Lula da Silva futuristic prophesy:
1988:
"In Brazil, when a poor man steals, he goes to prison;
When a rich man steals, he becomes a minister"
The communists parties and factions, in Portugal,
consider that there is an ongoing attempt of a coup in Brazil,
with the fight against corruption as a background excuse.
The socialists declined to comment.
What is underway in Brazil is not a fight against corruption,
but a coup d'état promoted by the right
and the most reactionary sectors of the country.
Corruption exists, but it is only the background
and the pretext that the opposition need
to bring down a democratically elected government.
This is essentially the position of the radical Left Bloc (BE)
and the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP)
on the latest developments in Brazil.
Jorge Costa, a Left Bloc leader, the PT (Workers Party),
is paying for the "right-wing alliances" it made, in recent years,
to support their governments.
"It could not end well" because "Lula and Dilma depended on
representatives of the worst corrupt practices of the Brazilian politics
and eventually found their Workers Party government,
involved in the corruption case, called "Mensalão", among others."
"It will surely end badly," he admits.
And there is an ongoing coup, analyzes Jorge Costa.
"Supported by successive scandals, the right-wing parties
and the Brazilian extreme right,
is now triggering a coup in the style of the 21st century,
articulated with the judicial system
and some major financial emporiums" he says.
Future prospects are now very dark for Brazilians.
"Between an aimless political system, without any discretion
and the revenge of the oligarchy
for years of a very modest redistribution of wealth,
the popular hope is sinking deeply into a sea of confusion and despair."
For the PCP, Communist Party, the explanation is similar,
although they claim that the United States has a stake in what´s happening.
"Recent developments in Brazil can not be disconnected
from the deepening crisis of capitalism,
which marks the international situation
and currently has profound consequences in so-called emerging countries,"
indicates the party, in a note sent to the Business Newspaper.
The Communists accuse the "most reactionary
and anti-democratic" sectors of Brazil,
are attempting to use "real party problems
and deep contradictions of society",
to promote "an intense destabilization operation
and of a putschist nature,
seeking to achieve what they failed to achieve
in the past Presidential elections".
It is in this context that the "action against Lula is mounted."
The "attempt to fight corruption and a political system that favours it,
isn't the important issue".
There is, yes, in course "an action carried out by the most reactionary sectors
- themselves immersed in corruption scandals for decades -
seeking, through the instrumentalization of the judiciary
and the action of the media,
to create conditions for reverting the advances
in the living conditions of the Brazilian people
which was achieved in the last 13 years".
This "destabilizing action"
is "inextricably linked to the set of interference maneuvers,
promoted by the United States,
aimed at the progressive and sovereign affirmation processes
in Latin America."
Finally, the PCP manifested
its "solidarity with the Brazilian progressive forces,
especially with the workers and the Brazilian people
and their struggle in defense of their rights, democracy,
justice and social progress."
The Socialists (PS), despite several attempts,
chose not to comment on the situation in Brazil.
Lula's connections to Portugal are also being investigated
by the Brazilian courts,
which asked for the cooperation of the Portuguese authorities.
At issue are businesses such as the privatization of EGF,
in which Lula requested special favours in favour of Brazil's Odebrecht
(which eventually didn't present a tender),
the sale of the Brazilian mobile operator Vivo, owned by PT (Portuguese Telecom),
the sale of Telefonica (which allowed the entry of
the mobile operator Oi into the Portuguese Telecom)
or the acquisition of Cimpor by the Brazilian group Camargo Corrêa.
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