POLI 319 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Operation Car Wash, Brazilian Democratic Movement, Eduardo Cunha
13 May 2018
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POLI319: Friday April 13th, 2018
The New Left in Brazil
- Lula could not run for third consecutive turn
- After his suessful tie as Brazil’s head of state, eded his positio to Dila Roussef
- Roussef at one point member of small leftist guerrilla movement during authoritarian period
of Brazil’s histor
- Dilma impeached in 2016 as part of impeachment proceedings started in coalition with the PT
but then went against her
- Brazil’s e left under Lula
Poert Alleiatio uder Brazil’s Ne Left
- Implemented key programs which helped alleviate poverty
- Some programs he implemented actually worked and worked well; silenced his opponents
and critics
- Family subsidy program which provided certain amount of money to poor families; in
exchange for conditions from govt. ex: if you had children had to vaccinate them and send them
to school and in exchange could continue to receive the money from this program
- Many were skeptical, how could the money get it to poor and make sure is poor abusing this
welfare system but the system worked by all accounts astonishingly well
- Wheeer possile, it is disursed to the feale head of household ake sure oe do’t
get marginalized within their own household)
- Short term and long term: ensuring health and education through vaccinations
- Now about 12 M Brazilians registered
- The Bolsa helped to rig poert do drastiall i just a fe short ears after Lula’s rise to
power
- This helped Lula become very popular and bolstered his support
Bolsa Familia and its impact
- All indicators how the program was having a real effect
Brazil Economy
- In context of downturn of 2015 with slight shrinking national economy that forces within
Brazilian politics launched the move to impeach sitting president Dilma Roussef
Dila’s ipeahet: deora at ork or parliaetar oup?
- For decades, B
- Corruption linked to state owned companies, private companies too
- One of many ongoing scandals that people knew about
Anti Dilma protests
- Huge protest in March 2016
The Turmoil intensifies
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