Dilma will not leave

In the second round of the elections of the President of Brazil, voters preferred complete unknown to the already familiar shortcomings and problems

Dilma Rusef, candidate from the Left Party of Workers , having won the victory in the second round of elections on October 26, was re -elected by the President of Brazil. At the same time, she gained only a little more than 51 percent of votes, ahead of the main opponent, centrist ACSIO, less than three percent. Now Rusef has another 4 years to try to revive the recently growing Brazilian economy, which ended up in serious stagnation, and satisfy at least part of the many social requirements of the country's more than 200 million population.

Such a small difference among the votes filed for two applicants for the main post of the state in Brazil has not been observed for the past thirty years. 66-year-old Dilma Ruseph, in his youth in the 60s, which was part of the underground organization of radical Marxists who tried to fight the military dictatorship by the methods of "urban Gerilla", and later arrested and subjected to torture in prison, where she was held from 1970 to 1972, cured of cancer in 2009 (due to chemotherapy and hair losses She had to wear a wig for almost a year), managed to convince at least half of the Brazilians, more and more dissatisfied with the sad state of the economy, corruption and poor work of public services, that she can still be trusted.

Speaking after the victory in front of its supporters in the capital of the country, the city of Brazilia, Dilma Rusef called all citizens to unity in conditions when the election results became an indicator of intensifying differences between its supporters and opponents:

Dilma Rusef. October 26

- Today I feel much stronger, much more calm and more ripened to do the work that you entrusted to me. Brazil, I repeat to you again - your daughter will not depart from the continuation of the struggle! My re -election is a voice of hope, especially to improve the actions of those of us who have been in power so far. I know what this is exactly what people want when they re -elect their leader. That is what I heard from the cabin for voting. And that is why I want to now be a much better president than before.

Dilma Rusef and her party of workers relied on the expansion of social programs that eased the lives of many millions of Brazilians living in or near the poverty line. Due to the economic boom in the last decade, generated by the growth of prices for Brazilian energy and agricultural products, the Government of Rusef and its predecessor and the “spiritual father” Luis Inasiu Lulu and Silva since 2003 (when their party of workers first came to power) managed to pull out more than 40 million people from the poverty, before the current crisis came. The so -called "Brazilian model" has become a role model for many left -wing and left -centric governments throughout Latin America, so its current victory, albeit not the most convincing one, certainly became a blow to the right conservatives throughout the continent.

Supporters of Dilma Rusef celebrate victory. San Paulo, October 26

Rusef’s positions are especially strong, as a vote showed, in the poor provinces of the north and north-east of Brazil , whose residents won more than others from the Bolsa Familia program conducted by the authorities (“Family Guide”) -a whole package of social programs created to help large poor families and cover more than a quarter of the entire population. The difference in income level between the poorest and richest citizens in Brazil is still one of the highest in the world.

One of the most famous slums of Rio is Favel Complexo Do alemao

In addition, the success of RUSEF also means the preservation of the very cool relations of Brazil with the United States, which have suffered greatly in recent years from large trading disputes and the facts of American espionage surveillance of the heads of the world state, which, according to eyewitnesses, led Rusef into indescribable rage. At the last annual session of the UN General Assembly, at the end of September, Dilma Rusef acted first - and she turned, obviously, to the entire Western world and primarily to Washington:

- It is urgent to eliminate the discrepancy between the growing role of developing countries in the global economy and their insufficient participation and representation in the most important decisions of international institutions, such as the International Monetary Fund or the World Bank. The delay in the comprehensive recognition of our rights and merits is unacceptable. In this case, these institutions and organizations risk losing their legitimacy and effectiveness. The same applies to the UN Security Council, which must be radically reformed to overcome the current paralysis. This process dragged on too long. The 70th anniversary of the UN formation in 2015 should be a favorable opportunity to finally take this breakthrough forward. A more representative and, accordingly, more legitimate security council will also be a more effective advice.

Dilma Rusef on the rostrum of the UN General Assembly. September 24th

However, Dilma Rusef, judging by the results of the voting on October 26, as well as in the first round at the beginning of the month, lost a huge number of supporters in the more wealthy areas of the south and southeast , in the main cities-San Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, whose inhabitants are more and more frightened by the agonizing, as they believe, one after another, corruption scandals among the higher ones. officials. A separate discontent of the townspeople who has been organizing massive anti-governmental performances in the last two years has also been causing steadily growing crime and tremendous expenses from the state budget for the past World Cup 2014 and the 31st year old Olympic Games in 2016-to the detriment of the development of public transport, health and education.

Rio de Janeiro. Fights with the police on the eve of the visit of Pope Francis. July 22, 2014

ACIO BUSE, 54-year-old senator, former governor of one of the most developed and densely populated states of Minas-Geraice , the main mining and agricultural base of the country, a candidate from the oldest and now opposition Brazilian Social Democratic Party , insists on quick market transformations and reducing taxes for small, medium and large businesses and a well-provided part of the population, Contributing, as his supporters believe, the restoration of the economy that has fallen into stagnation, which occupies the volume of the still fifth place in the world, but growing less than 1 percent per year today, while at the beginning of the first period of Dilma, Rusef was more than 7.5 percent. Turning after the recognition of the victory of Dilma Rusef to his supporters, ACOSIO BUSE said:

ACIO VIREES

- I put up my candidacy in this election not by chance and not out of whim. Behind me is the experience, abilities, courage and skills of a leader, ready to lead Brazil to stable progress. In my imagination, I represent the prosperous all the regions of the country, without exception. It is our party that has the best recipes for improving the life of all Brazilians. That is why I'm here. And so I am extremely grateful to every person who voted for me, thereby showing his hopes and a desire for change.

The total mass of the Brazilian voters (in total 143 million people have a vote in the country) turned out to be split in half - and was embarrassed by a tense and at times openly dirty election campaign. Despite the fact that in Brazil the vote by law is not only the right, but also the obligation of citizens, 29 million people did not appear at polling stations, and another 7 million ballots were invalid.

Dilma Rusef with Fidel Castro in Havana. January 2014

Both RUSEF, and the Verrys sharply criticized each other, alternately accusing the opponent and his environment of bribery, consumption, incompetence, interference in private life and bloating of rumors on social networks and suspicious delays in the publication of government reports on the level of poverty and the destruction of the forests of Amazon . For example, ACIO was compared by the chief of the campaign headquarters of the workers of Joao Santan with Joseph Goebbels, and the former president of Lula da Silva, standing behind the Dilma Rusef, called the “ever drunken playworm, which the laurels of Tsar Herod” did not give rest. ”