tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post5624909226933114283..comments2024-03-26T00:37:34.943+01:00Comments on Venezuela News And Views: Political earthquake in Brazil? Lula fails to elect Dilma on the first roundDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-5824933985824136552010-10-05T19:27:51.596+02:002010-10-05T19:27:51.596+02:00Boludo Tejano,
It is an election time. Politians ...Boludo Tejano,<br /><br />It is an election time. Politians always throw mud at their opponents to gain votes.<br /><br />She sure is trying to play a racial card to win votes from her own community. <br /><br />How bad is this mud throwing? Well i let that to people in her area decide.:)1979 Boat Peoplenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-60164196452212365602010-10-05T07:13:37.358+02:002010-10-05T07:13:37.358+02:001979 Boat People: would you consider that statemen...1979 Boat People: would you consider that statement from Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez to be racist and/or bigoted? As someone of Vietnamese origin, you would be in a better position to judge that than I.Boludo Tejanonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-38119961992338155312010-10-05T00:28:40.748+02:002010-10-05T00:28:40.748+02:00"you are all idiots" ... "wouldn..."you are all idiots" ... "wouldn't be out of line" is my example of a protest vote. ie: a blank ballot.<br /><br />I believed there were paper ballots too, although the tabulation was by the electronic method. It's not important unless the +9 millions is disputed in Brasil, and I haven't heard of concerns regarding this in the general news outlets. <br /><br />marc in calgaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-12735218103937188882010-10-04T13:43:47.624+02:002010-10-04T13:43:47.624+02:00"You are all idiots" accross the ballot ..."You are all idiots" accross the ballot is impossible because there is no such thing. The electronic voting system in Brazil has a "Blank" key. To elect somebody you punch his number, the photo appears and you confirm. But you can type any number and confirm it, thus voting null. Having heard yet any comments on high blank vote and absentees. If I do, I'll let you know. Google "urna eletrônica" if you want to see how it is.Milonganoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-23871262916972544352010-10-04T07:28:04.531+02:002010-10-04T07:28:04.531+02:00marc in calgary,
Thank you very much for this int...marc in calgary,<br /><br />Thank you very much for this interesting article.<br /><br />Chavez sure wants to be the leader of the lefty in Latin America, doesn't he?. <br /><br />He has not learnt the lesson from USSR.1979 Boat Peoplenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-61835902231207144622010-10-04T06:46:38.245+02:002010-10-04T06:46:38.245+02:00Boludo Tejano,
Thank you very much for this infor...Boludo Tejano,<br /><br />Thank you very much for this information. No, i were not aware of this. <br /><br />It looks like that I am more aware of what happens in Latin America than in US&Canada nowaday, Am i not?.:)<br /><br />May be I should blame it on Daniel who got me hooked on Latin America.:)1979 Boat Peoplenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-2334148343783904812010-10-04T06:04:30.483+02:002010-10-04T06:04:30.483+02:00There's 2 points I'd like to make.
1. 19...There's 2 points I'd like to make.<br /><br />1. 1979 Boat People, It's not all turning away from socialism in latin america. Here's something regarding the upcoming Peruvian election, and there's a Chavez connection in the 3rd last paragraph, "Chavez donated 8 million dollars..."<br /><br />http://bigpeace.com/nferrand/2010/10/03/a-political-tremor-brewing-in-peru/<br /><br />2. "Anonymous @ 8.28 pm" Voting is mandatory in Brasil, I think the only way to avoid voting for a slate of candidates one doesn't like is to either be sick or spoil the ballot. So +9 million ballots with "you are all idiots" written on them wouldn't be out of line. <br />Note too that their electronic voting system, being one of the most advanced in the world (their words, not mine), gave updates before the final tally, and finished counting those votes within a few hours. <br /><br />marc in calgaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-89232582870753813162010-10-04T04:30:53.313+02:002010-10-04T04:30:53.313+02:001979 Boat People, I thought that as you are an imm...1979 Boat People, I thought that as you are an immigrant from Vietnam, you might be interested in this information about <a href="http://www.floppingaces.net/2010/09/27/those-pesky-vietnamese-are-after-loretta-sanchezs-seat/" rel="nofollow">Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez</a>. She accused Van Tran, her opponent in the contest in California’s 47th Congressional District, of being anti-immigrant, in spite of the fact that Sanchez was born in the US and Van Tran is an immigrant. Not to mention she said that the “Vietnamese and Republicans are trying to take this seat from us, after we have done so much for OUR [‘nostra’] community.” A community which does not include Vietnamese and Republicans, apparently.Here is the video in <a href="http://hotair.com/archives/2010/09/22/loretta-sanchez-on-univision-the-vietnamese-are-trying-to-take-my-house-seat/" rel="nofollow">Loretta Sanchez’s fractured Spanish with English translation.</a> <br />Or were you already aware of this?<br /><br /><i>I did not realize that for some reason Nordeste votes are slower in coming than for the rest of Brazil. </i><br />It was the slave and sugar growing center of Brazil, and has yet to catch up with the rest of Brazil. Apparently this lagging behind would also include infrastructure for retrieving votes. For the last century, the Nordeste has supplied a steady stream of migrants to Sao Paolo seeking to escape the poverty of their home area. But knowing this would not necessarily translate into predicting that vote counting would lag behind.<br /><br />OTOH, this would also be an issue in the Amazon basin. Perhaps the difference is that there are a lot fewer votes there than in the Nordeste, so it is of less consequence.<br /><br />A while back some First World lefty asked a prominent Brazilian public figure about US imperialism impeding economic and social progress in the Nordeste. The Brazilian public figure replied back, “Is this question some sort of ideological joke?” <br /><br />My guess would be that if there were any ballot-box stuffing, it would be in the Nordeste. By analogy: LBJ’s 1948 Senate primary victory, by all of 87 votes, was secured by ballot box stuffing in the impoverished Rio Grande Valley.<br /><br />Had Thugo turned out like Lula, for all of Lula’s missteps in foreign policy, Venezuela would be much better off today. [But then I am not telling you anything you didn’t already know.]Boludo Tejanonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-37221562096004392472010-10-04T04:29:24.752+02:002010-10-04T04:29:24.752+02:00Hello!
On top of that, in Sao Paulo state the opp...Hello!<br /><br />On top of that, in Sao Paulo state the opposition (PSDB) governor, Alckmin, takes over 50 % and carries his reelection in the first round!<br /><br />Here, the polling institutes have plenty of egg on their faces as none could predict such a low total for Dil-má. :-)<br /><br />Hope the message is understood in Brasilia, but I personnaly do not count on it. As your own experience shows, these people are oblivious to anything that does not fit their narrative...<br /><br />Saudações!<br /><br />Tony do Rio<br /><br />PS: always reading your blog, rarely commenting though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-41526161898267363602010-10-04T03:21:56.106+02:002010-10-04T03:21:56.106+02:00well....arent you people lucky....pretty soon you ...well....arent you people lucky....pretty soon you all gonna get all that extra food at bargain prices.....you gets what you votes for...good ole latin america<br /><br />http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.649318c517e989a6cb277015a7fa72dd.12a1&show_article=1SupaFlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-92204115983687652462010-10-04T03:06:38.886+02:002010-10-04T03:06:38.886+02:004 hours after polls were closed, 98% of votes coun...4 hours after polls were closed, 98% of votes counted. Learn Tibisay!! hahahaMilonganoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-76180677295435666472010-10-04T02:58:17.176+02:002010-10-04T02:58:17.176+02:00What strikes me odd about the results (according t...What strikes me odd about the results (according to the O Globo website) was the number of empty votes (3.4M) and null votes (5.8M). Well over 9 million people went to vote and didn't. I'm not saying fraud or anything of course, it's just too many people.<br /><br />Maybe it was intended as a protest or something? Are there any Brazilians around here who can tell us?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-21967326218987192392010-10-04T01:30:41.167+02:002010-10-04T01:30:41.167+02:00The tide has been turning in Latin America since C...The tide has been turning in Latin America since Chile election. No?1979 Boat Peoplenoreply@blogger.com