Latin America General : Corona Carnaval

[Baltenstein]

Most Trump supporters are boomers. Trump vs Hillary was basically a boomer civil war.

All elections have been Boomer Civil Wars because we college students refuse to vote.

As an Italian saying goes: "Everybody says that the future belongs to the young, but our politicians know that it belongs to the old"

[Disgraces]

Nada que ver pero odio a Inglaterra

[An Alan Smithee Nation]

Brazil removes months of coronavirus data from government website.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-52952686

Presumably to try and hide what a terrible job Bolsonaro is doing. Right wing populists seem to be the worst at dealing with the pandemic.

[Rojava Free State]

All elections have been Boomer Civil Wars because we college students refuse to vote.

As an Italian saying goes: "Everybody says that the future belongs to the young, but our politicians know that it belongs to the old"

No wonder there's no future. Why would people with no future care whether there's one for other people?

I can hear my grandmother now. "haha you're totally fucked." She's alive btw, she isn't dead.

[Aureumterra]

Most Trump supporters are boomers. Trump vs Hillary was basically a boomer civil war.

All elections have been Boomer Civil Wars because we college students refuse to vote.

Then you have people angry Bernie wasn’t nominated

[Shrillland]

Argentina has announced that Vicentin, a major soy trader and supplier(one of the world's largest) is to be nationalised and brought under the wing of state-run oil company YPF's agricultural division: https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/argentina-create-state-soy-powerhouse-214411100.html

[Novus America]

Argentina has announced that Vicentin, a major soy trader and supplier(one of the world's largest) is to be nationalised and brought under the wing of state-run oil company YPF's agricultural division: https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/argentina-create-state-soy-powerhouse-214411100.html

I do not think this is a good idea. The solution to excessively powerful monopolies is not the make them bigger monopolies. Trust busting over state directed trust creation.

We see this in Russia where the state has created massive government owned monopolies, which have low productivity, low efficiency, low innovation and stifle small businesses. They do give the government more power, as such assets can be used to advance foreign policy objectives but it comes at a cost.

Unfortunately monopolistic state capitalism is usually no less problematic or exploitative than private monopolies.

[Shrillland]

The Venezuelan Supreme Tribunal of Justice has just sacked and replaced the directors of the Justice First and Democratic Action parties: https://www.yahoo.com/news/venezuela-court-orders-takeover-leading-164053359.html

All of this in preparation for the National Assembly elections in December.

[Greater Miami Shores]

All I know is, Maduro once said, when are they the opposition going to learn the revolution is here to stay, I am sure he means it.

[Fahran]

All I know is, Maduro once said, when are they the opposition going to learn the revolution is here to stay, I am sure he means it.

Maduro is mistaken if he believes de facto single-party rule can be maintained indefinitely. If Meganálisis is to be believed, Venezuela's elections and government, as well as the PSUV, have begun to lose any pretense at legitimacy or transparency among the general public. Historically, that hasn't always by itself led to revolutions but violence and material deprivations do increase the likelihood that a revolution could occur, especially if someone decides to bank roll it.

[Shrillland]

All I know is, Maduro once said, when are they the opposition going to learn the revolution is here to stay, I am sure he means it.

Maduro is mistaken if he believes de facto single-party rule can be maintained indefinitely. If Meganálisis is to be believed, Venezuela's elections and government, as well as the PSUV, have begun to lose any pretense at legitimacy or transparency among the general public. Historically, that hasn't always by itself led to revolutions but violence and material deprivations do increase the likelihood that a revolution could occur, especially if someone decides to bank roll it.

The US already tried unseating the communists nearly 20 years ago, it didn't work out.

[Greater Miami Shores]

I think this statement says it all: All I know is, Maduro once said, when are they the opposition going to learn the revolution is here to stay, I am sure he means it.

[Shrillland]

I think this statement says it all: All I know is, Maduro once said, when are they the opposition going to learn the revolution is here to stay, I am sure he means it.

Maybe so, but there have been other tales of this kind in Latin America as you know, and not all successes like Cuba. Grenada's PRG was collapsing in on itself when the US arrives. Velasco's left-wing junta in Peru was unseated when the economy slumped and he threatened war with Chile.

[Fahran]

The US already tried unseating the communists nearly 20 years ago, it didn't work out.

The material conditions in Venezuela have deteriorated pretty severely since then and the veneer of democracy has more or less faded. I'm not stating that the United States should intervene. I'm more so stating that the conditions at the moment are such that we could expect violence, attempted coups, and attempted revolutions to occur. Alternatively, we could simply have a progressively more naked dictatorship emerge - as happened in Mexico and else-where.

[Greater Miami Shores]

I think this statement says it all: All I know is, Maduro once said, when are they the opposition going to learn the revolution is here to stay, I am sure he means it.

Maybe so, but there have been other tales of this kind in Latin America as you know, and not all successes like Cuba. Grenada's PRG was collapsing in on itself when the US arrives. Velasco's left-wing junta in Peru was unseated when the economy slumped and he threatened war with Chile.

In the case of my native Cuba, I think this statement from the revolutionary government as they call it says it all: We are the continuity of the revolution. Similar to Maduro's statement.

[Shrillland]

Now the Venezuelan Supreme Tribunal of Justice is going after Guaido himself, forcing the Popular Will leadership out: https://www.yahoo.com/news/venezuela-top-court-strips-guaido-opposition-party-leadership-184742004.html

[Kowani]

Bolsanaro gets coronavirus

It's real this time.

[Shrillland]

Bolsanaro gets coronavirus

It's real this time.

Hopefully, he'll recover. As bad as he is, Mourão would be even worse if you can believe it.

[Kowani]

Bolsanaro gets coronavirus

It's real this time.

Hopefully, he'll recover. As bad as he is, Mourão would be even worse if you can believe it.

I feel like if he did, it'd shock his enablers and voters into actually doing something...

[The Socialist Republic of Astrakhan]

HEY GUYS JUST LISTEN TO ME FOR ONE TIME, WE ALL SHOULD BE UNITED , IN SOUTH AMERICA THERE 'S BEEN A STEADY RISE IN CASES AND BRAZIL MOSTLY , INSTEAD OF CRITICISING BOLSONARO WE ALL SHOULD SUPPORT HIM . EVEN IN MY HOME COUNTRY INDIA , THERE IS A STEADY RISE IN CASES

[Rio Cana]

Some say that the Brazilian leader has his own personnel agenda which has nothing to do with looking out for the greater welfare of his citizens. Having said that, some here have mentioned Venezuela. Venezuela is out of control. They cannot even control pirates that have been harassing there coast and the southern waters off the island nation of Trinidad.
Recommend you see this report from Australia - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ak85Z0eXTg

[Major-Tom]

Bolsanaro gets coronavirus

It's real this time.

Hopefully, he'll recover. As bad as he is, Mourão would be even worse if you can believe it.

Any info on him beyond what I can find from a cursory google search? In other words, what makes him worse, so to speak?

[Shrillland]

Hopefully, he'll recover. As bad as he is, Mourão would be even worse if you can believe it.

Any info on him beyond what I can find from a cursory google search? In other words, what makes him worse, so to speak?

Being part of the Labour Renewal Party, for a start. They're known for promoting conspiracy theories and are believed to have ties to South American Neo-Nazi organisations under the party's president Levy Fidelix, even with him planning to go to one of these rallies a few years back before it was canceled: https://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/vida-e-cidadania/grupo-fascista-cancela-congresso-na-regiao-de-curitiba-1mgjehkdxl5yc2ompbr1e6ne2/

[Major-Tom]

Any info on him beyond what I can find from a cursory google search? In other words, what makes him worse, so to speak?

Being part of the Labour Renewal Party, for a start. They're known for promoting conspiracy theories and are believed to have ties to South American Neo-Nazi organisations under the party's president Levy Fidelix, even with him planning to go to one of these rallies a few years back before it was canceled: https://www.gazetadopovo.com.br/vida-e-cidadania/grupo-fascista-cancela-congresso-na-regiao-de-curitiba-1mgjehkdxl5yc2ompbr1e6ne2/

Fun!

[Shrillland]

Now Añez has the virus too: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/09/world/americas/bolivia-president-jeanine-anez-coronavirus.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&fbclid=IwAR1_AgZauAPFSPf5B5-Ypbdw9ABmpH9kd_YlrJw-1o0ToUzVUqi-mN8bpFk

Since she has no VP being acting president, the pendulum would swing back to the left should the worst happen as the Senate President, Monica Copa, belongs to MAS.