Luis Ignacio Lula De Silva: Una Problemma

Former President of Brazil Speaking to Press last week after questioning

      The former president of Brazil was detained by Brazilian federal police yesterday and questioned for several hours before being released from custody.   This is the same man who made derogatory comments about all peoples who had blue eyes.  He claimed blue-eyed individuals were worthless parasites.  Hmmmm.
     Did the federal police who detained him have brown eyes or blue eyes?  Did he rail against blue-eyed folks after his release or brown-eyed folks?   The emotional tirade for the media upon his release seemed a bit out of place, but not out of character.  He had broad support during his two terms as Brazil's president and benefitted from a rare period of economic expansion and relative stability.  But, now his chickens are coming home to roost.   The form of these "chickens" is the ongoing investigation into PetroBras, the state-owned oil/energy monolith.  Arrests have already been made of executives of the company and also executives of construction companies involved in contracts with the company.
      Many pundits believe this investigation will eventually ensnare  sitting President Dilma Rousseff, De Silva's  hand-picked successor.   She may be impeached, given that many of her opponents  are moving toward this strategy.   Her popularity is at less than 10%-not so good.