Veja celebrates the fruit of Lava Jato: the sale of Brazil.

By Fernando Brito, from brick

If anyone has any doubt that the hidden purpose of Lava Jato went far beyond catching a few rats within state-owned companies – and rats, public and private companies, as well as institutions, have always had them – they will lose that doubt upon seeing the edition of Veja this week (which, incidentally, was strangely brought forward).

In assessing the operation, the magazine launches fireworks in its editorial:

"The best development in the Lava Jato operation, the most promising in the fight against corruption, came from where no one expected it: the announcement of the privatization of Eletrobras, the largest electricity company in Latin America and partner in hydroelectric behemoths, ranging from the old Itaipu dam to the new Belo Monte dam. Yes, the announcement of a privatization is among the most effective measures that can be taken to overcome corruption in Brazil. And the reason is simple: the gigantism of the Brazilian state, with its public arms everywhere, serves as an omnipresent invitation to corruption." 

The magazine celebrates the massive sales figures as "big news." All of them, of course, achieved with the utmost integrity in a process overseen by none other than…Wellington Moreira Franco! A man who leaves the notorious Ricardo Sérgio far short of the "limit of responsibility."

Foreign banks and funds, as well as Chinese ones, will feast, with due prayers for the young men of Curitiba – whom the magazine hails as intellectual authors – and for Michel Temer, the executor of a historic injury to the country.

Thanks to the hysteria surrounding Lava Jato, Brazil will no longer be robbed of hundreds of millions.

Hundreds of billions, even trillions, will be stolen.