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THE VOICE OF THE BRAZILIAN YOUNG GENERATION VOTERS

SOURCE/LINK: http://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/en/politica/noticia/2014-08/brazilian-youth-refuses-be-described-not-politically-engaged

Politics

Brazilian youth refuses to be described as not politically engaged

Versão para impressão

12/08/2014 20h26
Brasília

Mariana Branco reports from Agência Brasil Edited by: Lílian Beraldo / Nira Foster

In the young people’s view, in spite of a feeling of disappointment at political parties and formal structures of power, they are still politically engagedWilson Dias/Agência Brasil

In Brazil, the younger generations are often criticized for keeping a distance from politics. However, ahead of the country’s next election for president, governors, deputies and senators, the young people heard by Agência Brasil questioned those who call them politically inactive. The youth states that its relations with public issues simply deviated from traditional paths. In the young people’s view, in spite of a feeling of disappointment at political parties and formal structures of power, they are still politically engaged.

Student Mariana Serra dos Santos, 17, believes there is room for activism even when no political party is involved. She calls for small changes in people’s attitude in their everyday lives and deems independent measures a global trend.

“In my opinion, a lot of people do not find representation [in the parties]. The youth has awakened, it want changes, but it’s unable to identify what it wants changed. Politics is a lot more than what happens in the Esplanade of Ministries,” she said, referring to the area where the nation’s executive power as well as the National Congress are located.

Likewise, student João Felipe Amaral Bobroff, 17, president of a students’ association, believes that political involvement goes way beyond parties and going to the polls. “The youth is politically involved, but nonpartisan. Politics is not just about parties. We’ve got an electoral system that only makes room for those who come in with a lot of money. It’s not donation, it’s funding [for campaigns],” he argues. According to João Felipe, the demonstrations staged in June gathered people who were interested in fighting for their beliefs. “That’s what’s missing, and also bringing those beliefs to day-to-day life,” he says.

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Isabela Albuquerque, 16, regards the right-left polarization in politics as a problem. She also thinks there is a gaping distance between today’s generations and the Brazilian political parties, many of which have lost their original composition. “We didn’t see it when these parties were born, and today there are so many of them we have trouble telling what side they’re taking. That’s exactly why several members of our generation feel skeptical: the number of parties and alliances created,” she notes.

In spite of the disappointment at institutional politics and the fact that voting is not mandatory for them (from 16 to 18 years old), Marina, João Felipe and Isabela have showed their intention to participate in the upcoming elections. “I want to have a voice and express myself,” says Marina, who does not agree that voting should be mandatory. “People are forced to vote even though they’re not prepared for it,” she argues. For João Felipe, the voter’s card was a birthday gift. “I’ve always told my mom I wanted to have one. To criticize the government, if you don’t go to the polls and make a change, doesn’t make any sense,” he adds. Isabela also made sure she had the document issued. “I’ve always been interested in politics, and I’ve paid close attention and done some research, so I could choose the politicians I could vote for,” she says.

Political scientist Antônio Flávio Testa, from the University of Brasília, maintains that the dynamics in the political activism of young people like Marina, Isabela and João Felipe with public affairs is a recent phenomenon that should be analyzed. He explains that most protesters on the streets in June were young and not connected with the interests of political parties. Testa believes the youth is very critical but lacks an affiliation.

Young people, the scientist says, still need to find their focus. “They do not propose; rather, they just criticize. They want changes, but don’t know how to look for it, because they don’t want resort to the structure of parties. But, unless there’s a structural reform in the political system, there’s no way of [implementing changes] other than affiliating themselves with parties,” he remarks.

In July, the Superior Electoral Court (“TSE”) announced that 1.638 million electors are between 16 and 17 of age, accounting for 23.8 percent of the population in this age group. The figure was the lowest among the rates reported for the three last general elections. In 2002, this figure stood at 28.7 percent. The 2006 counterpart reached 36.9 percent. In 2010, 34.8 percent.

According to the court, the fall can be partly put down to a change in methodology and counting. In 2014, the age considered was how old the young people would be in October. In previous years, the calculation was based on data collected up to June 30.

TSE also associates the drop in the number of young electors with a general reduction in the size of this section of the population. According to statistics from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics ("IBGE"), the number of people aging 16 and 17 has decreased from the 2002 polls onwards.

Translated by Fabrício Ferreira

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SOURCE/LIINK: http://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/en/node/926313

Politics

Jovens negam rótulo de despolitizados e dizem que forma de participação mudou

12/08/2014 10h44
Brasília

Mariana Branco - Repórter da Agência Brasil Edited by: Lílian Beraldo

Gerações mais novas são frequentemente criticadas por manterem distância da participação política. Mas, às vésperas de mais uma eleição para escolher presidente, governadores, deputados e senadores, jovens ouvidos pela Agência Brasil contestam o rótulo de despolitizados. Eles definem sua relação com as questões públicas como um envolvimento que se afastou das vias tradicionais. Na visão deles, há uma desilusão com partidos e estruturas formais de poder, mas a juventude não está desengajada.

A estudante Marina Serra dos Santos, 17 anos, diz que o ativismo desvinculado de partidos políticos é válido. A jovem, que na internet utiliza o pseudônimo Marina Saint-Hills, marca presença nas redes sociais e mantém um blog onde compartilha conteúdos sobre sua visão de mundo e suas experiências. Marina é favorável a pequenas mudanças de atitude no cotidiano e destaca as ações apartidárias como uma tendência mundial.

“Na minha opinião, muitas pessoas não encontram representação [entre os partidos]. A juventude acordou, quer mudanças, mas não sabe identificar o que quer que mude. A política vai muito além do que está acontecendo na Esplanada [dos Ministérios]. Tem a corrupção em pequena escala, o 'jeitinho' brasileiro. [O apartidarismo] não é só característico das manifestações no Brasil. O Occupy [movimento Occupy Wall Street, iniciado nos Estados Unidos, contrário às distorções sociais, ganância e corrupção] era assim. A gente viu em junho [durante as manifestações] que não era só política [tradicional]. Tinha movimento LGBT [lésbicas, gays, bissexuais, travestis e transgêneros e transexuais] e muitos outros”, comenta.

Apesar da desilução com a política tradicional e do voto facultativo, jovens não abrem mão de ir às urnas no dia 5 de outubroWilson Dias/Agência Brasil

O estudante João Felipe Amaral Bobroff, 17 anos, presidente do grêmio estudantil da escola em que estuda, também acredita que a participação política ultrapassa os partidos e o comparecimento às urnas. “A juventude é politizada, mas apartidária. Política não é só partido. Temos um sistema eleitoral que só dá espaço para quem entra com muito dinheiro. Não é doação, é financiamento [de campanha]”, critica. Para João Felipe, as manifestações de junho reuniram "pessoas defendendo ideais”. “É isso que está faltando, e também viver esses ideais no dia a dia”, defende.

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A estudante Isabela Albuquerque, 16 anos, acredita que há um fosso entre as gerações atuais e os partidos políticos brasileiros, muitos dos quais perderam suas características originais. Entre elas, por exemplo, a polarização para esquerda ou direita do espectro político. “A gente não viu esses partidos nascerem e hoje são tantos que a gente tem dificuldade de saber de que lado eles estão. Muitos da nossa geração acreditam pouco justamente por causa disso, do número de partidos, das alianças feitas”, avalia.

Apesar do desencanto com a política institucional e de o voto ser facultativo para eles, Marina, João Felipe e Isabela não abrirão mão de participar dessas eleições. “Quero ter voz, me manifestar”, diz Marina, que é contra a obrigatoriedade do voto. “A pessoa é obrigada a votar sem estar preparada”, acredita. Segundo João Felipe, o título de eleitor foi seu presente de aniversário. “Sempre falei para minha mãe que queria. Falar contra o governo, se você não faz a diferença nas urnas, não faz sentido”, comenta. Isabela também fez questão de garantir o documento. “Sempre me interessei por política e vinha prestando atenção, pesquisando os políticos em quem poderia votar”, conta.

Na visão do cientista político Antônio Flávio Testa, da Universidade de Brasília (UnB), a dinâmica do envolvimento de jovens como Marina, Isabela e João Felipe com as causas públicas é um fenômeno recente, que precisa ser acompanhado. "[Nos movimentos de junho] a maioria [dos manifestantes] era jovem, mas desvinculada de interesses partidários. O jovem [dos dias atuais] é muito crítico, mas não está se envolvendo partidariamente. [Esse movimento] Precisa ser mais bem analisado", avalia Testa.

Para ele, os jovens ainda precisam encontrar um foco. "[A atitude deles] não é propositiva, é só critica. Querem mudança, mas não sabem como buscar, pois não querem usar a estrutura partidária. Mas, a não ser que haja uma reforma estrutural no sistema político, não há outra forma [de implementar mudanças] a não ser estar vinculado aos partidos", pondera.

Segundo dados divulgados no fim de julho pelo Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (TSE), 1,638 milhão de eleitores têm 16 e 17 anos, o equivalente a 23,8% da população nessa faixa etária. A proporção é a menor dos três últimos pleitos federais. Em 2002, esse percentual alcançava 28,7%. Nas eleições de 2006, foi 36,9%. No pleito de 2010, ficou em 34,8%.

Segundo o tribunal, a queda é parcialmente atribuída a uma mudança na metodologia de contagem. Em 2014, foi computada a idade que os jovens terão em outubro. Em anos anteriores, o número era consolidado levando-se em conta as informações até 30 de junho.

O TSE também associa a redução do eleitorado jovem à tendência de queda dessa faixa da população de maneira geral. Segundo cálculos do Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE), o número de jovens de 16 e 17 anos tem diminuído desde o pleito federal de 2002.

De acordo com Luciano Gonçalves, pesquisador do IBGE, o fenômeno tende a se aprofundar à medida que os nascidos depois dos anos 2000 atinjam idade para exercer o voto. “A taxa de fecundidade vem caindo no Brasil. Em 1990, era 3,1 filhos por mulher. Em 2000, era 2,39. Em 2010, chegou a 1,87, abaixo do índice de reposição da população, que é 2,1 filhos por mulher”, destaca.

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SOURCE / LINK: http://elo.com.br/portal/colunistas/christianelima/ver/230382/voto-aos-16-anos--direito-e-responsabilidade--.html

Voting at age 16: the Right and Responsibility for their actions.

"Liberty means responsibility. That's why so many people are afraid of it. "
(George Bernard Shaw)

The vote at age 16 was an achievement of the student movement, incorporated into the 1988 Brazilian Constitution Between the end of the 1980s and the beginning of the next, students and young people, in general, showed interest in national politics and desire to manifest through the vote on the direction of the country. However, this willingness to participate has decreased. Even supported by Article IV of the Constitution which guarantees over 16 the right to vote, in practice does not always happen. Five years ago there were 3.6 million voters at16 to 17 years in Brazil. In 2008 the number reached 2.9 million, a 19% reduction. A survey (TRE-MG) Regional Electoral Court of Minas Gerais shows that adolescents have shown little interest in heading to the polls. In that state of every three teenagers of 16 and 17 years, took the title of one voter. In Belo Horizonte, the interest was lower: one in four teens enrolled in the Electoral Court.

If those statistics help determine lack of interest by young people in the exercise of their right, the case is to ask the reasons for this fact. Why young people seem to have lost interest in politics? What explains the growing number of young people who do not take the issue of voter registration and voting? Some say they do not feel prepared to vote or see the indifference and lack of commitment of Brazilian politicians as a major reason for their lack of interest.
          We understand that the purpose of the Act is to give the young citizens the opportunity to choose representatives, but on the other hand, forces them to vote even without desire. For many, this is a factor that allows voting without responsibility and awareness and promotes the buying and selling of votes practice. Thus it is also crucial that young inquire, study, update it and do not fall in advertisements and electioneering campaigns. In fact, the act of voting is a duty for the young as well as the responsibility for their actions. Still, the lack of information or even of interest in the future of society causes many young people do not come to the polls or opinion formed without reaching.
        But who's to blame? Unfortunately, the scenario is really discouraging: Every election, every scandal disappointment increases the gap between young people and politics, which is a bad sign for the future of our country as it is in his youth a nation credits his higher expectations of future changes. In whom we pin hope if we do not believe that young people can make Brazil a better, more fair, ethical and truly democratic country?
        And how to prepare them for such a task? Everything starts at home, when they can start having responsibilities of participation in their own family. Then go to the school context, where influence decisions in the classroom, helping to give more quality to the process of teaching and learning and the school environment more life. With the help of family or school, these teens can monitor public policy and help disseminate what is working and suggest ways to improve the situation of children and adolescents, for example.
       The right to vote is a political and social participation of adolescents who deserves to be encouraged and

strengthened. In that way every teenager has the right to participate in decisions that affect their lives and communities, and the vote is a way for him to be the protagonist, but also responsible for the direction of public policy. For this, it is essential to inform, discuss with other teenagers, make a free and informed choice, and then monitor the performance of public managers.

"You can not escape the responsibility of tomorrow dodging it today."
(In Abraham Lincoln)

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SOURCE/LINK: http://elo.com.br/portal/colunistas/christianelima/ver/230382/voto-aos-16-anos--direito-e-responsabilidade--.html

Voto aos 16 anos : Direito e responsabilidade.

“Liberdade significa responsabilidade. É por isso que tanta gente tem medo dela.”

(George Bernard Shaw)

O voto aos 16 anos foi uma conquista do movimento estudantil, incorporada à Constituição de 1988. Entre o fim da década de 1980 e o início da seguinte, estudantes e jovens, de um modo geral, demonstravam interesse na vida política nacional e desejo de se manifestar, por meio do voto, sobre os rumos do país. No entanto, essa vontade de participar tem diminuído. Mesmo amparados pelo artigo IV da Constituição Federal, que garante aos maiores de 16 anos o direito ao voto, na prática, nem sempre isso acontece. Há cinco anos havia 3,6 milhões de eleitores de 16 e 17 anos no Brasil. Em 2008 o número chegou a 2,9 milhões, redução de 19%. Uma pesquisa do Tribunal Regional Eleitoral de Minas Gerais (TRE-MG) mostra que os adolescentes vêm demonstrando pouco interesse em comparecer às urnas. No estado, de cada três adolescentes de 16 e 17 anos, um tirou o titulo de eleitor. Em Belo Horizonte, o interesse foi menor: um entre quatro adolescentes se inscreveu na Justiça Eleitoral.

Se números assim permitem constatar o desinteresse do jovem no exercício de um direito seu, é o caso de perguntar as razões desse fato. Por que os jovens parecem ter perdido o interesse pela política? O que explica o crescente número de jovens que não faz questão de tirar o título de eleitor e de votar? Alguns dizem que não se sentem preparados para exercer o voto ou veem o descaso e a falta de compromisso dos políticos brasileiros como um dos principais motivos para seu desinteresse em votar.

Entendemos que o objetivo da Lei é dar ao jovem cidadão a oportunidade de escolher representantes, mas por outro lado, obriga-o a votar mesmo sem que haja o desejo. Para muitos, este é um fator que possibilita o voto sem responsabilidade e consciência e favorece a compra e venda de votos. Dessa forma é fundamental também que o jovem se informe, estude, se atualize e não caia nas propagandas e campanhas eleitoreiras.

Sim, o ato de votar é um dever para o jovem, como também, a responsabilidade pelos próprios atos. Mesmo assim, a falta de informação ou, até mesmo, de interesse pelo futuro da sociedade faz com que muitos jovens não cheguem às urnas ou cheguem sem opinião formada.

Mas, de quem é a culpa? Infelizmente, o cenário é realmente desalentador: A cada eleição, a cada escândalo a decepção aumenta o distanciamento dos jovens em relação à política, o que é um péssimo sinal para o futuro de nosso país, pois é em sua juventude que uma nação credita suas maiores expectativas de transformações futuras. Em quem iremos depositar nossas esperanças se não acreditarmos que os jovens poderão fazer do Brasil um país melhor, mais justo, solidário e verdadeiramente democrático?

E como prepará-los para tal missão? Tudo começa dentro de casa, quando podem começar a ter responsabilidades de participação na própria família. Depois passam para o contexto da escola, onde influenciam nas decisões em sala de aula, ajudando a dar mais qualidade ao processo de ensino-aprendizagem e mais vida ao ambiente escolar. Com a ajuda da escola ou da família, estes adolescentes podem monitorar as políticas públicas e ajudar a disseminar o que está dando certo e sugerir formas de melhorar a situação da infância e adolescência, por exemplo.

O voto é um direito de participação política e social do adolescente que merece ser estimulado e fortalecido. Sendo assim, todo adolescente tem o direito de participar das decisões que afetam sua vida e da comunidade, e o voto é uma maneira de ele ser protagonista, mas também responsável pelo rumo das políticas públicas. Para isso, é essencial ele se informar, discutir com outros adolescentes, fazer uma escolha livre e consciente e, depois, acompanhar a atuação dos gestores públicos.

“ You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” - Abraham Lincoln.

“Você não consegue escapar da responsabilidade de amanhã esquivando-se dela hoje.”
- Abraham Lincoln.

sexta-feira, 1 de agosto de 2014

Flying Doctors (More Doctors Program) Protests and other Urban Movements Anti-establishment Protests News and Senator Aécio Neves Endeavoring to Settle a Sustainable Communication Channels.

Flying Doctors (More Doctors Program) Protests and other Urban Movements Anti-establishment Protests News and Senator Aécio Neves Endeavoring to Settle a Sustainable Communication Channels.

[Protestos Relacionados aos Médicos Voadores (programa Mais Médicos) e Outros Movimentos Contestatórios Urbanos: Tentativa do Senador Aécio Estabelecer Canais de Comunicação Sustentáveis]

SOURCE/LINK: http://www.revistaforum.com.br/rodrigovianna/outras-palavras/marcha-dos-jalecos.html

Brazilian Doctors Protests again on the streets wearing coats

by Breno Altman in “Brasil de Fato”

Expressions of physicians in this Tuesday, reveals a hard, mobilized core of the Brazilian doctors. His influence in the media, society and institutions already threatens the health program recently launched by the government. Judging by the amendments tabled in the House of Deputies, the disfigurement of this bill will be inevitable.
The Presidential Palace may be paying a price for acting indeed in an awkward manner, without consulting and articulate the more progressive tendencies of medicine. Such manner , which would be required to such broader effort. But the reaction is not against any casual failure of dialogue: its nature is to defend corporate privileges, opposed the country's interests and rights of citizenship.

The main three flags in the white coats marches are instructive. They are against the extension of residence in two years, with the requirement that serve the Unified Health System not agree with the coming of flying doctors to cover deficit of professionals, especially in the corners of the country. They don’t agree to overthrow of the presidential veto on the so-called Medical Act, which established the supremacy of the category relative to other workers in the health universe.

The claims are those who look inwards. Inflated by the richest and articulated with conservatism extracts, medical mobilization does not enter the fight for the improvement of public health. His greatest allies are those who commanded the campaign to eliminate the CPMF (a Brazilian tax created in favor of Heath sector, but used for others) and evacuated about 40 billion Reais annually to finance the sector.

This is a manifested hypocrisy when it says that the problem is not the lack of doctors, but the lack of structure in hospitals and care centers. The difficulties are undeniable, it is a fact. In the context of this struggle, however, are only alibi for the upstairs can make your life without reciprocity with the millions of Brazilians who make efforts and paid taxes to ensure the existence of good public medical schools.

Brazil has an insignificant number of physicians in the proportion of 1.8 per thousand inhabitants. In England, this ratio is 2.7. In Cuba, 6. In the last ten years, there were 147 000 new jobs in the labor market, but only 93 000 professionals were trained. There are 1900 municipalities with less than one doctor per 3000 inhabitants. 700 In other cities, doctors with no fixed abode. Needless to say that these 2600 municipalities without adequate care are among the poorest and most remote from major centers.
The government created the Program for the Enhancement of the Primary Care Professional (Provab), to bring doctors to the countryside and to the suburbs. The demand was 13 thousand workers, but only 3800 health centers were filled, despite the 8000 real wage that is offered now increased to 10 thousand in the More Doctors program. Even peripheral district of major cities such as Porto Alegre and São Paulo, fail to attract interested.
A significant portion of the class graduated in state institutions, does not care for the time of Brazil. Do not want to get out of your comfort zone and think the right to think only of personal career and assemble a profitable private practice in any metropolis similar to other countries.

Entities in the area, especially the Federal Medical Board, do what they can do to prevent the expansion of the number of colleges (in the name of teaching quality, of course) and hiring foreigners or overseas trained doctors. The market reserve for these people, is far from the public health.
And these people are higher socioeconomic level. While 40% of students from the University of São Paulo attended public schools, the School of Medicine this source is limited to 2% of those enrolled. In the class of 2013, none were black. Physicians rich want to get richer treating only richer classes similar to other places in the world. Since the poor classes are much less likely to access the universities and the Brazilian society don’t care if those poor classes harm themselves and do not improve in their lives.

The government tried to solve the problem only by attractions strategies. And did not find candidates. And for that reason decided then to take that adopted a similar model for decades by countries as similar happened in Israel and Cuba, establishing a variant of compulsory civil service, even if well paid.

For medical training at a public universities, it costs around 800 thousand dollars to the treasury of the Union and the states. It's only fair that there be some form of retribution for contribution made by all society for every individual who turned doctor. Two years of repayment with a reasonable paycheck, is a trifle. It is important to remember that the state's duty is related to the people, not doctors.

Perhaps students in private universities could be exempted from this measure, but very carefully to prevent the wealthy enjoy other better employee situations to escape his social obligation, changing course. Either fix fits to be taken, but the Minister of Health and President Dilma Rousseff are fulfilling their constitutional duty.

What is missing, besides mobilizing sectors of the favorable health measures adopted, is waging a battle firmer new values on the program under discussion. For now, it seems that the main concern is calm down the wrath of angry doctors selfishness class. The main goal should be to discuss the duties of solidarity of receiving privileges and rights of everyone to receive quality medical care.

You can not facilitate spokesmen of ignorance and bad faith. When characters like Claudius Lottenberg and Miguel Srougi turn against the arrival of Cuban doctors, there is little to add. Continually lied about the quality of these experts, whose expertise is attested by the World Health Organization and the 65 nations in which they work to meet local deficiencies.

After all, it would be a horror of reactionary doctors wearing white to watch Island of Fidel’s island doctors, many among them blacks, working at places for which their Brazilian colleagues reject to work and cover their noses. The nakedness of their behavior would be unbearable for them.

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SOURCE/LINK: http://brazilportal.wordpress.com/weekly-news-roundup/july-14-18/

Aécio promises to review agreement of More Doctors (Mais Médicos) with Cuba [PORTUGUESE]

Elizabeth Lopes and Pedro Venceslau – Estadão, 7/16/2014

The PSDB Candidate for the Presidency of the Republic, Aécio Neves, admitted this Wednesday, 16, for the first time, since he started his path towards the Planalto Palace, that he intends to review the agreement that Brazil made with Cuba in the More Doctors (Mais Médicos) Program. On Saturday in São Paulo, he criticized the gesture of the PT, mainly that of his adversary in this case, Dilma Rousseff, saying that the Brazilian government finances the Cuban government through More Doctors. “We are going to finance Cuban doctors and not the Cuban government.”

Despite his argument, he recognized the importance of the More Doctors Program, excepting that, through the problem of the salaries of the Cuban doctors, it is necessary to advance more in the health sector. During that Saturday, he was applauded by the audience multiple times, among them when he said that it is needed to review the agreement made with Cuba. Questioning if the Cuban government would agree to review the deal, he affirmed that it is Cuba that should fit the rules made by Brazil. “We are going to review these rules,” he said.

Post-FIFA World Cup, Focus Turns To Brazil’s Weakening Economy, Elections

Kenneth Rapoza – Forbes, 7/17/2014

Now that the FIFA World Cup is no longer in town, economics and politics are back to the forefront in Brazil. It’s unlikely voters will punish incumbent president Dilma Rousseff for Brazil’s lackluster performance in the semi-final matches. Dilma can weather the national soccer club’s defeat. In Brazil, elections are always about the economy.

And Brazil’s economy is weakening, according to Central Bank preliminary forecasts released on Thursday.

Datafolha indicates a draw in the second round between Dilma and Aécio [PORTUGUESE]

Brasil Post, 7/17/2014

Candidate for reelection in the race for the Planalto Palace, President Dilma Rousseff (PT) fluctuated two percentage points lower in the last study by Instituto Datafolha, revealed this Thursday (17), and she emerges now with 36% of intended votes. Second place in the first round simulation of the presidential elections, Aécio Neves (PSDB) remains with 20%, the same percentage obtained in the last study. Eduardo Campos (PSB), in turn, fluctuated from 9% to 8%.

For the first time, however, a technical draw was registered in a second round simulation. In a possible draw between Dilma Rousseff and Aécio Neves, the current president of the Republic would have 44% of the votes, compared to 40% for the Minas Gerais senator – there is a margin of error of two percentage points more or less. Yet with a possible second round against Eduardo Campos, Dilma would win 45% to 38%.

Negative economic data worries Dilma’s team [PORTUGUESE]

Valdo Cruz and Eduardo Cucolo – Folha de S. Paulo, 7/18/2014

The harvest of negative economic data revealed this Thursday (17) generated worry within Dilma’s government. The economic team was already working with a drop in economic growth, but evaluated that the more negative effects will be felt after September.

But the signals were those that the reduction in the pace of the economy could be more accentuated than was expected in the months that precede the elections this year.

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Photo courtesy of Flickr user TV Brasil – EBC.

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SOURCE / LINK: http://www.jornaldapaulista.com.br/site/page.php?key=4525

The "circus" turned into ashes into ashes.
The spree ended. The people themselves paid the bill!
07/17/2014 photo - https://www.facebook.com/DiarioDeHospital/photos/a.458252220877957.94224.458247330878446/684235531612957/?type=1&fref=nf

The party's over for Brazilians who is calling themselves Patriots every four years (elections periods). Hopefully now they will join the majority of Brazilians who are patriots every day of the year without getting involved in the national flag, those who wear white coats, those who wear overalls factory, those who wear uniforms, those who complies with the legislation, those who try to take advantage of all those who are not “gigolos” (male prostitute or escort which financially dependent on another person) of . government, in summary those who work hard and pay taxes.

Enjoy the overthrow hangover and leave aside for a few days the sports section; read the contract and see where the economy section in the newspaper where you find ours. Read the terms of public health, and assess the country's future. Read about public health and have a beautiful script for a horror movie. Read about the policy and find that every day there is a new corrupt. Only you do not read about security, otherwise you will not leave home.

Anyway, agree: Give credit less committed to this sport section with international press agencies that do not have the slightest respect for the intelligence of the citizen, creating prospects where none exist. In October, to help Brazilians in good faith by the government out these unprepared, corrupt and thieves who seized power and are destroying the country. Also hope that assimilate well the important lesson given by the Germans: Brazil, indeed is not the country of football, already. Today, Brazil is the country of institutionalized corruption. Thank you Germany for the great help given to the Brazilian people.

Humberto Luna Freire Filho
medical, Brazilian citizen without fear of corrupt.
St. Paul / Capital
CREMESP 35,196
CREMERJ 26,078
Rg 5529325 - SSP / SP

Posted on July 17, 2014 at 09:31 pm. by
Soriano Manoel Neto

Colonel of Infantry and Staff of the glorious Brazilian Army, Military Historian.

msorianoneto@hotmail.com

addendum

Social mobilization: Medical clinics adopt shirts "Dilma Out" as uniform.

They were not kidding!

Medical clinics throughout Brazil by exchanging shirts coat "Out Dilma."

Rousseff stepped in 400 thousand Brazilian doctors unfairly taxing mercenary and inhuman.

The president just did not expect doctors were reacting against his campaign and it seems they've started.
This demonstrated that the new uniform that many will use it!
The force that a physician has within a community is greater than the force of a politician?

Time will answer

Posted on July 12, 2014 at 23:11 pm. by
Soriano Manoel Neto
Colonel of Infantry and Staff of the glorious Brazilian Army, Military Historian.
msorianoneto@hotmail.com

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SOURCE/LINK: http://www.economist.com/news/americas/21584349-government-imports-foreigners-reach-parts-locals-dont-want-flying-doctors

Health care in Brazil

Flying in doctors

The government imports foreigners to reach the parts locals
don’t want to

Aug 31st 2013 | SÃO PAULO | From the print edition

THE parlous state of public health care tops opinion polls of Brazilian voters’ concerns. Street protests in June were sparked by a rise in bus fares, but the low quality of hospitals and clinics was among the demonstrators’ main complaints. The constitution guarantees the right to free, state-provided health care. But two-fifths of Brazilians are not covered by local primary care, relying instead on chaotic hospital emergency rooms. A quarter go private. The proportion of total health spending that is public is lower than in the United States, which does not aspire to universal public provision.

President Dilma Rousseff’s answer is Mais Médicos (“More Doctors”), a crash programme to recruit thousands of foreign doctors to work in poor and remote areas shunned by locals. On August 23rd the first of them arrived. About 200, mostly from Argentina, Portugal and Spain, have been offered three-year contracts in family medicine. They will earn 10,000 reais ($4,250) a month, plus board and lodging. Some Cubans have also turned up, the first of 4,000 doctors the government hopes to hire from the island by December.

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