„Mr Sarney may look like a throwback to an era of semi-feudal politics that still prevails in corners of Brazil and holds the rest of it back. But with the tacit support of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the country™s left-of-centre president, he was this week chosen to preside over the Senate. It is the third time in his career that he has held this powerful job, which confers a degree of control over the government™s agenda and opportunities for patronage.“
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Obama und Ex-Diktaturparteichef Sarney prosten sich 2011 in Brasilia zu.
1969 – Jahr der Unterzeichnung des Kulturabkommens sowie des Wissenschafts-und Technologieabkommens mit der Folterdiktatur Brasiliens. Willy-Brandt-Forum Berlin, Unter den Linden, 2012.
Willy Brandt und sein Diktatur-Kollege José de Magalhaes Pinto 1969: