Brazil, just like Chile ?

Jacques Wagner and José Serra / Manu Dias / AGECOM / Fotos Govba / Flickr.com

Lula and his government are very popular in Brazil. It is even the most popular Brazilian government since a while: 76% of the Brazilians approve its action. The rate is quite similar to Michelle Bachelet in Chile, a few weeks ago. But just like it happened in Chile, Lula’s party could lose the next presidential election, on October 3^rd.

Crisis? What crisis?

The president of the Inter-American Development Bank Luis Alberto Moreno gave an interesting interview in the Colombian economical daily Portafolio. Well, interesting, not because his speech is revolutionary and contains miracle solutions for the development of Latin America. But because his tone has quite changed between the beginning and the end of the interview.

The proof by the movie

Pietro Sibille in Days of Santiago

I watched two great movies by chance this weekend. This kind of movies that make you understand many things. The first one is “Days of Santiago”, by the Peruvian movie director Josué Mendez. It is the story of Santiago, a young man that just went out from the Army. During a few years, he fought against drug traffickers, guerrillas and even served in a conflict. When he comes back in the civil life, he has lost all his landmarks and falls into paranoia, fighting against imaginary enemies.

He is (probably) the next president of Mexico

Enrique Peña Nieto / DR

Let me tell you the story of another foregone conclusion.  Two years before the presidential election, all the Mexicans are convinced that the next president has already been chosen. A poll created a shock wave among the analysts : according to Consulta Mitofsky, an independent consulting office, the PRI candidate Enrique Peña Nieto would win the election with more than a 50% of the votes. It recalls another era – not so far from us – that lasted over 70 years, when the PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party) was a single party in Mexico.