Comments for Brazil's Intelligence Leadership Suspended After Spying on Chief Justice at http://www.brazzilmag.com , comment 0 to 3 out of 3 comments http://www.brazzilmag.com Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:44:34 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/9853/1/#pc_16648 D-NILE THAT way people would know in advance what they were getting into . be a good name for the river , that way they could denie all that goes on with the okay by the government of D-nile - forrest allen brown Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:48:20 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/9853/1/#pc_16636 I think "forrest" is right-on ... I lived in Brazil for a year, and I found corruption and bribery to be incredibly insidious and is embarassingly accepted by Brazilians as a way of life ... in Brazil, "democracy" is only a word - it does not describe the reality of their government ... Brazilians have yet to empower themselves and realize that THEY are the government and that the corrupt politicians are supposed to be serving THEM and NOT simply serving to build a gigantic bank account of bribes and kickbacks before retiring to Paris! ... if the phones of ALL of the Brazilian politicians were tapped, THEN they just might be a little bit less inclined to fully and joyously embrace corruption and accept every bribe that comes their way (jeitinhos, jeitos e JEITAOS!) ... the Brazilian people are wonderful, but their politicians are corrupt beyond imagination ... ANYONE INVESTING IN BRAZIL'S RAPIDLY GROWING ECONOMY MIGHT WANT TO SEND THEIR OWN VERY, VERY WELL-TRUSTED ACCOUNTANTS AND FINANCIAL EXPERTS DOWN TO BRAZIL TO CHECK THE TRUE FINANCIAL FACTS BEFORE INVESTING ... DON'T TRUST ACCOUNTANTS AND FINANCIAL EXPERTS FROM DOWN THERE --- THEY WILL CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN (OR WILL BE) BOUGHT-AND-PAID-FOR BY THOSE INTERESTS THAT SEEK TO SEPARATE YOU FROM YOUR MONEY ... most of us in the U.S. cannot possibly imagine the depth and breadth of corruption in Brazil - it resides in the pockets and Swiss bank accounts of ALL Brazilian politicians, including Lula and his minions, and in the pockets and Swiss bank accounts of the judges sitting on their version of the Supreme Court ... an example? -- The rancher who hired and paid the assassin of Dorothy Stang, a retired American nun and rainforest conservation activist, is walking free and reaping the financial benefits of his brutalizing of the land, of his field workers, and of anyone who gets in the way of his clear-cutting more rainforest for his precious cattle ... the wealthy in Brazil literally get away with murder - why should wealthy, bullying ranchers be any different? - Mark Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:25:15 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/9853/1/#pc_16605 not commiting a crime you should have nothing to hide. looks to me as someone was getting to close or wanted to much of a bribe - forrest allen brown Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:29:13 +0100