Brazilian MP's are the most expensive in the world - I protest against it

Raphael Michilis Fonseca

R$ 33 millions (£9,62 millions) is the annual cost of a Senator in Brazil. A member of the lower house of the Brazilian Congress, Chamber of Federal Deputies, costs R$ 6,6 millions (£1,92 millions) a year to the taxpayer. R$10,2 millions (£2,97 millions) is the average annual cost of an MP in Brazil, the most expensive in the world, according to a study by 'Transparencia Brazil Institute.'

To have an idea of how tragic it is to the country, remember that the Brazilian Senate has 81 chairs, while the lower house is composed of 513 federal deputies.

Now it gets graphic and you may not want to read it as it may make you sick.

    81
+513
  594 x £2,97mi = £1,76bi/year


Shouldn't the protesters in Brazil be asking (better, demanding) the MP's to cut their own earnings down?
They are not the only ones in the Brazilian government sphere to earn absurd sums of money to do nothing or even work against people's interest.Compare it with how the MP's live in Sweden and you'll see how disgusting it is to have to pay for the politicians's luxury.

Watch the video for more details, in Portuguese though.

Think about it. 

Also compare:
The minute 'worked' by a Brazilian MP costs R$ 11,545.00 to the tax payer, who earns a basic monthly salary of R$ 678.00. 

MP              R$ 11,545.00 /MINUTE

Taxpayer       R$ 678.00 / MONTH

University investigates 198 students involved in racist prank in Brazil

Raphael Michilis Fonseca

A group of university students are being accused of racism, sexism, and prejudice in Brazil.

Student painted in black during prank. The sign reads: Rookie Chica da Silva. 

Chica da Silva was a slave that  became famous for having an affair with her 

master, who later freed her. Through that relationship she gained prestige,

 financial and influential power

They are subject of an internal inquiry at the Federal University in the estate of Minas Gerais UFMG. 

The 198 graduate students are suspect of involvement in a prank that made references to slavery and Nazism.

The administrative process opened by the university against the students,

Here Xica da Silva, born in the

same state where the prank

took place, was made into a 

TV soap opera character. 

however, only investigates their involvement in selling and distributing alcohol during the prank event which took place last March 15.

At least half of the students investigated in the case, 99, are rookies who suffered the prank. 

The University did not explain why the words racism, sexism, prejudice, slavery and Nazism were not included in the process.


Pranking events are traditional in universities all over the country and happens every semester as an initiation/welcome ritual. 

Severe university pranks in Brazil have gained media attention in several other occasions, when students who couldn’t swim died after being thrown into swimming pools for instance.