city for the illicit funding that s flowed to political parties. the judges and public prosecutors who are under siege are counting on popular support so far mass protests have been able to shield judicial authority against political attack the next general elections in brazil are scheduled for october two thousand and eighteen but many ordinary brazilians don t want to wait that long and are demanding that elections be brought forward they ve received support from local artists like the tunnel below so and milton nutsy mental the yearning for a fresh start is strong. much of their hope rests on the lamas shuttle task force the investigation has even served as inspiration for a feature film for many brazilians the lava shot to investigators are the true heroes of democracy. thought they had one of their story is tailor
god fearing president will be a way forward for our nation and the souls that are. as and then we will be the fatherland of the gospel and once again in the world s respect muscatine was good we believe that beginning in two thousand and eighteen a god fearing person will rule our country will gain them into their will very mount up by the. one of the leading contenders is right wing nationalist yeah you have both on audio who is also an evangelical he s currently polling second in the upcoming presidential elections many call him the brazilian donald trump. they re not going to do business there is. even a military coup seems within the realm of the possible and army general has stated that if the political crisis is not resolved the military would consider overthrowing the government his statement was widely applauded on social media and by many of his colleagues. beloved shuttle investigators are placing their faith in
could benefit brazil s evangelical movement evangelicals are the country s fastest growing religious group for some years the movement has been seeking an ever greater foothold in brazil s political institutions many evangelicals believe the time is ripe for taking over the reins of government once anyone who governs in the name of god will always give their best for the children of god that s why we hope that our religious parliamentary group will gain in strength i ll mention around a quarter of all brazilians now identify as evangelical in two thousand and sixteen and evangelical pastor was elected mayor of rio de janeiro brazil second largest city marcello cruella once described roman catholics as demons and he has called homosexuality a terrible evil most of his support comes from the residents of the huge favelas in the north of rio. i believe the forthcoming elections will change our country s. a
the world s fifth largest economy unemployment and poverty fell dramatically but the boom was built on shaky ground. this capsule it was even predicted that brazil would soon overtake germany as an economic power if the collapse of commodity prices played a major role but it wasn t the only reason this never happened the main cause was the mistake made by the leftist government primarily lula da silva and the workers party that they should have used the boom years to institute important structural reforms so not so. when the price of crude oil and other raw materials collapsed it spell the end for lula s model the social welfare state financed by commodity revenues the brazilian economy was plunged into a deep crisis. rio
corruption has depleted public funds and the cost of fighting this corruption is also high the federal government in brasilia has come to a near standstill the president and many of his ministers are devoting all their energy to defending themselves against the judiciary brazil is virtually paralyzed urgent reforms have been postponed ordinary citizens have less and less faith in their government. many are resting their hopes on general elections scheduled for october two thousand and eighteen but transparency international is skeptical. there is no assurance that what comes next is going to be better than what we have now the problem is that we haven t developed. a political culture or an i read new off our political culture we haven t three new of our political leadership we create these void and then what s going to fulfill it is populism outlawry tyrion ism and this back wall in this. type of politics this type of politics