Keeping legacy alive: Brazil's Lula lines up 'poor people's president'

[billingrateS]

We had the Fabian socialists, as Serra, and the radical marxists as Lula. Now that Lula´s party assumed a Fabian model alligned with the financial world elite interests (he even joked about it, 'Now I'm Little Lula Peace and Love'), there is not the slightest difference between any of the two major parties. Any resemblance with other countries, folks?

[JaguaripeRJ]

All stories from RT about Brazil are 100% bullshit.

[s0673451]

there should be statues of lula around all european capital cities

[Bolchevick]

Serra fala só merda! Serra only speak shit!

[Bolchevick]

Eu moro em São Paulo, e eu amo essa Cidade, obrigado Lula.

I live im São paulo, and i love this city! Thaks Lula.

[xLanKx]

hahahaha that "maria" woman is friend of my grandmother lol

yeah my grandmother supports dilma's election... I voted on Serra though

[tatuete]

Know better Brazil in the inguainflamada You Tube channel: wonderful landscapes, the people, indians, rain forest, touristics places, carnival and much, much more the international media never shows at your television.

[zedoidao]

Presidenta! 

[DJTIAOBRASIL39]

LULA ESTA MANIPULANDO A ELEIÇÃO . LULA ESTA SENDO ANTI-DEMOCRATICO . SE ESTA NO CARGO DE PRESIDENTE TEM QUE SER NEUTRO . OU SI DESLIGA DA PRESIDENCIA E VIRA GAROTO PROPAGANDA DA DILMA ROUSSET . O BRASIL NÃO TEM LEI . OS JUIZES NÃO FUNCIONAM CONTRA OS PODEROSOS . SÓ FAVELADO NEGRO VAI PRESO NO BRASIL . O PRESIDENTE LULA FAZ CAMPANHA PARA DILMA AO MESMO TEMPO QUE É PRESIDENTE . E FICA INAUGURANDO OBRAS APRESSADAMENTE PARA DAS VOTOS PARA DILMA . REAGE POVO BRASILEIRO ISTO JÁ ESTA DEMAIS . ALO S.T.F

[AG5590]

It looks like Brazil has president much better than people really deserves. For a country that can´t see what difference Lula made to the whole economy, mainly poor people, I would go for Serra or any other fake sociologist. Oh my gosh!

[jackmcslay]

*translating the previous post*

It's no surprise people outside likes Lula, the low value of the dollar and high taxes are killing the economy, too much money gets out and too few investments are made. Thanks to him, the other countries are making money off Brasil while the country grows at turtle pace.

[jackmcslay]

Não me admira que o povo do exterior goste do Lula, o baixo dólar e altos impostos estão detonando a economia, dinheiro demais sai do país e entra muito menos investimentos do que deveria, graças a ele, o exterior ganha dinheiro em cima do Brasil enquanto o país cresce a passos de tartaruga.

[fridivarzea]

governam soh pros pobres votarem neles (maioria) tem q ensinar a pescar nao dar o peixe pronto.......

[fridivarzea]

governam soh pros pobres votarem neles (maioria) tem q ensinar a pescar nao dar o peixe pronto.......

[MrDjanlm]

Lula is the best president eveeeer!!! And Dilma will be the best female president.

[fridivarzea]

you don't know brazil....

o lula eh um bosta

[foueux]

Regarding the "Fuck the Constitution" that Lula said. Larry Rother, North American journalist, wrote about Lula's drinking problem, so he wanted to deport him, but he can't because Larry is married to a brazilian and that is unconstitutional. What kind of president say something like that.

[DaniloHenrique87]

As brazilian i can say Lula government was good, but not amazing. He grow up our economy based in consume, not in production, this cannot bring rich to us.

Now we have a good financtial position we must change. We need more atention on education, and increase our factories. No only trade our natural resources, but create high quality products to compete with India and China...

We need too some better about our schools, better finantials is so important as better education!

[jaylan143]

This video is biased and uninformed. To begin with, both parties in the presidential run are left wing, and the so-called "improvements" stated by the end of the video supposedly brought by PT's term are cunningly crafted populist maneuvers to endear the image of Lula as a godlike benefactor to the ignorant. Lula preys on the poor and on their naivety. It also forgets to inform that Dilma is an ex-terrorist and armed robber, and known for trying to implement a dictatorial system based on Cuba.

[Rizky06]

If this is actually true then America and Russia needs a 'Lula'.

[envanje]

opposition wants to be in line with US interests.

with Obama socializing the US their point is pointless.

but ths US can change dramatically is the conservatives would come in power next elections.

QUE VIVA EL BARACK OBAMA !!!!

[ThenameisDre]

hahaha wow i watched this one more time.... how the fuck could this not be more bias... she starts off by talking up dilma... and how well lula has done.... and how serra is paying people to be there... wow rt FUCK OFF

[fog0death]

NOOO DON'T ELECT THE OPPOSITION THEY SUPPORT THE U.S.

ELECTING THE OPPOSITION WILL LEAD TO BRAZIL'S DESTRUCTION!!

[CrazyChitTV]

What a BS news story... anyone that follows the Brazilian economy knows that it is the massive investment by foreign energy and mining companies that improved Brazil. All Lula did was slow that down. Brazil could have been even better off than it is.

[selfsenter]

@CrazyChitTV

Investments in a country with a large population have always been flowing in and out exploiting the poor and contributing nothing.

Thats not fair trade , its free trade but not fair when only the CEO's get the fat pay checks off the backs of the weak.

A country goes nowhere without a proper educational infrastructure.

Capitalism can never be the beginning , it has to start with government motivation.

[CrazyChitTV]

@selfsenter fair trade is china buying wood and ore from brasil and brasil paying a skyhigh price for chinese made toothpicks.. or that is how it is working out. Don't give me this fair trade crap lol... that's the language of socialists and neocons.

[selfsenter]

@CrazyChitTV

Whats wrong with socialists? nearly all of europe is socialist.

And who cares if some company is paying ridiculous prices for toothpicks or w/e product? whos benefiting from it in the 1st place?

The majority of Brasilians live in poverty or borderline poverty , the answer is not capitalism for a country that condition.

Rather let a few big heads suffer than the entire population.

[CrazyChitTV]

@selfsenter Europe is no longer socialist... it is turning Nationalist. Look at Berlusconi in Italy lol. Putin's Russia. The recent elections in Sweden and Hungary etc etc etc. Socialists have lost nearly all the elections in Europe over the last 4 years.

If not for natural resources Brazil would stay poor forever under socialism.

[ThenameisDre]

i wouldint be surprised if dilma won.... there are so many poor people in brazil... all a corrupt president candidate has to do is offer some cheap ass welfare programs and they all go apeshit.... while the whole time they are in office the steal A SHIT LOAD... LULAS SON when from a dead broke ass joker to one of the richest people in brazil... yea thats a fucking joke,

so yea vote for dilma and you will see what happens to all the progress brazil has made

[xBloodXGusherx]

Dam I want the news Anchor...

[rsnboy08]

@xBloodXGusherx yeah...she's got nice cock sucking lips, ain't she?

[xBloodXGusherx]

@rsnboy08 Well I did not want to get too graphic. Lets just say she has nice lips.

[rsnboy08]

@xBloodXGusherx LOL, but I do!

[uras1995]

damn brazilians don't let dilma take over this country

[ThenameisDre]

fuck dilma... she used to be part of a gang that robed banks... she has no political experiance... she has never been voted into a goverment position... and all lula is doing is following what F.E.C. set up... if he was to be re elected after who ever wins this presidency he would be fucked. if dilma wins.... shit is going to hit the fan

[boccabr]

@ThenameisDre For those who didn't know who you were referring to...

Fernando Henrique Cardoso..

[rudepenis69]

finally ppl are waking up =)

[robertus911]

Thats a lie about Lula being a nice guy. He asked me to go fishing with him one day and I agreed. While we were fishing he keeps offering me some beer. Well we keep drinking most of the night.and next thing I remember. I wake up with my pants and underwear down to my knees and a big o'l can of grease next to me.My anus felt a little slippery. I don't know what happened but it wasn't good.

[robertus911]

@robertus911 I should have known better than to go fishing with a guy name lula.

[Cnupoc]

@robertus911 haahhaahhaah

[DerBlitzStag]

@robertus911 Yeah, he was just stopping over to have anal sex with a 55 year old US citizen, right.

[CheeezMaster]

@robertus911 That's horrible. How's your anus.

[cimarduarte]

you most be homo sexual this is not the place to discuss your sexual problems..

[JoseTwitterFan]

LONG LIVE OBAMANISM, DILMANISM, & LULAISM!!! DILMA 4 PRESIDENT!!!!!!!!

[luish06]

Lula is rothschilds puppet such as others, elections in Brazil uses electronic poll and the question is anyone has doubt about the whole election process honesty?

[jsnip4]

@luish06 How do you know Lula is the Rothchild's puppet? It's the first time I heard a comment like this about her. Where did you get that info?

[luish06]

@jsnip4 The media showed about it search for Mario Garnero taking Lula to visit Rothschild at Isto e magazine. Mario Garnero is called by Rothschild as "his fourth child" and he is the one who took Lula to talk to him.

[jsnip4]

@luish06 Perhaps she will be their Obama "Hope and Change" only to find out that their country implodes on itself. I hope she really is for the people and maybe learned from her experience with Rothschild and does not become anoher puppet. Everything I've read thus far seems to be ok about her but we'll see after the election.

[StraussBR]

VIVA Lula

[unabomberman]

Not that I don't agree with this, but why is Russia Today speaking of this is such a good light while CNN is acting like they tout the middle line but keep quiet about most of the current regime's policies? Seems to me Russia agrees with where Brazil is going.

[reggiegroove]

Lula has done more for the country in 8 years than several presidents have over decades, Lula did a very good job as running as an opposite of former president Fernando H Cardoso, but when it came to policies he only continued FHC's work. Dilma's main challenges will be INFRASTRUCTURE, AND EDUCATION. Brazil will need brains and roads to accomodate its recent explosive growth.

[rommeldude1]

I tought the news casters name is lula power's lol

[davidgabriel23]

lula is the greatest thief in the history of brazil (just no more than the portugueses) and now dilma who was a guerrilheira (guerilla ) and rob many people 30 years ago when brazil was a dictatorship!!!Pray for Brazil now !!And every one believe in Jesus Christ as your only savior, because he died for our sins and lived agaian on the third day conquenring death in order to make us eternal and clean for ours sins, therefore we can trust in him as our only way to heaven

[BigManInCanada]

@KissesLoveKawaii Literally just took the words out of my mouth O_o

[DarkShark190]

@rogersfan My parents are politicians, and I am studying Sociology. Yes, Lula was a GREAT president for progress, but the problem is his PARTY and his successor. Not blaming him though, and yes, a big cut of Brazilian's politicians.

[Sarezh998]

Vote for Pavel! Aka Sarezh998! He rocksss!!!

[gzyyy6]

HOPE /// help/other/people =EQUALLY we are the family of our Fathers Spirit

[markjoachen]

well watever the truth is dont forget the poor ok

[pretorious700]

I've been to Brazil, and the poverty I saw there in many places was astounding. Americans have no idea what real deprivation is.

[EST0PA]

Lula is a hero, a great man that has given Brazil back its dignity. Viva o socialismo!

[DarkShark190]

Lula is making alliances with CRIMINALS, and his favorite successor is ALSO a criminal. The candidate Jose Serra, which is from the opposition, is the BEST choice, as he is SMART AND QUALIFICATED. The image of BRAZIL outside the country is DEFORMED and WRONG. RT sadly made a tendencionist view of the country, defeding the wrong people. The opposition is not only DECENT, but alays tries to improve the life of EVERY citizen. They are civilized, well informed politicians seeking for the best.

[ferbrz]

@DarkShark190 Really? I'm sorry, but that's a lie. They have governed that country for decades and have done nothing to improve anything.

You love Serra because his party cares more for an image than the actual problems that the country faces. The government in the previous 8 years have improved Brazil's image/situation so much, that a lot of foreign governments really recognise the power that lies within the country and they have done loads of investments. I live abroad and I know it for a fact

[Malldito01]

@ferbrz mate, you said yourself that you live abroad, so what the fuck do you about brazil? let me tell you something, can you name one single strutural achievement by the government of the previous eight years that really helped the country?(giving state's money to people, either through bolsa familia or salaries, isn't a structure achievement, in case you were going to sy that).

[ferbrz]

@Malldito01 I find it funny that someone whose username "Malldito" which means "damned" and that treats people with "fuck" in their replies is trying to challenge the fact that the country has truly improved. I have lived abroad for 3 years and I still keep up with the news, my relatives are still in Brazil. You don't know anything about me, really. Why don't you name what the government from previous times have done then? Lula has been in for 8 years and overall the country is much better off.

[Malldito01]

@ferbrz "what the fuck" is an expression used to give emphazis to your question, although it is not very formal nor respectfull i think that it is adequate to the context in wich it was used.

Now to the main point. permit me to name some of the achievements of lula and FHC.

FCH, while still as a minister, ended all the economic crisis/inflation, I guess you already know the details. while as president he privitised all the useless state companies allowing brazil to grow taking advantage of the

[ferbrz]

@Malldito01 FHC did not end it, he was practically "selling" the country to other powers such as the US, in return for more borrowing. Lula has practically cleared the international debts of the country and is greatly improving education and living conditions so that Brazil can be on par with developing countries and this attracts investments. Selling Petrobras was one of the most ridiculous things he's done in contrast to the other things. BTW, no one likes bad words if you didn't know before.

[DarkShark190]

Dilma Rousseff, is a CRIMINAL and a RETARD. Politics here are pure JOKE, people here don't think before they vote, they simply vote by obligation. Yes, Lula may have improved the country, but we have a PROBLEM here. Corruption. Lula's party, The Workers Party is a bunch of idiotic, criminal politicians which only seek their own benefit. A good example is the Former president Collor, which suffered a impeachment in 1992, and now he's in the center of the GOVERNMENT? It's a questionable attitude.

[ferbrz]

@DarkShark190 I have just read your other comments in this page and all I can say about you is that you think everyone here is a retard. Why do you capitalise words, do you think that people don't understand them when they are written in lowercase? Seriously, get a life. Every government have corruption issues, stop saying that only the government in the past 8 years had corruption issues, the government prior to that had huge issues with corruption but their "education" helped them hide it all.

[DarkShark190]

Besides the corrupt, the country suffers extreme poverty and high crime rates, not counting with the HIGHEST TAXES in the world, in which most of the cases, are NOT redirected to the people, and yes to the enormous volume of debts of the politicians. DILMA ROUSSEFF is a CRIMINAL. In her government, there were MANY crimes involving HER and her cabinet, but as always, they go out INPUNE. I am making this comment to show that Brazil is NOT and NEVER will be what you all think it is. It's just hell

[fenix611]

LULA FOR THE WIN!!!!!!!!

[gerrilea1]

Imagine that, economic growth...maybe our American gov't could go there and learn something! 20 million jobs created in one year...Wow!

[1140Cecile]

@gerrilea1 They can't. Americans are against socialism even though it works better than corporatism....better for people, that is.

[Tunedup81]

Great story! Never knew about this living in the states.. I'm happy he and hopefully she does / did great things!

[angelusp777]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, LULA IS THE BEST!

[LordDyhalto]

Wow. I remember talking to some Brazilian friends back when this man was first elected.

Time flies quickly. It's nice to see that my "we'll see...." response 8 years ago was proven wrong.

[hoosierhiver]

Great story!

[2leo4]

It is true that things are running better now, but it is unfair to say that this come just after Lula. The last formal president Fernando Henrique Cardoso did a lot at his turn as well.

[locolalo1364]

Yep the Old U.S (1945-1960) would be proud!

[Ethiopiabuzz]

Thank you sir LULA you are my hero and a great example for many 3rd world nations . Bless

[1337NoFear1337]

Good job brazil! <3

[Reqrezentin]

Lula is great.

[VerticalhorizonXL]

Good job Brazil!

[Kinkspace]

Great, nice to hear of progressive things.

(RT it might just be me but the video is taking a very long time to load.)

[Provakator]

Wow. Life of poor people is improving....thats an outrage.How how dare they educate the poor and in America's backyard. CIA must do something pronto to stop this right away. A coup perhaps or declare them undemocratic, may be find some WMD's. Otherwise folks in US might start asking questions, how come % of poor in US is growing. Even..omg.. an outrage... demand government accountability and better government services. That.. is so not free market.

[dfterror]

@Provakator .. CIA....A coup...??

the lack of information is harmful to your mind.

coup happen in small countries.

Brazil already does not allow anti-democratic movements.

Yes, life is improving for the poor, while the (Europe and America) is stagnant.

[Provakator]

@dfterror Sorry, i guess you didn't notice sarcasm. But thanks for reply I wish all the best to Brazil and Brazilian people and I would love to come and visit your great country soon.

[cpgone]

Lula supports baby killing (abortion) until the 9th month of conception.

While 75% of Brazilians are against all forms of abortion.

May Lula die a quick painful death soon.

[blokoman]

3rd

[Provakator]

1st

[Juicer63]

@Provakator congratulations!!!! i am so happy for you. you parents must be so proud.

[Provakator]

@Juicer63 Indeed they are I just sent them a link. The page will be printed and framed and will be hanging on the wall along with my family photos for generations to come. So that all my relatives and descendants will know how cool I was and what i had accomplished. Thank you for for your sincerity, understanding and having sensibility to point out to everyone how proud my parents are.

[Juicer63]

@Provakator i guess you exceeded all their expectations of you.

[Provakator]

@Juicer63 and you sir had exceeded all of mine. I've never seen a more tenacious.. what should i call you... something polite.... Anyways..have a great day.

[Juicer63]

@Provakator cheers. you too.