Kotscho: The world moves forward; Brazil returns to the times of the Cold War.
A journalist says that while "the world has gotten better," citing the rapprochement between Obama and Raúl Castro as an example, "Brazil is returning to the Cold War era"; Ricardo Kotscho criticized the new edition of Veja magazine, which, "in its increasingly angry campaign to overthrow the elected government, the decadent magazine is calling on its followers to attend the 'Out with Dilma' demonstrations scheduled for this Sunday."
247 - The journalist Ricardo Kotscho compares in your blog The criticism contrasts the "gesture of greatness" between the president of the United States, Barack Obama, and the president of Cuba, Raúl Castro, with "the vulgarity of the media spokespeople of the Brazilian elite." The critique refers to the new edition of Veja magazine, which features an editorial titled "The Call of the Streets."
"In its increasingly angry campaign to overthrow the elected government, the decadent magazine is calling on its followers to attend the "Out with Dilma" demonstrations scheduled for this Sunday, in the same vein as the fake cover published on the eve of the second round of the October elections, in a desperate attempt to reverse the election results," he writes.
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Obama and Raul point towards a better world.
Barack Obama, President of the United States:
"The United States will not be stuck in the past. This is the first time in over half a century that diplomatic relations with Cuba will be formally re-established. Never before have relations with Latin America been so good."
Raul Castro, President of Cuba:
"President Barack Obama is an honest man, and that's due to his humble origins. Ten presidents of the United States before Obama have debts to Cuba, none of them President Obama."
When would I have imagined being able to quote these phrases from the presidents of the United States and Cuba?
I'm from a time when it was fashionable to defend the Cuban revolution and criticize American imperialism.
In today's Brazil, where intolerance, arrogance, and ignorance become more threatening every day, it has become fashionable to send political opponents who won the elections for the fourth consecutive time to Cuba, and then spend the weekend in Miami, just as they used to go to Guarujá.
In the half-century that separates one period from the other, without me having changed sides, I am now a great admirer of the courage of American President Barack Obama and I celebrate with great joy the rapprochement between the United States and Cuba, thanks to the mediation of another providential man, Pope Francis.
Obama, Raul, and Francisco have already secured their places in history. Those who oppose them, American Republicans or the Brazilian right, will be left in the dust of irrelevance.
The world has gotten better, but Brazil is returning to the Cold War era. The best portrait of Brazil in 2015 (or the worst, depending on who's looking) is the photo of the three young socialites featured in this week's "Veja" editorial, under the title "The Call of the Streets".
In its increasingly angry campaign to overthrow the elected government, the decadent magazine is calling on its followers to attend the "Out with Dilma" demonstrations scheduled for this Sunday, echoing the fake cover published on the eve of the second round of the October elections, in a desperate attempt to reverse the election results.
Between Obama and Raul's grand gesture and the vulgarity of the Brazilian elite's media spokespeople, Brazil is gambling the future of democracy on the continent's largest country. For better or for worse, let each make their own choice. We are living through a historic moment. And it's wonderful to be alive to see it happen.