Brazilian here, and yeah, we're f<i></i>*d. It is not a particular party or politician, it is all of our political system that is rotten; It produces and rewards the worst of the worst. Our democracy is very young and fragile (about thirty years old), we have levels of inequality that are inhumane, an education system that is not particularly recognized by producing critical thinkers. The result is a population that is easily manipulated by the political class and a government that is corrupt to the core and at all levels.<p>The current president was the vice president a few months ago, he assumed after our previous president was impeached. We know that the previous president was not a saint[1] (there is no way someone becomes president with clean hands down here) But people honestly thought that, by supporting Dilma's impeachment, and, by consequence, lowering the influence of the Workers Party they were helping to clean the country, which is sad.<p>There is a huge ongoing investigation nicknamed Lava Jato (Car Wash), and man! oh man! Politicians are going to jail. Owners of big companies accused of bribing are being forced to cooperate with the justice department and they are revealing the guts of our political system, and it is not pretty.<p>There is a saying: Brasil não é para amadores (Brazil is not for amateurs). House of Cards does not even compare to what is going on here. We hope that after this storm, the institutions become stronger, and we add a lot of mechanisms to punish bad politicians and add incentives to the good ones.<p>[1] My opinion<p>[EDIT] Punctuation
It sounds like this corruption issue isn't news.<p>From his predecessor: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/11/dilma-rousseff-brazils-ex-president-says-successor-temer-took-bribes" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/11/dilma-rousseff...</a><p>And other gossip:
<a href="http://plus55.com/brazil-politics/2017/05/michel-temer-first-year-changed-brazil" rel="nofollow">http://plus55.com/brazil-politics/2017/05/michel-temer-first...</a>
Also at Bloomberg: Brazil Plunges Back Into Crisis as President Accused <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-05-18/brazil-newspaper-alleges-president-involved-in-cover-up-scheme" rel="nofollow">https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-05-18/brazi...</a>