@leila_rsilva Sou de direita e apoio esse movimento, mas quero saber se está mesmo tendo a greve e se é verdade que o agro vai agir juntamente com os caminhoneiros, pois estou vendo muita mídia dizendo que foi um fracasso.
What’s happening in Rio was inevitable. The federal government has been paralyzed or unwilling to confront the PCC and Comando Vermelho.
In May, the U.S. offered Brazil a partnership to classify these groups as foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs). That status unlocks the full weight of U.S. counterterrorism tools — intelligence-sharing, financial tracing, asset freezes, and sanctions — the same framework used to dismantle ISIS’s global network and cut off its funding streams.
@LulaOficial’s government refused. The excuse was “sovereignty,” the same word they use to defend censorship, mass corruption, and inaction while ordinary Brazilians live increasingly under the rule of organized crime.
Now those same factions are flying drones over Rio and shooting at police with military weapons. And instead of standing with law enforcement, the federal government has decided to investigate the police and public officials that had the courage to confront them.
The Brazilian federal government has to decide what kind of sovereignty it wants, one that protects its people, or one that protects its criminals.
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⚡️ Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro becomes WAR ZONE, at least 64 KILLED
Operation targets Comando Vermelho gang as fires and smoke engulf city
‘Most DEADLY police operation ever’ — Reuters
🚨🇧🇷 RIO POLICE KILL 64 IN MASSIVE RAID BEFORE CLIMATE SUMMITS
Brazil's deadliest police operation ever targeted Comando Vermelho gang days before Rio hosts global climate events.
Four officers among the dead as 2,500 security personnel stormed Alemao and Penha favelas.
Governor Claudio Castro:
"We stand firm confronting narcoterrorism"
Police released footage of gang drones dropping grenades on officers.
The operation made 81 arrests while serving 250 warrants targeting drug kingpins.
Rio hosts Prince William's Earthshot Prize next week with celebrities, then COP30 climate summit.
Brazil cleaning house before the world arrives.
Source: Reuters
When Drug Lords Get Diplomatic Immunity: Rio Fights Terror While Brasília Plays Pretend
Well, this is awkward. While the state government of Rio de Janeiro has officially declared the Red Command (Comando Vermelho) a terrorist organization and even sent a report on its operations to the Trump administration, the Lula government in Brasília can’t quite bring itself to use the same word.
Apparently, in Lula’s Brazil, drug traffickers who control entire neighborhoods, shoot down police helicopters, and extort businesses aren’t terrorists — they’re just “socially misunderstood entrepreneurs.”
Rio’s decision to cooperate directly with U.S. authorities tells you everything about Brasília’s moral paralysis. When your own state has to bypass the federal government to warn another country about organized crime within your borders, it’s safe to say your national leadership has checked out.
The Red Command isn’t some street gang. It’s a multinational criminal enterprise with ties across Latin America, laundering money through everything from crypto to cattle, and wielding more firepower than most national guards. But to Lula and his allies, acknowledging that might upset their “human rights” rhetoric — or worse, their voter base in the favelas.
So while Rio’s government tries to protect its citizens and work with international partners, Brasília prefers to protect its narrative.
Terrorism? No, no — just “community organization.”
U.S. intelligence cooperation? Too imperialist.
Public safety? That’s someone else’s ministry.
In Lula’s Brazil, the drug lords rule the hills, and the politicians rule the excuses.