tv What Happened to Brazil... BBC News January 11, 2019 9:30pm-10:01pm GMT
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oui’ our main headlines. president trump has said he will not declare a national emergency. means there is no and to the government shutdown. snow continues to cause wiser destruction in northern europe. killing 16 people and avalanches over the past few days. the prime minister of canada justin trudeau has said that his country is pleased to offer assigned to the saudi woman. she is currently headed there ona woman. she is currently headed there on a plane from thailand where she fled to. a 13—year—old girl from wisconsin who went missing in october after her parents were shot deadin october after her parents were shot dead in the family home has been found alive. police believe that she escaped from a cabin in nearby woods. those are the headlines on bbc news. that is it for me, at 10pm sophie ray wood will be here with a full round up of the day prospectors. but first brazil seems
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set to be one of the most successful countries in the 21st century. in what happened to brazil, bbc details how a dream for brazil disappeared. it wasn't supposed to be like this. not so long ago, brazil seemed set to become one of the major success stories of the 21st century. but less than a decade later, brazil's dream lies in ruins. it's political class is discredited. corruption runs rife in business. the economy has stalled and its people have had enough. after a bitterly contested and violent election campaign, the country has chosen a radically
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were going to change in brazil. applause. perhaps lula's greatest triumph was that he managed to bring about an unprecedented level of social mobility. to the outside world, it seemed as if lula's brazil was the model for an emerging power. in time, some uncomfortable revelations would damage this reputation. however when lula left office in 2010, his legacy seemed assured. 26 million brazilians had been taken out of poverty. and 15 millionjobs had been created. helped by a commodities boom, economic growth had risen to 7.5% a year.
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shortly after he left office, an advert captured the optimism for brazil under lula. a giant had woken up. the country would no longer be ignored. the future was brazilian. but could the politicians who came after lula deliver? dilma rousseff, a former marxist guerrilla, was brazil's first female president. the country had made massive strides under her predecessor but success was like a drug. there was now a vast, growing middle—class that wanted more. could dilma take them with her?
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but faced with this global economic turmoil, dilma made some disastrous decisions. she cut business taxes, lowered interest rates, capped fuel and energy prices and the combined effect on the brazilian economy was dire. injune 2013, the uneasy truce with the brazilian people ended. the movimento passe livre — the free fare movement — staged a demonstration in sao paulo. they demanded the reversal of a recent rise in public transport fares in the city. in the following days, their numbers group. —— their numbers grew. and the police fought back, beating up demonstrators and journalists. in the following days, their numbers grew. and the police fought back, beating
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up demonstrators and journalists. as the protest grew, brazilian police responded with increasing brutality. their tactics were captured via television. bleep. gunshots. within two weeks, the demonstrations had exploded across the country attracting over1 million people onto the streets. the sleeping brazilian giant had most definitely woken up.
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now the focus of the protests moved onto the hated national politicians at the congress buildings in capitol brasilia. unfortunately, there was another big problem looming for brazil. building stadiums for the 2014 world cup was proving to be ruinously expensive. fifa was demanding extremely high standards and brazilians were starting to ask why their public services couldn't also be fifa—standard. gunshots. in february, the death of a tv cameraman during a protest about the cost of the world cup brought brazil's crisis to the world's attention. dilma believed that the press could only find faults in everything she did. police siren. brazil's problems though went far deeper than the street protests.
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for many years, the country had been plagued by endemic corruption. there had been a long—standing police investigation into money laundering. in 2014, this investigation made a stunning breakthrough. what would become known as operation carwash was born. president dilma had introduced to brazil a new law on plea—bargaining, her aim had been to placate the crowds protesting against the government. now, an executive of brazil's biggest company had been caught up in operation carwash. paulo roberto costa had started to co—operate with the investigation and a vast web of corruption began to unravel. up and down the country, hundreds of arrests were made. the man who was leading the operation was a charismatic young judge called sergio moro.
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meanwhile, the protests on the streets were increasing. a new class of protester, known as coxinhas, were emerging. they were angry at the corruption that was being revealed and what they saw as wasteful public spending by the government. they were to become a major force in brazilian politics. when the world cup started the crowd, many of the coxinhas, soon made their displeasure known. chanting. dilma's unpopularity and the football team's disastrous performance led to a hostile atmosphere at what should have been a time of national celebration.
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into this cauldron, a new political player appeared — the former army captain and congressmanjair bolsonaro. in 1964, a military coup had brought a dictatorship to brazil. the generals ruled for 21 years. it was a time that still haunts brazil. for some, a return to authoritarian rule was appealing. but in 2014, it was still relatively few people. street protests, stalling economy, and a wave of corruption scandals.
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this was far from an ideal time for dilma to seek reelection. her main challenger was the social democratic party senator, aecio neves. supported by coxinhas, he attacked dilma over the corruption exposed by operation carwash. and he enlisted some of the country's most popular celebrities to support him. the contest was very close. for a short period, aecio neves believed he had one. believed he had won. he contested the results and for a long time refused to accept the legitimacy of the vote. but dilma claims she never had any doubts she would win.
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despite all the setbacks that had befallen the country over the last four years, the brazilian people had entrusted dilma with a second term in office. but patience was running out. and politics was about to get very dirty. hello there. there has not been a huge amount of change and the weather since the start of 2019 with high pressure often in charge. this was at the scene on friday. in highland, scotland, we had heavy showers around. so, rainbows and certainly captured by our weather watchers
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and there will be more of them in the forecast over the next couple of days too. so, for saturday we have still got high pressure but this time sitting out towards the southwest and what we've got is weather fronts making their way gradually southeastwards across the uk. introducing some milder air though so you can see the yellow colours at least for a time as we head for the next few days. the blues, the colder air mass, not far away and that will become more of a player as we have for the course of next week. but let's go back to saturday. we have a day of sunshine and showers. initial rain clearing away from southern england and then further heavy downpours pushing into parts of northern and western scotland, some heavy showers sit in northwest england and north wales too. further south and east, you're more likely to stay dry. northern ireland also largely dry. 10—11 degrees is pretty mild for this stage in january. moving through saturday night then and we will keep these heavy showers across northeastern scotland in particular. one or two showers across the country with a fair amount of cloud, night as we move into the early hours of sunday.
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now sunday will be a particularly windy day. breezy on saturday too but by sunday, those isobars tighten so we will see those gusty winds piling in from the northwest, and more showers around too. gusts up to around 40—50 mph particularly across northern and western parts of scotland. again, it is southern and eastern parts of the uk that will have the lion's share of the sunshine. those showers packing into the northwest. temperature is 11 or 12 degrees again it is a very mild day to come on sunday but you will certainly notice the strength of the breeze. by the time we get to monday, high pressure starts to move in once again. from the west, that will ease those winds down somewhat. not as blustery through the course of monday. more such an offer and fewer showers compared to the weekend. cougar particularly around that east coast. breeze coming in from the north sea. we have rain on tuesday that could be persistent across scotland. here is the slow—moving front that will sit there all day. for some, heavy
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rain mounting across parts of scotland. but a dry story everywhere else was of temperatures in double figures across the board. wider winds further south. that front will bring that persistent rain through scott went on to overnight into wednesday this makes his way further krause —— south across the country. into parts of central england. followed by heavy showers. a change during the course of wednesday as that cold front makes its way southwards across the country, we are back to single figures in most places. some could see ten sauces across the southeast. let's look at the latter part of next week. was that front gets out of the way the door opens for more northerly weather. into next weekend weather looks like they bump into the cold air moving in from the atlantic. that means a bit of a wintry
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flavour. occultist book of weather, a return to night—time frosts and a chance of wintry showers too. and a bit of snow fell on the higher ground in the north. that's it for 110w. ground in the north. that's it for now. bye—bye. another u—turn on universal credit — the government's main welfare reform. it replaces six benefits... the work and pensions secretary amber rudd admits the new benefit is not compassionate or fair enough and needs changing. i want to make sure universal credit has enough flexibility to adapt to personal circumstances, particularly the needs of the most vulnerable. charities have broadly welcomed the changes — but labour say they don't go far enough. also tonight... andy, does that mean this might be your last tournament? andy murray breaks down as he says his hip injury means he'll have to retire this year. he's hoping to end his career at wimbledon, but isn't sure he will make it.
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