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Valeria Guerra Reiter

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Carp life

Michelle Bolsonaro (Photo: Isac Nóbrega/PR)

Dying without oxygen, a terrible sensation: "The carp in the Palace Lake in Brasília felt pain as they died, after being forcibly removed from the site." The fish were removed from the area, which had been drained. And the true fact has only come to light now; it is regrettable that so many unnecessary deaths occurred under the previous government.

"Former First Lady Michelle Bolsonaro allegedly ordered the person in charge of coordinating the work at the residence, Pastor Francisco de Assis Castello Branco, to empty the reflecting pool located in front of the Alvorada Palace so that the "lucky coins" accumulated at the bottom could be removed. During the process, all the carp died.

Tourists often throw coins into the reflecting pool of the presidential palace as a tradition. It is believed that the gesture brings good luck.

According to the report published on Friday (3) in Rodrigo Rangel's column, in Metrópoles, Michelle ordered the water mirror to be emptied, the carp ended up dying”

The death of the beautiful carp was the result of a whim, and the coins stained with the blood of the poor little fish went to the evangelical church, a slot machine, as an act/symbol of immeasurable power. And echoing Hildegard Angel, I say: "The carp are gone, but the macabre record remains for History."

Our Brazil has been devastated: our indigenous people, our ecosystems, our workers, our people, have been victims of so much bitterness and death.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was elected again, for the third time. And just 30 days after his inauguration, his government was already fiercely attacked, especially on January 08, 2023, when the seats of power were targeted by a vilifying mob attempting an anti-democratic coup against the elected administration in Brazil. Brazil, a country with one of the lowest minimum wages in the world, remains hopeful for better days and wages, with the governability of statesman Lula.

We resisted once again, and now the latest news is that there was indeed a serious, coup-plotting plot to dismantle... the preference The population is yearning for a change of atmosphere in the political party field, given the carnage during the pandemic, and other nefarious forms of devaluation of human beings, which have permeated the national environment. Revolution is simply transformation, and voting for Lula in the 2022 election was an appeal for the status quo established in this giant Brazil to begin to change. We spent four years stagnant and doomed to a curse that desired general privatization, coupled with a disregard for "public affairs" and everything surrounding them.

Those who do not preserve the life of fauna and flora will not be able to save indigenous peoples, nor the workers of a country. Now we can say that many people did indeed... a destination for palatial carp, when they died from shortness of breath during the peak of COVID-19, especially in the (highly negligent) episode that occurred in January 2021 in Manaus.

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* This is an opinion article, the responsibility of the author, and does not reflect the opinion of Brasil 247.