Brazil sinks without causing outrage.

Brazil, which until the events culminating in the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff represented the hopes for a better world for Brazilians and brothers from other less developed countries, after the coup and the rise of Michel Temer plunged into a process of destruction not only physical but also of the Brazilian soul. Disappointment, disenchantment, and discouragement, alongside hatred, hypocrisy, and cynicism, seem to dominate everyone's spirit today. No one knows who to trust anymore, because even the Justice system, which should be the guarantor of our hopes, has also been contaminated by the discredit of public figures, who have lost their shame and no longer bother to hide backroom deals and business dealings detrimental to the greater interests of the Nation. The situation has reached such a point that it has become difficult to find someone trustworthy who can replace Minister Teori Zavascki as rapporteur of Lava Jato.

The illegitimate president Michel Temer, who has proven to be the country's greatest enemy with measures detrimental to the people's interests—perhaps because he wasn't placed in the Presidential Palace by those same people—openly engages in backroom deals to ensure his continued presidency. Besides dinners and resources for parliamentary amendments and salary increases for sectors that can aid his power projects, Temer doesn't hesitate to attract figures who are key to executing his plans. And he seems confident in his ability to escape unscathed from the Lava Jato investigation, despite being cited more than 40 times by Odebrecht's whistleblowers, and also from being removed from office by the Superior Electoral Court. The presence of Minister Gilmar Mendes, president of the TSE, at an informal meeting on Sunday at the Jaburu Palace, viewed with suspicion by everyone, was justified as a "meeting of old friends of 30 years." This friendship perhaps explains the ride on the presidential plane to Portugal and the statement defending a Lava Jato rapporteur appointed by Temer. And his likely acquittal in the TSE (Superior Electoral Court).

At the same time, the government, which is revealing itself to be more and more subservient every day, is committed to handing over our natural resources to foreign capital, particularly to the United States, openly assuming a shameful position of subservience. Besides oil, which is being auctioned off at bargain-basement prices to foreign companies, culminating in the privatization of Petrobras, they also want to hand over the Alcântara space base in Maranhão to the Americans. The first attempt, made during FHC's government, was thwarted by Lula's election, which prevented the establishment of a US military base in Brazil, like the Guantanamo base in Cuba, a cancer that the Cubans have not yet managed to eradicate. And they also want to hand over control of our airspace to foreigners. These are treasonous initiatives, in fact betrayals of the Brazilian people who, astonished, watch all this resignedly, like lambs to the slaughter.

It's surprising how apathetic everyone is towards the government's actions that go against national interests. There's a lack of indignation. Nobody takes to the streets to protest anymore, as if everyone were satisfied and resigned to everything that's happening. The political class, criminalized by the participation of many of its members in corrupt activities, is more concerned with making backroom deals for the election of the leadership of the two Houses of the National Congress. The Judiciary seems to live on another planet, indifferent to everything and everyone, apparently preoccupied with pleasing President Temer. Even the Armed Forces, even relegated to the status of police to guard prisons, are quiet. Not even the retired generals who used to raise their voices against PT governments have decided to speak in defense of the country's sovereignty. The mainstream press, in turn, certainly due to the generous flow of advertising funds, seems satisfied with the government, turning a blind eye to these actions. After all, where did Temer get so much power to leave everyone inert and gagged?

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Luis Barroso, in an article published this week, acknowledges that "Brazil is living through a difficult and serious moment." In his opinion, "there seems to be a conspiracy of negative circumstances." Up to this point, he reveals a view similar to the vast majority of Brazilians, but he shifts focus when he adds that "it is also possible to interpret the events as a historical turning point towards a better and greater country." It remains to be seen to which events he refers, which should lead the country to a "better and greater" situation: whether it is the coup that ousted Dilma, the measures of the Temer government, or Operation Lava Jato. For now, only he and the Temer government – ​​and certainly Minister José Serra, who wants to hand over the Alcântara base to the United States and smiled at the funeral of Minister Teori Zavascki – can see the country moving towards a better situation. They both must have some kind of vision problem.