http://www.opendemocracy.net/democracy-protest/corruption_2611.jsp Comments for "A big mess in Brazil, Arthur Ituassu " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/democracy-protest/corruption_2611.jsp <p> The South African president, Thabo Mbeki, sacked his deputy Jacob Zuma on 14 June over a corruption scandal. Today in Brazil, President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva’s chief of staff <a href="http://www.josedirceu.org.br/tmp/biografia_ingles.htm" target="_blank">José Dirceu</a> – one of the most powerful figures in Brazil’s government – did not wait to be pushed. </p> <p> Dirceu furiously denies the vote-buying allegations that impelled his <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4102142.stm" target="_blank">resignation</a>. The markets may be <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000086&amp;sid=aZB4davF6h4o&amp;refer=latin_america" target="_blank">happy</a>, the Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez <a href="http://www.vcrisis.com/index.php?content=letters/200506170449" target="_blank">sad</a>, and Brazil’s opposition delighted, but for Lula himself it is a black moment. </p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/democracy-protest/corruption_2611.jsp" class="read-more" title="Read the rest of this posting.">Read the rest of this post...</a><p><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/democracy-protest/corruption_2611.jsp">read more</a></p> http://www.opendemocracy.net/democracy-protest/corruption_2611.jsp#comment latin america democracy &amp; power Arthur Ituassu Creative Commons share alike politics of protest the americas Fri, 17 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0100 2611 at http://www.opendemocracy.net