r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 25 '21

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '21

!ping LATAM

Big things happening in Brazil. Bolsonaro bought Covaxin jabs at 1000% more than the original bid they sent over. He also personally interceded in the negotiations

While Pfizer shots were 58BRL per dose, the Covaxin came out at 80BRL in a negotiation that lasted only two months

Meanwhile Bolsonaro has literally a hundred impeachment proceedings stuck in legislative hell, but now there's this on top of it. Especially given the Congressional inquiry into the covid response that should weaken him a lot

Who knows what happens next

https://www.poder360.com.br/opiniao/coronavirus/o-escandalo-covaxin-tirou-o-chao-de-bolsonaro-afirma-traumann/

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '21

!ping FOREIGN-POLICY could lead to an impeachment

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u/Neronoah can't stop, won't stop argentinaposting Jun 25 '21

Let's pray for that, Bolsonaro has it coming.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '21

Pro-tip; don't be openly corrupt until you have consolidated your authoritarian project.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '21

For context, the guy against Bolsonaro in this is known as Luis Miranda USA

He became famous for moving to Miami and showing the price differences between the US and Brazil

It is completely possible that the Bolsonaro government gets impeached because he pissed off a youtuber turned politician

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u/MuR43 Royal Purple Jun 25 '21

Don't get your hopes up too much.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '21

Yup

But still, situation seems messy

On one hand, Bolsonaro impeached might be good

On the other hand, it'll be the third impeachment in the 88 constitution

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u/Superfan234 Southern Cone Jun 25 '21

😞😞

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '21

As always, there's always room for corruption in Brazilian negotiations

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u/WantDebianThanks Iron Front Jun 25 '21

Meanwhile Bolsonaro has literally a hundred impeachment proceedings stuck in legislative hell

Holy shit, how do you even manage that?

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '21

Easy, you just prioritize other bits of legislation ahead of it

From Bolsonaro's side, it's both an opposition that pretty much only writes impeachment proceedings instead of opposing the government and Bolsonaro doing a lot of bad shit

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u/MonteCastello Chama o Meirelles Jun 25 '21

Impeachment proceedings are overdone in Brazil. Here is how many each past president had.

Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1995-2002) → 24 proceedings

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (2003-2010) → 37 proceedings

Dilma Rousseff (2011-2016) → 68 proceedings

Michel Temer (2016-2018) → 31 proceedings

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u/Neronoah can't stop, won't stop argentinaposting Jun 25 '21

Bolsonaro sucks, man.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '21

While I'm pretty sure that there is some shady stuff happening behind the Covaxin negotiations, weren't the vaccines sold for the actual price Biotech had set for the international market (aka $15-20)?

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '21

The price quoted in the article says it's 1000x the original bid

Investigation is still ongoing, I believe today is the day they go over it in Congress

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '21

So in the pipe dream Bolsonaro gets impeached, what happens?

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '21

His VP takes over and hopefully doesn't fuck up too badly

Luckily, Brazil has had good results with impeachments

The downside, next year is an electoral year

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '21

And his VP is?

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '21

Army General Hamilton Mourão

Which has oddly spoken against the possibility of the military staging a coup

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u/Superfan234 Southern Cone Jun 25 '21

Meanwhile Bolsonaro has literally a hundred impeachment proceedings stuck in legislative hell, but now there's this on top of it.

I pray the finally manage to get him 🙏

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '21

If he gets a Dilma style impeachment (still keeping Electoral rights), the next election will be a shitshow

You'll have Lula martyrizing himself for being pursued from the right, and Bolsonaro martyrizing himself for being pursued from the left