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brazil | by Stephen George | 24 Nov, 2003 at 05:55 AM | comments (22) | trackback (0)
I came across the Houston Chronicle's lengthy summary of Brazil's current domestic situation via Danny Yee's Pathologically Polymathic weblog. It's a pretty thorough laundry list of the difficulties facing Lula as he nears the one-year point of his presidency. I thought I'd add that in my own experiences, while people are starting to ask hard questions about how much of the government's programmes are talk vs. action, he does still command a lot of respect for even daring to act in some of the areas he's tackling. He's had a relatively lengthy honeymoon. Without a majority in the congress, he has to build consensus for major policies outside his relatively narrow spending mandates. His comments about the cowardice of his predecessors have a ring of truth about them. He must personally shake with frustration that the situation that he inherited leaves him relatively little room to manoeuver despite his mandate, but he's still out there horse-trading, practicing the art of the possible. The government is criticised for its inability to spend even the money it has allocated to it, but one might attribute this to cautious first steps. There are a lot of holes to plug, and I suspect the government wants to act prudently rather than follow on without reviewing what they've inherited. Given time, and given a stable economy in which to work (big "givens"), I still think there's a lot of promise in the Lula agenda. Lula has recently been making more "promises" to the likes of the landless (MST) movement. Patience and loyalty, he asks, and deliveries he promises. He has only seated 30,000 families in his first year of power. He promises to seat another 500,000 by the end of his mandate. It can't be bad politics to ramp up to some big targets toward the end of his first term. It remains to be seen if these back-end-loaded promises can be delivered, but a lot of Brazilians will be a lot better off if he succeeds. celebrity pics very good site!! Posted by quake exploit | July 11, 2004 06:22 PMI am honored to drop a line here and say thank you for keeping this great site online. Posted by rape survivor | July 12, 2004 04:59 AMI am honored to drop a line here and say thank you for keeping this great site online. Posted by rape survivor | July 12, 2004 04:59 AMGute Webseite! I'll tell my friends about it... )N Posted by simpsons incest | July 12, 2004 04:57 PMYour site is really good. Posted by realyoungboys hunks rusboys | July 18, 2004 03:35 PMYour site is really good. Posted by realyoungboys hunks rusboys | July 18, 2004 03:36 PMYour site is really good. Posted by realyoungboys hunks rusboys | July 18, 2004 03:37 PMYour site is really good. Posted by realyoungboys hunks rusboys | July 18, 2004 03:37 PMHello! Nice site! Posted by reality porn guide | July 19, 2004 05:30 AMHello! Nice site! Posted by reality porn guide | July 19, 2004 05:31 AMHello! Nice site! Posted by reality porn guide | July 19, 2004 05:32 AMThank you for developing this very good site ! Posted by totally free bestiality | July 19, 2004 03:37 PMThank you for developing this very good site ! Posted by totally free bestiality | July 19, 2004 03:37 PMThank you for developing this very good site ! Posted by totally free bestiality | July 19, 2004 03:38 PMThank you for developing this very good site ! Posted by totally free bestiality | July 19, 2004 03:38 PMNice site! Well done ! Posted by stories for kids | July 20, 2004 08:48 AMNice site! Well done ! Posted by stories for kids | July 20, 2004 08:48 AMNice site! Well done ! Posted by stories for kids | July 20, 2004 08:49 AMNice site! Well done ! Posted by stories for kids | July 20, 2004 08:49 AMThank you for this site. Hope to get information. Posted by women porn | July 25, 2004 03:49 PMYour site is really good. Posted by sex ed | July 27, 2004 06:39 AM
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