Which act?
Moreover, nothing was left to be paid, or any debt remained.
Never in a democracy, the legitimate mandate of an elected president can be stopped because of legitimate acts of budget management.
Brazil can not be the first to do this.
I would also like to address the entire population of my country saying that the coup aims not only to revoke me, to remove a president elected by the vote of millions of Brazilians – direct vote in a fair election.
To dismiss my government, they want actually prevent the execution of the program that was chosen by the majoritarian votes of the 54 million Brazilians.
The coup d’état threatens to ravage not only democracy, but also the achievements that the population reached in recent decades.
All this time, I have been also a zealous guarantor of the democratic rule of law.
My government has not committed any repressive act against social movements, against collective protests, against protesters of any political position.
The risk, the greatest risk to the country at this time is to be directed by a government without any votes.
A government that was not elected by direct vote of the population, a government that will have the legitimacy to propose and implement solutions to the challenges of Brazil.
A government may be tempted to crack down on protesting against him.
A government that is born of a coup.
A fraudulent impeachment.
Born of a kind of indirect election.
A government that is, himself, a big reason for the continuing political crisis in our country.
So, I tell you, all of you, I’m proud to be the first woman elected president of Brazil.
I am proud to be the first woman elected president of Brazil.
In those years, I have exercised my mandate in a dignified and honest way, honoring the votes I received.
On behalf of those votes, and on behalf of all the people of my country, I will fight with all legal instruments available to me to exercise my mandate until the end of my presidencial term, 31st December, 2018.
Destiny always got me many challenges, many great challenges, some appeared to me insuperable, but I managed to overcome them.
I have suffered the unspeakable pain of torture.
The agonizing pain of the disease.
And now I suffer again, the equally unspeakable pain of injustice.
What hurts the most right now is injustice.
What hurts most is to realize that I am the victim of a legal farce and politics.
But I do not subside, I look back and see everything we did.
I look forward and see everything we still need and can do.
The most important is that I can look at myself and see the face of someone who, even marked by time, have the strength to defend ideas and rights.
I fought my whole life for democracy.
I learned to trust the capacity of struggle of our people. I have lived many defeats, and lived big wins.
I confess that I never imagined it would be necessary to fight back against a coup in my country.
Our young democracy, made of struggles, made of sacrifices, even deaths, does not deserve it.
In recent months, our people took to the streets. It took to the streets in defense of more rights, more advances. That’s why I’m sure that people will know to say no to the coup.
Our people are wise, and has historical experience.
Brazilians who are contrary to the coup, regardless of party positions, to all of them I make a call: remain mobilized, united and at peace.
The struggle for democracy has no end date.
It is permanent struggle, which requires us constant dedication.
The fight for democracy, I repeat, has no end date.
The fight against the coup is long, it is a fight that can be won, and we will win.
This victory depends on us all.
Let’s show the world that there are millions of supporters of democracy in our country.
I know, and many here know, especially our people know that history is made through fighting.
And it is always worth fighting for democracy.
Democracy is the right side of history.
We will never give up, I will never give up fighting.
Thank you all very much.
This is a coup d’etat fomented by Langley.With Brazil as part of BRICS this action was bound to happen. When the demonstrations start, and they will, look for all the actions as in Kiev down to ‘government snipers loyal to the regime’ killing civilians.
I do not know what the outcome will be but Langley is desperate to prevent any countries in the western hemisphere to associate with Russia beyond modest trade. As an example, look what happened to Venezuela at the first indication of agreements with Russia.
Auslander
Author, Never The Last One https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZGCY8KK
President Roussef says at one point:
As events progress, if we hear a lot of MSM parrots squawking about suppression of human rights, then perhaps we can assume that Roussef’s agents are on the right track. That is to say, they are rounding up the correct ‘social movements’.
If we do not hear such squawking, then we will probably see another Kiev style coup, as you have said, Auslander. In either case, these interim crooks do not seem to be the types who will be able to stay in the saddle for long.
Dilma Rousseff exclusive interview for RT:
https://www.rt.com/news/343529-dilma-rousseff-interview-media-bias/
What a brave woman. I hope Putin sees what’s coming for him. It takes a woman to make a man. Putin has the army behind him. I don’t know about Rousseff.
This first woman president is not saying: don’t weep for me, Argentina. She’s saying fight for me. There were men surrounding her. But how many men are pounding her with lies?
She throws down the gauntlet to the chickenhawks in Washington. I hope they have overplayed their hand. She’s not just a goddess; she’s a lover. Acts like a Russian bear whose children are attacked. I wish the barons in Moscow would grow a pair. Well, we’ll see. When push comes to shove, it’s a matter of love.
A great speech. One now wonders, whether there is enough well organised mass backing to change the situation around, necessarily involving big protests. Still another unknown would be the position of the military…
“My government has not committed any repressive act against social movements, against collective protests, against protesters of any political position.”
And here lays the problem,that she now faces. It is the weakness of a government fighting against the empire, that the empire “counts on” for their victory. We saw/see it in Ukraine. We saw/see it in almost every country the US targets. The only countries (so far) that have resisted the US successfully,are Russia,China,Iran,Cuba,North Korea,and Syria. And they have (so far) succeeded because of “not” showing weakness in the face of color revolutions. Its an old,old,story in history. That nations and leaders in most countries,”never” seem to learn from. One of the best examples was provided by Chile in the 1970’s (sadly,a tale of caution ignored afterwards). You had a Socialist President elected in Chile. A man of peace,who wanted to help the people of Chile escape the empire’s clutches, through democracy and economic reform.And rejected warnings that the empire “would never” let a country do that (certainly not in the America’s).The Cubans warned him countless times that the empire couldn’t be trusted. And that if he allowed them to conspire with their, pro-US 5th column,he would end badly. But he ignored their warnings. The ending was “predictable” (I did predict it in fact). He was overthrown in a US funded and plotted 5th column coup. He and many thousands of his supporters were savagely murdered. And Chile,renowned in the Latin America of the day, as the most democratic country in the region. Descended into a fascist military dictatorship. Only years latter to escape that “prison camp” to a nicer form of “house arrest” as a tamed neo-liberal puppet of the US. One would assume that that “horror story”,would have woken leaders up in the World. But “hubris” isn’t only a US disease it seems. Leaders in other countries seem to think,”yes,but that isn’t me. I’m special,that couldn’t happen here” . And when they “finally” wake up its too late. For ,no,they aren’t special. And yes,it can happen to them.In this “modern ” age we live in. A country is either “for” or “against” the empire. There is no “neutral,in between” allowed. They understand that inside the US regime,in fact they “coined” the idea. And unless other nations and leaders “understand” that too. Then their fates are sealed. And we’ll see many,many more Dima’s, making speeches that sound like “what, WTF happened. I can’t believe this happened to poor innocent me”. But it did happen,and it will happen. Unless those countries throw out their weakness to the US. Purge their traitors,and be vigilant,forever against the empire’s plots. We’ll see if the countries I listed above continue their “learning curve” from Dima’s fate. Or if their “hubris” takes over and they forget her example.
As more proof (if any is even needed) as to where this is coming from. We see this story from RT:
“Brazil’s acting president used to be US intel informant – WikiLeaks” (Dima’s 5th column replacement)
https://www.rt.com/news/342933-temer-us-brazil-spying/
One more example as I said in my 1st post of the need to purge the criminal 5th column. Had that been done a long time ago. She and other governments who fall victim to the empire wouldn’t have to worry about a “stab in the back” from inside their nations.
@ Uncle Bob 1
Well said. History is littered with proofs and no rational being on Earth can ignore the Empire’s fingerprints on and leading-from-behind incursions to demolish democracy and non-compliant sovereignty everywhere.
In any cia-orchestrated operation the victim country faces the dilemma of:
(1) Doing nothing to counteract – leading to defeat;
(2) Try to defend itself – leading to massive propaganda, pariah status regime, insurrection, etc.
They are between a rock and a hard place, Scylla and Charybdis, fire and the frying pan. I agree with you: the principled end should justify the means but no leader (with a few courageous exceptions: Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria) wants to incur the wrath of the Empire and the opprobrium of being demonised as cruel dictator, a Hitler, Stalin or Mao.
ME
ME,
” the principled end should justify the means but no leader (with a few courageous exceptions: Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria) wants to incur the wrath of the Empire and the opprobrium of being demonised as cruel dictator, a Hitler, Stalin or Mao. ” >>
How could you put Hitler’s name (a puppet dictator and sociopath) in the same league as that Stalin, Mao (Marxist rulers and humanists) ?
How could the most efficient leaders who rolled back the AZ empire in Europe and Asia be equated with the most despicable puppet ruler of AZ clique ?
Do you subscribe to the academicians/intellectuals/propagandists of AZ cabal who confuses the common peoples by placing good with bad elements, and portray darkness as equivalent to light ?
“In any cia-orchestrated operation the victim country faces the dilemma of:
(1) Doing nothing to counteract – leading to defeat;
(2) Try to defend itself – leading to massive propaganda, pariah status regime, insurrection, etc.”
And that’s what it boils down to. These world leaders either decide to get along with the Yanks and potentially risk being “Maidaned,” or take a tough stance and start cracking down on the 5th Column ruthlessly. Stop short from Gulags if you must – if the Amnesty Internationals of the world are gonna whine too much about it, raising a stink [come to think of it, ban Amnesty International and other pseudo Human Rights Yank NGOs first] but one way or another they need to go.
There’s no other way. The best way is sequestering their wealth, leave them destitute in the poor house. After all, that’s exactly how the Hegemon neutralizes their own ‘defectors.’ They do this to dissenting veterans, they do this to whistle blowers, to exited “cult” members… in other words: to people who went off the reservation.
Most world leaders, sadly, choose the first approach, they decide to dance with the devil, in the hope that they will manage to chip away in a quiet manner at the 5th Column over time (I’d even call this Putin’s method). I don’t know how many times we will have to witness that this ‘method’ doesn’t work, particularly not in the long run. And it work even less in countries with poor quality education and low national unity. At least the Russians are highly patriotic and have strong sense of pride in their Mother Land, history and their fellow compatriots, making it hard for a subversive movement to gain ground. It is this very sense of Russian patriotism that is buying Putin so much time.
But other countries shouldn’t rely on something that works for Russia to work in their respective countries.
The one thing I feel Latin American countries need, like yesterday, is an education curriculum which includes the meddling of western powers in their countries, this should be reinforced with a robust media campaign, what do I mean by that? Books, films and particularly documentaries which highlight Western crimes and interference in their political process. These should be subsided by the State, it’ll prove to be money well spent, it should be considered a national investment in the future, no different from a hydro electric plant, or a new super high-way.
Books/Documentaries already published that touches on these subjects such as: John Perkins – Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, Greg Palast’s – Best Democracy Money can Buy [he speaks about the failed coup against Chavez and I consider it essential reading] or John Pilger’s documentary – The War on Democracy, (and many others) should be immediate translated and made available in local bookstores, libraries, school libraries (etc). I know for a fact many essential books are not available (particularly not translated ones) in several Latin American countries.
You can’t enthuse people to fight (or resist) an enemy, when they don’t even know who the enemy is, or why is supposed to be considered an enemy, when all they see is imported yank propaganda [via cable/satellite tv] of “regular” Americans living the high life, enjoying all these “freedoms,” and charitably going around the world “liberating” people from tyrants.
This is one of the things Chavez got right, he didn’t minced his words and spoke constantly to his people about the evils of the USian empire. He was speaking the truth and people sensed he was right, that’s why they listened to him, unlike the West brand of fear-mongering against Putin and “Russian aggression,” that their targeted audiences are not really buying.
-TL2Q
Brazil’s acting President is undoubtedly still, I repeat-still-a CIA informant. Don’t describe his loyalties in the past tense.
You pointed out everything correctly.The question without answer remains : why ? why they never ever learn when so many examples are there as you explicitly noted. That is a big enigma for our times. As if somebody takes them their mind, or the fear is bigger than their fight-back spirit. Do they really know what they’re doing at all ? the problem is that speeches here or there, the large majority of peoples they lead, will feel that lime-duck behavior sooner or later. The consequences are there, very palpable in recent history.
@ Uncle Bob
Many thanks to The Saker for this most important and amazing speech. Dilma has definitely proved once and again what an admirable human being and such a great politician.
Also thanks to Unlce Bob for his moving words on Allende and Chile, where I was born and whose spirit I still carry around with me although what’s left of it doesn’t resemble the original by far.
I only partly disagree with Uncle and fully agree with Auslander on the following: I do not believe Allende and Dilma recently have been naive, they are simply still too deep into the democratic paradigm. They simply too strongly believe in democratic and constitutional paragraphs, and this obviously is not going to lead anywhere in a state of emergency. I am aware it is easy and stupid to pretend directing the fight from behind my PC, but still I think Dilma should have had to refuse to leave her position. The same think tanks are not yet tired of throwing it on Putins face that the Crimean Referendum is not valid. Did Putin listen to them? No, he didn’t. He just did not discuss about any further paragraph. At some point in time you have to newly put some of your principles anew on the balance and rethink your ways. It’s quite similar to having to rethink your principles when somebody is pointing a gun at you or your kids.Someone is going to die. It’s you or me.
For sure the difference between us and them is that they have no empathy, no scruples of any kind, and they pursue their agenda no matter what or who. They would and have sacrificed their own people uncountable times. I do not suggest we do the same, but we all saw this would happen and it finally did. I cannot understand.
Vercia V,
” do not believe Allende and Dilma recently have been naive, they are simply still too deep into the democratic paradigm. They simply too strongly believe in democratic and constitutional paragraphs ” >>
There was a write-up on South American geopolitics and political economy about a month back. I remember there was a kind of ‘sermon’ from one commenter that the west hemisphere is not the cup of tea for writers/commenters in this blog site. During that episode, I kept myself silent … but in this write-up on Dilma’s speech and following comments, I thought to contribute (with a hope that ‘west hemisphereans’ will not mind).
Don’t know if you have read Edward Galeano on the post 1494 south and central American society and its politics-economy: https://archive.org/details/fp_Open_Veins_of_Latin_America
Along with Africa, South and North American land was most ravaged by the European powers: first Spain, Portuguese and then AZ empire. The humanists among the elites-aristocrats like Jose Marti and Simon Bolivar were the first among the liberators from the clutches of terrible oppressive elite oligarchs-aristocrats in 19th century.
Since 20th century the Marxist revolutionaries like Che Guevara, Manuel Marulanda, Castro brothers, Jose Mujica were/are so active in the American continents continuously keeping the common peoples awake. It is in this hemisphere where Gustavo Gutierrez reminded the Catholic Church establishment that Christ himself was revolutionary who gave his life to serve the common people to raise protest against rulers oppression. The activist-turned revolutionary like Hugo Chavez was crucified (by AZ cabal) before he could become the organizer of Pan-American resistance – are they not among the world’s greatest revolutionaries ?
Have they not taught that only ‘words’ and ‘speeches’ will not work when you want to resist the treacherous Hegemon ? Did they not shout that, entire existing system/process of ‘democracy’ and ‘constitution’ have been written by and fine-tuned by the elite-aristocrat-oligarchs to perpetuate their rule permanently ? Was it not known that the Hegemonic hydra will secure ‘power’ and ‘resources’ of all regions by any means whatsoever ?
(I won’t count the leaders like Humala who are petty opportunist politicians). It’s a pity that the popular (honest) leftist leaders like Lula, Dilma, Kirchner, Bachelet, Morales who have been leading in their respective countries during past decades could not consolidate ‘power base’ because they were so busy in consolidating the ‘votes’ through allying with the same comprador class who are the façade of AZ cabal. After over 10 years of governance how come their (political) parties degenerate into so much of corruption and nepotism – why couldn’t they actively stem the rot before it was too late ?
Nothing is new, Petras reminded us long back: http://petras.lahaine.org/?p=2081
I know there will be ‘voices of reason’ who will suggest that AZ cabal primarily held sway over the military forces in most of the countries, and hence the leaders have no choice other than bowing out meekly in constitutional coup (like Zelaya, Dilma) or get overthrown-killed in a violent coup (like Allende, Arbenz). But that is the stand of an inefficient and ineffective leadership ! Fidel and Chavez amply demonstrated how a rock solid resistance movement can be built. Today Maduro, Correa, Morales must act with integrity and use ideology to take concrete actions – just don’t only deliver speeches.
Countries who are leading the resistance against Hegemon in eastern hemisphere- Russia and China will surely extend all possible help and support, only when the leadership in those countries find that Latin American leaders are taking correct road.
With deep sorrow and anguish, I once again observe the resistance movement in western hemisphere getting defeated, and murmur to myself ‘God helps them, who help themselves’.
@ Straight Bat
I truly appreciate your answer, mostly Petras article. I had to go for a long walk in order to slowly digest this analysis. It really made me sad to realize the implications and the deep hole we are in, but I trust that whatever helps us understand better, is worth trying and pursuing. I can only clearly see that any attempt to face the AZ empire on a local scale is deemed to fail. As long as we permit the old divide et impera have a chance, we will be defeated once and again. I agree, this is the reason why they needed to murder Chavez, unfortunately. He was not only working on a Panamerican integration movement, but on a global resistance.
On TV today they already have a reportage on Venezuela and Maduro, as if already a consummated fact…
Straight Bat
By the way, I read Las Venas Abiertas de America Latina many years ago. Insuperable
Vercia V,
My own understanding of Latin America increased and got filtered by this wonderful book of Galeano !
I can tell you, in future, resistance forces to AZ cabal from the western hemisphere will again rise. Resistance is in the dna of South American society.
So, there is no time to become sad. All resistance activists should plan-organize-execute actions – remember to be vigilant against cooption and treachery by Hegemon’s agents.
btw, do you belong to big countries of South Am (Brazil/Argentina) or you are from northern region of South Am (Venezuela, Colombia, Equador etc.)…
Vercia V,
Overall i agree, except your thinking that ‘resistance to AZ Hegemon at local level’ is deemed to fail.
Think it from a bit different angle of optimism – resistance at local level will work if (a) local political party (against AZ clique) builds ‘mass’ base on the basis of long-term social & economic measures (b) superior power like Russia, China supports the same.
Most of current debacle in South America is due to point (a). Only in Venezuela, during Chavez rule, the party built some base that carried them till now.
I wish Maduro uses this ‘opportunity’ to change the rule of the USA game of colour revolution – Maduro should immediately mobilise military and para-military on one hand and at the other side mobilise his party activists to take control of industrial production-transport-agriculture-power generation and proclaim sort of direct democracy.
Dear Straight Bat
Definitely some optimism is what I’m lacking lately…not even Dennis’ loving speeches and ioan’s wonderful poems can lift my spirit since all I can see is that after Dilma, Maduro is next…now I agree with your analysis and I trust Maduro is really a great leader and he has bravely resisted one of the worst attacks the empire has done, after Syria lately.
I lived a great part of my life, the most important one, probably, in Venezuela. It’s a long story, but the main thing is I’m not indifferent and can very strongly feel the danger of the present situation. I know Russia and China will probably (also Iran) help in some way, but then here is my point. Is it important enough for them to help a small rich country whose own people are the greatest traitors, ie our dirty and criminal opposition movement? or is this only attractive enough to pursue in case of a full blown war against the empire where you can place your missiles directly in the garden of the WH and the pentagon? it’s hard to believe this discussion is actually taking place. Thank you for your thoughts
Dear Vercia V,
As you consider yourself as Venezuelan, you have already known how a little man from military background Chavez, went on to fight the most memorable resistance (in past 25 years) against the evil-satanic forces of AZ to establish a just and equal society. You should actually initiate all types of discussions that will be part of the ‘Resistance’ …
” is this only attractive enough to pursue in case of a full blown war against the empire where you can place your missiles directly in the garden of the WH and the pentagon? ” >>>>
I will look it from a different perspective …
What do you want to achieve by placing missiles against AZ cabal Head Quarters in USA? Obvious answer is that, you wish to destroy the devil.
My take on this is, unless you are prepared yourself, and you have cleaned up your home, don’t rush to direct confrontation aiming at destroying the devil…
Can you study the past 15 years of what the leadership of Russia, China, and even Iran have done – they have prepared themselves in all fronts: socio-cultural, economic, political, and, military. Now, believe me, any direct war with USA will end with capitulation of USA.
So unless the leadership of small countries like Venezuela-Ecuador-Bolivia makes a block and improvise their own houses in all above mentioned aspects, there will be no point in Russia/China coming up with military aid to any of these countries.
After Maduro, it will be Morales and Correa’s turn to get banished from the country’s affairs …
So, Maduro-Correa-Morales need to take drastic actions within next couple of weeks, to take key areas of national economy like industrial production, transportation, agriculture (large firms), power generation, media, etc. under direct control of government-military-ruling party; sack the AZ clique-oriented judiciary and legislative bodies; take measures to rewrite constitution; nationalize banks; stop AZ media manipulating in their countries; to suggest couple of minimum tasks.
@ Straight-Bat:
“So, Maduro-Correa-Morales need to take drastic actions within next couple of weeks [etc]”
You’re so not wrong, trouble is; that out of the three, I believe the only competent one is Correa – a level-headed, smart, university-educated nation leader trying to do the best he can for Ecuador.
Maduro, on the other hand… and although his name means: mature/matured, I think he’s rather green for the position he was forced [through no fault of his own] to take-on rather prematurely, precipitated by Chavez early departure from this world. I fear, his apprenticeship [from Chavez himself] wasn’t yet complete by the time he was forced to jump on the deep end.
Morales… hmm, I’m so not sure about him at all, so very sorry to say :(
I was a big fan of him up until I saw an RT documentary about him where this RT crew followed him around for 24 hours. At no point he stroke me as a ‘smart’ person, …a populist? Yes! His people loves him! And who can blame them? The guy is adorable, in many ways. But, smart? Nope.
More worryingly: you see him all the time surrounded by these white/blond, European-looking suited middle-age men ‘aides,’ who kept him busy-busy rushing him from one official event to another, including populists events such as a small soccer game where he himself took part on as a player. Pleasing the crowds to no end…
While watching this mainly, feel-good documentary, I couldn’t shake the distinct impression that Morales is not the one who is really in charge, but whoever those aides are working for; are the real ‘men hiding behind the curtain’ pulling the strings.
Additionally [I thought]; they may be using Morales as a popular figure to dupe the Bolivian people for dog knows what (?) because the nitty-gritty of what’s actually happening in Bolivia is not surfacing just yet (at least not to my knowledge, I’m too busy paying attention with what’s happening in Europe, Russia, Syria and Ukraine, and that’s taking-up most of my spare time)
But back to Correa, this is his last term, next elections will be happening next year. Not that it matters, considering the state of the depressing global picture. But I can’t help but wonder what would happen to Assange [currently in asylum at the London’s Ecuador embassy] once Correa is out.
-TL2Q
PS: I found RT’s documentary link. Do no take my word for it, watch it, make your own conclusions. Either if you agree or disagree with my own ‘feelings’ about it, it doesn’t matter, it’ll make you think. Or as RT own motto goes; it’ll make you ‘question more.’ ;-)
https://www.rt.com/shows/documentary/155324-one-day-evo-morales/
TL2Q,
I must say, even if my heart would like to say that your readings are wrong about Morales and Maduro, my brain processed that you are absolutely right…
Without doubt, Morales is another version of Lula / Kirchners who were populists seeking votes, but didn’t even try to build long-term power base.
Maduro, is less matured because Chavez couldn’t get enough time – however, you need to watch Maduro’s actions which may be far-reaching, beyond anybody’s imagination … He possess a kind of energy and conscience which is very rare among mankind !
Meanwhile, a very powerful analysis of current geopolitical hot-spots by Petras:
http://petras.lahaine.org/?p=2082
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
2003 film
Gone but not forgotten..
From here in Uruguay I have watched as the US helped to over-through President Lugo of Paraguay (2012); fomented the election of arch-neocon Macri in Argentina (2015); the undermining of the legitimate democracy in Venezuela (2000 to present) [the flood of propaganda coming from Washington to beat on Venezuela is unbelievable]; the attempted coup against Correa in Ecuador; support for the extreme right wing Fujimori in Peru, and now the coup against the democracy of Brazil.
This is the face of the New World Order that is being demanded by Washington. Latin America is feeling the full brunt of US hegemony. It will not let up until all of the nations of Central and South America break all ties with the US empire and align with governments who see the truth, to fight the monster that the US has become.
The time is late, but it is never too late to fight for ones life.
Rye
May be of interest to find some commonality in what I’ve come to think of as ‘Coup Pimps’ :
Current US Ambassador to #Brazil Served in #Paraguay Prior to 2012 Coup http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/US-Ambassador-to-Brazil-Served-in-Paraguay-Prior-to-2012-Coup-20160514-0017.html … #WikiLeaks
Em Brasil a luta continua
Em Venezuela a luta continua
Em Bolivia a luta continua
Na Argentina a luta continua
Em Siria a luta continua
Em Iraq a luta continua
Em Dombass a luta continua
Em Russia a luta continua
Em Cuba a luta continua
A luta continua, continua.
(Myriam Makeba ensinha)
Thank you for posting this Saker./Pepe/ i can’t help but wonder why the Russians haven’t come to the rescue? (circumventing the stoopid Monroe Doc) They need to come and offer a better deal (forcing the US State Dept to up the ante) (which the US-SD might not be ready for)
i’m wondering where support for Dilma is coming in SA? even CA? or China? where is the support?
Venezuela! wonderful land!
Maduro has retired his Ambassador and rejects the putsch! way to go! good example hopefully to be followed by others.
http://www.telesurtv.net/news/Venezuela-llama-a-consulta-a-su-embajador-en-Brasil-20160514-0010.html
An excellent example to follow.
One must ask at this point: What is Putin going to do? Dilma Rousseff is his friend and a close collaborator within BRICS. Is he going to stand on principle? Make a clear, concrete diplomatic move? Go to UN SC?
Or … perhaps … will he merely “keep quiet”, lest he offends his “partners” in Washington, Kiev … (while the usual groupies, locally galore, “explain” that to us all by “oh, he is so smart, he must have something up his sleeve in the long run”, “what would you want, a WW3?”, “that is a Brazilian internal affair”, etc…)?
Dear Ralf,
I suspect that the usual groupies, locally galore, are unlikely to “explain” anything at all to you, ever again.
Sincerely.
Grandma
But wait, The Deity has not even spoken!
(How old are you “Grandma” :?)
@ Ralf
It is indeed peculiar that the Russian government has not made even a single public statement (!), much less a diplomatic move, about the AZ Empire’s brazen coup d’état in Brazil.
It might have found itself outmanoeuvred in this particular corner of the Grand Chessboard to the point of having a serious diplomatic paralysis, trapped in a quandary how to react.
The latter is most likely the case. There are many (mistaken) people that believe the Americas should be considered as a private “park” of the US’s not to be dared touched. That thinking at one time was thought about Eastern Europe and Russia as well. I think we see that the US broke that “unwritten rule” a long,long,time ago. And certainly trampled on it in the last 2 years. That Russia and China still keep to that “rule” is foolishness beyond belief. But they do,quite obviously.When you stand aside and let your fellow pardners be attacked without even a murmur of protest,just how long can you expect it will be before you are next. Those thoughts appear to escaped those nations leaders.Thus making sure that down the road,yes,they will be on the list of next ones.
Yes. It indeed appears as if they actually believe in some divine or earthly “gentlemanly reciprocity principle”, a misplaced “golden rule”, naïvely hoping that if they don’t “intrude” in another’s “back yard”, their own won’t be intruded. Which of course defies both common sense and facts.
I am afraid, those „naively hopeful“ are not the Russkies but you. In taking counter measures the RU government always only acts either on its own territory (e.g. answering sanctions with counter-sanctions) where it has the authority of doing so (even tough even this is disputed, e.g. when they answer US troop movements in Eastern Europe with troop movements in RU), or they insist on getting an official call for help by the official government (e.g. the president of Syria). Dilma did not ask RU for help while she was the legal president, and she did not since she got suspended, nor did the current legal (!) president Temer ask RU for help. The Russians tend to be legalistic, and this for real reasons, and all the more so since Putin is a jurist himself. A world where some play „everything is allowed to us“ cannot be bettered by others following this bad example – what RU and Putin always aks is to return to a respect for the existing legal norms. There can (should) be no other visible, official government behaviour of anyone ever. Unofficial action would be another matter, but you can‘t unofficially send a cruise missile, and this so precisely that only Temer and his cronies are taken out, and nobody else harmed. Unofficial actions should also be invisible, and we are all convinced, Dilma was overthrown by an unofficial invisible putsch by an invisible actor, the US. How did they do it? They have 55 „followers“ in the senate…. What could have RU done reciprocally? Recruit BR senators, too? And what if they did, but unfortunately found less than 50%?
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so far Uruguay and El Salvador officially don’t recognize the new government of Brazil… not sure about Venezuela, but probably they won’t
Venezuela has already withdrawn its Ambassador. Mod on Duty.
If President Dilma Roussef is such a popular leader , why haven’t her supporters rallied in the street yet, and paralyzed the whole country ? Why don’t the BRICS powers instigate some of their own “color revolutions” ? By now I would think they know how its done. All this talk about democracy and principles is just flowery talk. You don’t go to a knife fight with words.
I wonder myself!
Temer speaks his mind:
https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/06SAOPAULO30_a.html
Surprise, surprise!
“And yet he questioned the motives for unidentified US intelligence officials briefing Americans reporters on the issue. ‘The US has had a policy of regime change in Venezuela for at least 15 years,’ he said. ‘This is part of its strategy. They are saying this to threaten and destabilise the country.’ ”
Looks like they’re closing in on Maduro — the unidentified US intelligence officials, that is.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/venezuela-accuses-us-of-plotting-coup-as-washington-warns-of-imminent-collapse-a7029386.html
This coup attempt is another example of zionazis at work.
Why is the impeachment process allowed in the constitution in the first place.?lesson to be learnt by the whole world. Vote your leadres in…you can only remove her if you vote herself out..there should not be any other way….cancel all this bullshit impeachment/no confidence vote processes…all undemocratic processes. If we vote her in but we allow a few people in congress to remove her when its suits them .. is very undemocratic and its crazy…think about this…the vote of a few nuts in congress nullifies our choice and the election process??? somethin must be wrong!!!. They should change the consititution and plug the holes in the process not to allow this sort of thing to occur again. The country has allowed the CIA etc to worm their way thru this weakness cos brazil allowed this crap to exist in the first place.
Haha Goodbye Latin American bourgeois left, next up the Latin American bourgeois right that should be easy.
I am a strong admirer of your pieces on ge-political matters, but must strongly disagree with your assumption on this issue. There is no coup going on in Brazil and this highly incompetent and corrupt populist amanuens who is known by the name of Dilma Roussef is one of the most eloquent hoaxes in Brazilian recent history. There was not even a concrete need for the usual CIA outlets or Soros’ operatives to conceive a coup… the government has been falling by itself since long, by the sole virtue of its leviathanic corruption and incompetence. The Lady is indeed a Tramp and the distancing from the BRICS and the neoliberal ingerence in Brazilian economy began already with her and not with this center-right interim government and its president, who by the way was chosen by her and Lula himself, otherwise she would not have won the rigged last election, when she got a second term.