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Dilma Rousseff Notes Need for Political Reform in Brazil
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Monday noted the need to implement a broad and in-depth political reform in the country with citizens’ participation.
Speaking on her Monday radio program “Coffee with the President”, Rousseff ratified that her government will take measures to meet the demands from millions of demonstrators who have taken to the streets over the past two weeks to demand high-quality education, health and public transportation, less corruption and more safety.
She favored taking advantage of the youths’ energy to change, in a better and faster way, many things that Brazil has failed to achieve due to political and economic limitations.
“As the president, I have the obligation to listen to the voice from the streets, to dialogue with all sectors, but everything within law and order. Brazil fought hard to become a democratic country and is also fighting hard to become the fairest country,” she stressed.
Finally, she ratified her opposition to violence by a minority interested in destroying public property during the protests, so she assured that security agencies must stop, within the boundaries of law, all kinds of vandalistic acts and outrages.
Peruvian Former Guerrilla Chief Abimael Guzman’s Condition Is Serious
The jailed former head of the armed group Sendero Luminoso, Abimael Guzman, suffers from a serious heart disease, so he needs to be treated in hospital, his lawyer Alfredo Crespo said today.
Crespo said that Guzman’s wife, Elena Iparraguirre, who is also sentenced to life imprisonment, reported the situation to the chief of the National Penitentiary Institute, Jose Luis Perez Guadalupe, and blamed the authorities for what happens with the prisoner.
Crespo argued that the Sendero Luminoso leader, captured in 1992, has been under rigid confinement for 21 years in a high security prison located at the naval base of the neighboring port of Callao, in conditions of confinement that he described as torture.
He said the heart disease suffered by Guzman , 79, has joined hypertension and chronic psoriasis, and that he has never been taken to a hospital since his capture.
Crespo belongs to the Movement to Amnesty and Fundamental Rights (MOVADEF), created by former immates from the Sendero Luminoso movement and its supporters, who have complied with the order to disarm given by Guzman after his capture. The registration of MOVADEF as a political party was rejected by the National Elections Jury.
The government considers that MOVADEF is terrorist and argues that it is a front organization for Sendero Luminoso.
Russian Creator Kalashnikov in Serious Condition in Intensive Care
The legendary Mikhail Kalashnikov, creator of Russian automatic rifle AK-47, continues today stable but in serious health condition, confirmed sources of the military hospital in this capital where he was transferred in the last few hours.
The 93 years-old Kalashnikov remains in the cardiovascular intensive care unit with a diagnosis of thromboembolism in the cells that go to the pulmonary artery.
The builder was transferred yesterday to Moscow on a Il-76 plane of the Ministry of Emergency Situations from his hometown Izhevsk, Siberia, reported Rossia 24 channel.
His son, Victor Kalashnikov, stated that the creator of the world’s most famous rifle is conscious and subjected to a thorough study by specialists.
According to the source, Kalashnikov was hospitalized from last May 17 to 30 by doctors recommendation for routine monitoring.
The AK-47 appears as an emblem in the military uniform of 50 countries.
Via PL