From Brazil, only rubble remains, says Luis Felipe Miguel.
Political scientist Luis Felipe Miguel expresses disappointment with the direction the country is taking after the 2016 parliamentary coup; "The results are there for all to see. The country that was envisioned is giving way to a pile of rubble. From the streets of Rio de Janeiro, transformed into a war zone, to the Supreme Court taking another step in its demoralization and burying the idea of a secular state, the last few days have been rich in evidence of what is happening," he stated.
By Luis Felipe Miguel, on your Facebook - Despite all the setbacks and limitations, from the end of the military dictatorship onwards, we were beginning to build a country. It wasn't anyone's dream country – at least not mine. It was still unjust, poor, and violent. But it was a country under construction that allowed us to glimpse the possibility of new progress.
But the Brazilian ruling classes see any progress in the country as a direct threat to themselves. The advances of recent years, which so many of us considered too timid and riddled with contradictions, have become too much. So, with impressive fury, they set out to destroy everything that had begun to be built.
The results are before our eyes. The country that was envisioned is giving way to a pile of rubble. From the streets of Rio de Janeiro, transformed into a war zone, to the Supreme Court taking another step in its demoralization and burying the idea of a secular state, the last few days have been rich in evidence of what is happening.