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Date Posted: 17:17:11 10/05/06 Thu
Author: Alicia Berger
Subject: Re: Brazilian Elections by Julia Onodera
In reply to: Julia Onodera - ! the real version ! 's message, "Brazilian Elections by Julia Onodera" on 12:11:33 10/04/06 Wed

>The New York Post
>Letter to the Editor concerning the article "Brazil's
>Lula in High - Stakes Battle in Runoff Vote"
>
>Most of the people who voted for Luiz In�cio Lula da
>Silva are poor. Supposedly one of the reasons for
>that, as posted by The New York Post, are the various
>social programs that we now see in Brazil that benefit
>the lower class.
>
>In my opinion, the real reason why the majority of the
>poor population voted for Lula is their lack of
>information. It is a lamentable fact, but in Brazil
>the poor ones have few opportunities for a good
>education and very few access to information. Being
>so, it's not a surprise that so many poor people voted
>for Lula despite of his corrupt government. It is also
>not a surprise that so many people don't know that the
>social programs associated to Lula in fact were
>created and implemented in Fernando Henrique Cardoso's
>government.
>
>Just to give an example of how better informed is the
>upper class in these elections: lots of information
>towards the candidates are available for the voters,
>like the candidates' past as politicians, their
>declared possessions etc. However, these informations
>are only available on the internet. And the poor ones
>don't have internet access.
>
>J�lia Onodera

Dear Julia Obodera,
I completely agree with you, on where most of Lula's votes are coming from. You are totally right that since the poor are limited to many things they don't have the priveleges to get all off the facts right on who they are voting for. Politicians and other people should make the information a little more widely known so that everyone can have the chance to know whats right and who they should really vote for.
Alicia Berger

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Re: Brazilian Elections by Julia Onodera -- Ashley Boik, 19:39:13 10/05/06 Thu