[War] Brazil: "Cleaning House pt 2"

[Ian Martell]

"Cleaning House pt 2"

President Jaoa Taveres

Brazil

20 January 2013



Jaoa nodded to his Vice President and his Attorney General. "Well now onto the matter that will give all of our protection details something to worry about."

 

Tourhino nodded. "To say the least."

 

Jamie added his agreement to that as well, then took over. "Now, I've been in contact with the governors of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro States as well as the mayors of both cities, and they are onboard with the plan, however they made it clear, their support is based solely on its successful implementation."

 

"Of course," Jaoa said. He knew all four men quite well and he knew they were not the type to stay on a sinking political ship longer than they had to. However they were more than willing to share in the glory if it worked. "What about the military Victor?" Jaoa asked the Vice President.

 

"Well I talked to a few of my friends, the word at the top is that they are hesitant in getting involved in what they consider a civilian matter, but given that their role would be limited to containment and protecting the aid convoys and distribution stations they're willing to do it, provided we keep our word on updating the army's equipment."

 

"Tell them they can start drawing up a wish list," Jaoa replied.

 

"Yes sir," the Vice President replied with a smile. Being a former army man, he had been an unceasing advocate of it's modernization since he joined the ticket.

 

Jaoa turned to Jamie, pleased at least the general. the Vice President, he was going to have to stop from calling him general, got his wish.

 

"Let's go over the plan so we're clear on what we're doing here when the Press comes calling."

 

"Alright," Jamie replied and took out a notebook from his pocket. "With authorization of the State Governors we will be declaring a state of emergency in the favelas outside Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, at which point the army will move into the favelas and set up a perimeter, and then when the aid convoys arrive, they will participate in building, running, and protecting the aid distribution centers. These centers will provide basic medical service, and two meals a day to anyone living in the favelas. In the meantime at the perimeter, the army will be conducting inspections of vehicles entering the favelas. The idea being they are there to provide interdiction for incoming arms and ammunition for the gangs inside.

 

"Why not the regular police?" asked Tourhino.

 

"Because for now we're ignoring the drugs," replied Jaoa. "And it would be illegal to ask to the police not to enforce the law."

 

Tourhino nodded. "Fair enough, but why? These gangs make their money on drugs."

 

Chagas answered. "Because stopping the flow of drugs into the favelas will only increase the price, which means for the poorest users the only way they can afford to feed their habit is crime, which is counter to what we're trying to accomplish."

 

"What we're trying to do is attack the demand for the drugs in the favelas, which many of the people there use as a replacement for food, it's that cheap, and cocaine kills their hunger pains. If we can get those users off the drugs, we've made a serious dent in the income of the gangs that rule the favelas, that along with removing their access to more weapons."

 

"Will weaken them and make it easier to deal with them later."

 

"Exactly," Jamie replied then went back to his report. "Anyhow, while the aid to the favelas is currently open ended, the military participation in this endeavor will have a timeline of six-months. At the end of that time we plan to have the aid being brought into favelas and distributed by civilian organizations either the local, state, or federal government working with various NGOs and we will begin to have inspections for guns and drugs performed on incoming vehicles by the police."

 

Chagas looked up from making his own notes. "And this will be followed up with further programs aimed at improving conditions for the residents?"

 

"That's right," Jaoa replied. "This is just the first step, food and medical aid, eventually these will be replaced with the regular government services available in the rest of the country, but first we need to remove the corruption that stops those services from getting to the favelas and the gangs who run the favelas as their own personal kingdoms. After that it will be up to our ability to create opportunities for these people to get out of the slums."

 

"Thank goodness I am only handling law and order," Chagas smiled.

 

The others laughed and Jaoa asked. "Where are we on implementation?"

 

"Well the governors and mayors are onboard, but we need to hammer out the details with the military, as well as get first shipment of food and medical supplies together, I'd say, two weeks on the inside," replied Jaime.

 

Jaoa nodded. "Alright, lets say three weeks until we go, in the meantime, Jorge, I'll need you to get the police on board as well, Victor, keep talking with your friends in the army, if they're going to balk at this, let us know, Jaime, you'll co-ordinate."

 

Jamie grinned. "And what will you do?"

 

Jaoa smiled. "Take the heat if it all goes wrong, so make sure it doesn't go wrong."

 

They smiled and Jaoa checked his watch, it was late and there was no more sounds of fireworks outside, the festivities must have finally wound down.

 

"Well that's all for now, I don't think we'll have a chance to sit down like this again before we go, but keep me in the loop through Jaime, and congratulations to all of you again on the election, but just remember now's when the work begins."

 

The three other men smiled and downed the last of their drinks before they left Jaoa alone in his new office, just him and his sash. He picked it up and looked at it, then looked "I hope I am not the wrong person to be wearing this," he said, then put it back on and went to find his protocol secretary before she left for the night to find out exactly what he was supposed to do with the damned thing. 

 

1>    Lay out plans to launch what amounts to a domestic peacekeeping operation in the favelas (slums) of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. A state of emergency will be declared and the army will be moved in to secure the areas build aid distribution stations which will offer two meals per day to the citizens as well as basic medical aid. The aid coming to these stations and the stations themselves will be protected by the military. 

2>    Additionally the military will be conducting inspections of incoming vehicles for weapons only, to stop the gangs from increasing their stockpiles.

3>    The whole operation has a timeline of six months after which it should be in civilian hands.

Note: This is not being implemented by the time of this post, but the planning is underway.
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