Professor and Director of the Faculty of Law at the University of São Paulo (USP), Floriano de Azevedo Marquez Neto analyzes the death of Marcelo Arruda, assassinated by a supporter of President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) during his 50th birthdayon Saturday evening the 9th as a portrait of the escalating violence on the Brazilian political scene. “We have seen violence in communication, violence in speech, and now we are starting to see the result of this – violence in actions leading to death,” he says in an interview. Estadão. Marques Neto also emphasizes that this escalation of violence can be “a harbinger of very dark moments”, and recalls that such situations were “consistently during the rise of Nazism, eugenics and racist discourses”. For a USP professor of public law, even those who encourage these extremist discourses are participants in these acts of violence. “The problem with polarization is that you think the other should be destroyed. And this, unfortunately, has become the leitmotif of the national political game.”
Civilian security guard Marcelo Arruda of Foz do Iguacu (PR) was killed during a PT-style birthday party.
What are the risks of more extremist, more violent discourses in the polarized political environment we live in Brazil?
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I think that these discourses that deny the opposite interlocutor are going down a very dangerous path. If you take the history of mankind over the past 100 years, this is a harbinger of very dark, very bad times for humanity. Discourse that makes the other side unacceptable and denies otherwise leads to the solution of the problem by violence. This discourse brings no luck or achievement, it can only produce acts of violence like this in Parana, and whoever encourages these discourses is a participant in these acts of violence.
Do you believe there is an escalation of violence in our political scenario?
We have witnessed an escalation of violence, regardless of specific actions. We have seen violence in communication, violence in speech, and now we are beginning to see the result of this – violence in actions leading to death. It never begins with acts of physical violence, but begins with speeches denying the other. It was a constant in the rise of Nazism, a constant in the rise of eugenics, racist discourses, and now we see it on the Brazilian political scene.
Is this escalation related to the polarization we are seeing in our politics?
This is part of what we see in the world today. Polarization is a key feature of what we are seeing around the world, and in general, Brazil will ultimately maximize it. The problem with polarization is not that you have antagonistic differences with each other. It is you who deny recognition and significance in the other. You feel that the other must be destroyed. And this, unfortunately, has become the leitmotif of the national political game.
Are the most violent speeches present from all sides of the polarization?
It is present everywhere. The only difference is that perhaps one side has more means to act physically violently, through violence, because of the greater freedom of action with weapons than the other side. But the discourse is the same at both poles.
Yesterday, financial agents evaluated the opposite decision of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) regarding the so-called secret budget. In addition, a decision was made by STF Minister Gilmar Méndez to issue an injunction that would exclude the Bolsa Família from the spending cap rule, with investors trying to understand how this measure would affect the processing of the transitional PEC in the Chamber of Deputies. Oh this PEC!!!!
Since he is an exchange investor, any reading that the budget will be exceeded or become more flexible will negatively affect the exchange market, whether through the PEC or in any other way. We will continue with volatility today.
Looking beyond, the US Central Bank (Fed), although slowing down the pace of monetary tightening at its December meeting, issued a tougher-than-expected statement warning that its fight against inflation was not yet over, raising fears that rising US interest rates will push the world’s largest economy into recession.
The currency market continues to react to political news. The voting on the PEC is saved for today. It is expected that it will indeed be reviewed to open the way tomorrow for discussions on the 2023 budget.
Yesterday, the spot price closed the selling day at R$5.3103.
For today on the calendar we will have an index of consumer confidence in the eurozone. Good luck and good luck in business!!
The former president of the Corinthians dreams of working for the CBF as a national team coordinator. He was consulted shortly after Lula’s election.
Former Corinthians president Andrés Sánchez was advised to take a position in the Ministry of Sports under the administration of Lula (PT). However, he ruled out a return to politics. dreams of taking over the coordination of CBF selectionHow do you know PURPOSE.
No formal invitation was made to the former Corinthian representative, only a consultation on a portfolio opportunity with the new federal government, which will be sworn in on January 1, 2023.
Andrés was the Federal MP for São Paulo from 2015 to 2019. At that time he was elected by the Workers’ Party. However, the football manager begs to stay in the sport, ruling out the possibility of getting involved in politics again.
Andrés Sanchez’s desire is to fill the position of CBF tackle coordinator, which should become vacant after the 2022 World Cup. Juninho Paulista fulfills this function in Brazil’s top football institution.
The former president of Corinthians was in Qatar to follow the World Cup along with other figures in Brazilian football. During his time in the country, he strengthened his ties with the top leadership of the CBF.
BRUSSELS, DECEMBER 19 (ANSA). European Union countries reached a political agreement on Monday (19) to impose a natural gas price ceiling of 180 euros per megawatt hour (MWh). The main sources of income for Russia and the minimization of the use of energy as a weapon by the regime of Vladimir Putin.
The agreement was approved by a supermajority at a ministerial meeting of member states in Brussels, Belgium, after months of discussions about the best way to contain the rise in natural gas prices in the bloc caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. .
The value set by the countries is well below the proposal made by the European Commission, the EU’s executive body, in November: 275 EUR/MWh. However, the countries leading the cap campaign were in favor of an even lower limit, around 100 EUR/MWh.
Germany, always wary of price controls, voted in favor of 180 euros, while Austria and the Netherlands, also skeptical of the cap, abstained. Hungary, the most pro-Russian country in the EU, voted against.
The instrument will enter into force on 15 February, but only if natural gas prices on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange exceed 180 euros/MWh for three consecutive days. In addition, the difference compared to a number of global benchmarks should be more than 35 euros.
Italy, the EU’s biggest supporter of the ceiling, has claimed responsibility for the measure. “This is a victory for Italy, which believed and worked for us to reach this agreement,” Environment and Energy Minister Gilberto Picetto tweeted.
“This is a victory for Italian and European citizens who demand energy security,” he added.
Currently, the gas price in Amsterdam is around 110 EUR/MWh, which is already a reflection of the agreement in Brussels – in August the figure even broke the barrier of 340 EUR/MWh.
However, Russia has already threatened to stop exports to countries that adhere to the ceiling. (ANSA).
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