Desconhecido: Sometimes there is a majority in parliament built on quid pro quo patronage, which, by the way, has plagued the Brazilian Republic for many decades.
Desconhecido: Nowadays, unlike before, Brazil sends only 12% of its total exports to the United States.
Just as the Batista brothers are very influential and friends of Trump, they are also friends of President Lula and, historically, relied on his policies of promoting national champions to become what they are today — to drive smaller slaughterhouses out of business and buy them up using the subsidies and tax and credit privileges that were granted during Lula's government.
Kim Kataguiri: Deputy Chico spoke about it not being bad to be a minority within parliament, better than having a majority based on 'toma lá, dá cá'.
Kim Kataguiri: But today Lula's government precisely has a majority based on 'toma lá, dá cá'.