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Caetano responds to Temer's letter: 'His group staged a coup against Dilma'

Singer and songwriter Caetano Veloso responded to a letter he received from Michel Temer; Caetano recalls that the last letter Temer wrote was the famous letter 'Verba volant, scripta manent' (Words fly away, scripture remains), addressed to Dilma Rousseff and deliberately leaked to journalist Jorge Bastos Moreno of the newspaper O Globo, a personal friend of Temer; in the letter to Caetano, Temer wrote that Ciro Gomes is a political pygmy, and Caetano responded in a video: "His group staged a coup against Dilma; will they stage a coup against me?"

Caetano responds to Temer's letter: 'His group staged a coup against Dilma' (Photo: Fernando Frazão/Agência Brasil)

247 - Singer and songwriter Caetano Veloso responded to a letter he received from Michel Temer. Caetano recalls that the last letter Temer wrote was the famous letter 'Verba volant, scripta manent' (Words fly away, scripture remains), addressed to Dilma Rousseff and deliberately leaked to journalist Jorge Bastos Moreno of the newspaper O Globo, a personal friend of Temer. In the letter to Caetano, Temer wrote that Ciro Gomes is a political pygmy, and Caetano responded in a video: "His group staged a coup against Dilma; will they stage a coup against me?"

Published in the newspaper O GloboThe article about Caetano's response contextualizes Temer's initiative in writing to Caetano. The Bahian singer had declared his support for Ciro Gomes, comparing the two – Temer and Ciro: 

"Temer had written a letter to the composer. He refuted Caetano's statements such as: 'Ciro is explosive, Temer is disingenuous. Ciro seeks unity, Temer seeks backroom deals. Ciro thinks of the country, Temer thinks of himself. Ciro is our contemporary, Temer is a ghost from the past. Ciro has vitality, Temer is a living dead man. Ciro speaks with courage, Temer remains silent with cunning. Ciro is the opposite of Temer.' Caetano, as is known, has already declared his support for Ciro Gomes in this election."

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