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Hey Brazilgoons , one guy attracted my attention with his description: -Joćo Lyra, once Brazil's richest member of Parliament.- sounds like a fun one, any stories?
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Magrov posted:He was born in a traditiona family, got really rich in the sugarcane/alcohol industry, used to be one of the richest person in the northeast, rumors say he got away with a few murders in the late 80's. He was the father in law of Pedro Collor, used to be a senator, currently is a congressmen, his brother is a senator, and he had business links with current senate president Renan Calheiros. Thanks.  I guess he will probably die before seeing any effect from this?(sugarcane? "analogue to slavery"? An honest-to-goodness plantation owner or what?)
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Apr 4, 2016 01:43
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Thanks a bunch guys, these are very interesting facts. Did this agrarian overlord class manage well the transfer into the new economy? This Lyra guy seems like it did not go as planned.
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Apr 4, 2016 02:40
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I'm actually a little stumped that the christofascists allowed the election to happen. After all the violence they did last time, I expected them to just go full pinochet on the MAS leaders. Are they much weaker than they blustered? Reactionaries, paper tigers, etc.?
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Thanks for all the answers, gentlegoons!  So now we look forward to Morales' triumphant return and transformation into an elder statesman?
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Dying in, or dying out of a helicopter is the distinction, I think.
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