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My state is a large poultry exporter, and neighbors the one with the outbreak, weird that this isn’t on the news here.

Not false, I also don’t like it, but I’m not wrong.

Pedro II put Brazil well on it’s way to become a global superpower.

The only one that came somewhat close was later Getúlio Vargas, but he was an asshole cruel dictator.

Maybe Lula in his first and second terms might deserve a distant third place.

I don’t disagree, but still better than all the other leaders the country had.

The following dictatorship put up a lot of antimonarchist propaganda, but still today abolishing slavery is celebrated by all as an achievement of his government.

(Note: I’m not a monarchist)

In Brazil the monarchists get some sympathy because emperor Pedro II was the only competent and halfway decent leader the country ever had.

Now if only Macron stopped blocking the EU-Mercosur trade deal…

One year too early for the title? The 21st century started on 2001.

The Portuguese did much worse, I wonder how aware they are.
There was a point in time where 90% of Brazil’s population was enslaved black peoples.

It has it’s own problems, but many government structures in Brazil were designed to prevent a return to dictatorship after democracy was “restored”.

Didn’t he like dictators?

Here in Brazil they were legalized under Bolsonaro, and it was terrible. They are mainly making the weak and poor addicted to gambling and preying on them.
In a few months the poor lost millions of government assistance money to these Casinos.

The app is not going to suddenly stop working, and it’s unlikely to do so before a replacement appears.

Tudo beleza

And here in neighboring Brazil he is a “communist” because he dared criticize Bolsonaro.

It’s complicated…

My state is one of the most prosperous of the country, and built on numerous social policies, that even the “right-wing” politicians reflect, and mostly voted for Bolsonaro, because Lula represented a continuation of all previous governments that only cared about taking our wealth for nothing in return, or destroying our culture(s), and Bolsonaro was the first to pretend to care.

There’s a lot of historical resentment, many things justified, many exaggerated.

This is for my state, others must have other reasons.

I voted against Bolsonaro because for me it was clear he was just more of the same, just with a façade of change. By me both Lula and Bolsonaro should be cell mates.

But my state of not one of the affected (directly) by the fires.

I can’t exactly say for the other states, but for mine (Santa Catarina), the governor has since the beginning of the mandate avoided any and all meetings with Lula, even finding some bullshit excuse to leave the state when Lula came here for a public works inauguration.

For too many here “doing anything” “hurts the economy”

Bolsonaro has his share of guilt today, but this is a decades old issue, centuries even if extending to the colonial exploitation culture.

Not just lack of preparation, many governors are actively hostile to Lula and conservation efforts, and many farmers are creating more fires to spite Lula and “support” Bolsonaro.