Anti-factional project
“Dirit changed the text and said that the National Front could investigate the factions in partnership or with the authorization of states” (Qutidiano, 11/11). In fact, according to the model of the Federal Constitution, regardless of the increase in crime, the jurisdiction of the states in this matter is guaranteed. Subordination to the federal entity contradicts the constitutional principle.
Paolo Justo (Cabo Frio, Royal Jordanian)
Linking the actions of federal police to state governments would be a way to weaken the fight against organized crime.
Leticia Aparecida Passos (Sao Carlos, SP)
This citizen does not have the competence or knowledge to write a text of this importance. The Palestinian Police has sovereignty regarding any investigation, regardless of the government’s statement. This project is a bad joke.
Carlos Alberto Aguilera (Taguatinga, DF)
organized crime
“Voters view operations in Faria Lima more favorably than in the favelas” (Guliano Spire, 8/11). This positive result is surprising after the support received for the recent killing in Rio. The police operation against the Central Committee of the Communist Party in Faria Lima broke a taboo, indicating that the elite are not immune in the fight against crime, and that just piling bodies in slums, in addition to not being a solution, is a legacy of racism and class prejudice, historical wounds in the country.
Jonas Nunes dos Santos (Juez de Fora, MG)
Bethlehem for the Conference of the Parties
“Across the Atlantic draws crowds to Belém’s forgotten beach, luxury contrasted with lack of basic services” (Ambiente, 11/11). It is a good image that represents the inequality resulting from income concentration and environmental destruction. We have to show luxury and rubbish, to see if the rich can take notice and open their pockets, before they give in with the poor. The planet is an ocean liner sailing across the universe, with no lifeguards. If it continues to be destroyed, it will sink.
Fernando Ramalho (Brasilia, DF)
Being in Belem
“COP30 starts with 56 thousand registered, 10 thousand less than the 2024 summit” (Ambiente, 10/11). I don’t know if this smaller difference compared to the previous version in the number of subscribers means much. Possible reasons are the cost of accommodation and perhaps logistical difficulties in a less developed area with less infrastructure in the country. Perhaps what really matters in the end is the active participation of governments and companies that have a lot of money and power to finance the necessary changes.
Aldo Nascimento Jr (Jondiay, SP)
Analyzing the newspaper headlines about the COP, I feel that my initial impression has been confirmed. Only negative titles, no positive titles. From Folha’s point of view, the conference has nothing fruitful. Pure waste of time.
Joao Pastena Neto (Pereiras, SP)
Mental crisis
“We underestimate the importance of mental health” (Michael France, 10/11). Another thought-provoking text from this fine writer. He goes further on Freud’s thesis that civilization causes oppression and unhappiness by observing the intensification of this process among poorer people. His optimism ultimately resembles the utopia of philosopher Herbert Marcuse, who believed in human liberation through technological development and the end of capitalism. Both optimistic and utopian.
Jose Zimmerman Filho (Sao Paulo, SP)
Kanye West
“No one who advocates Nazism will play or sing at SP,” Nunes says of Kanye West’s show (Monica Bergamo, 10/11). Excellent position from the mayor, and he has my full support. But what amazes me is that a black person like the singer, who is part of a group that has been historically oppressed and relegated to the lowest living conditions, would make racist statements like this.
Alfredo Delati (Sao Joao da Boa Vista, SP)
Only those who defend the massacre of Palestinians in Gaza perform in São Paulo. It’s hypocrisy by a mile.
Raymondo Itarero (Conceição de Queti, BA)
Bodybuilding
“The danger of popularizing bodybuilding” (Bruno Gualano, 11/11). Noting that it is merely part of the machinery of the sport and not acting with malice, the success of athletes like Ramon Dino of Acre represents the failure of young people, who are cruelly encouraged to take drugs that have irreversible or fatal side effects such as steroids.
Joao Paulo Viana (Brasilia, DF)
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