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TEM MAIS RATO NO BRASIL OU NOS EUA? | Zema em NYC - Ep.1
34 classified statements · 1 politicians · June 9, 2026 · 37 min
Statements by Romeu Zema. 34 excerpts classified by topic and stance. Topics: Social Policy, Urban planning, People experiencing homelessness, Housing and Urbanism.
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Romeu Zema
2:08
About: implement policies adopted in Minas Gerais throughout Brazil
It has already been done in Minas Gerais; it worked.
Why it was classified this way · 70% confidence Reports it was done in Minas and 'deu certo' without proposing explicit action.
Romeu Zema
2:11
About: implement policies adopted in Minas Gerais throughout Brazil
And now it's time to do it in Brazil too, and it will work.
Why it was classified this way · 86% confidence Explicitly proposes 'fazer no Brasil também' replicating the policy from Minas.
Romeu Zema
2:55
About: authorize areas of large cities to host tourist attractions and street activities
I am totally in favor of some spots in big cities being authorized to do what is done here in Times Square: become a tourist attraction, a place where people end up gathering.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence Says 'sou totalmente favorável' to authorizing areas like Times Square.
Romeu Zema
3:12
About: increase enforcement and penalties against graffiti
I am against graffiti/tagging, which is what remains.
Why it was classified this way · 82% confidence Declares 'sou contra a pichação', indicating support for punitive measures.
Romeu Zema
3:21
About: remove homeless people who cause disturbances in public areas
who cause trouble for pedestrians, for those who live and work in those areas.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence Justifies opposition because it 'causar transtorno' to pedestrians and residents.
Romeu Zema
3:29
About: prohibit installation of illuminated signs on certain blocks
Now prohibiting putting up these illuminated signs, especially if it's for a few blocks, nothing against it.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence Says 'nada contra' banning those signs on some blocks.
Romeu Zema
4:42
About: reduce the presence of people experiencing homelessness in public spaces
But there was a period, one, two years ago, when there were a lot of people lying on the sidewalks, a lot of trash.
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence Reports that there used to be many people on the sidewalks and that there was improvement.
Romeu Zema
4:51
About: reduce the presence of people experiencing homelessness in public spaces
It seems that over the past two years this issue has improved.
Why it was classified this way · 72% confidence Notes improvement in the problem over the last two years, without proposing action.
Romeu Zema
4:58
About: reduce the presence of people experiencing homelessness in public spaces
There are others you might see asking for money, but not that large number of beggars on the sidewalks like we have.
Why it was classified this way · 68% confidence Compares the absence of a large number of people begging on sidewalks, describing the scene.
Romeu Zema
7:40
About: encourage construction of tall buildings and urban densification in Brazilian cities
What do you think about building one of these in Araxá?
Why it was classified this way · 60% confidence Asks about constructing a building, without explicitly expressing personal support.
Romeu Zema
7:45
About: encourage construction of tall buildings and urban densification in Brazilian cities
I think Brazil could use a few more structures like this.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence States that 'no Brasil precisava ter mais umas estruturas assim', defending the idea.
Romeu Zema
7:51
About: encourage construction of tall buildings and urban densification in Brazilian cities
In my hometown, I think there's still plenty of space to develop, no need for buildings that tall.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence Says their hometown 'tem muita área para ocupar', rejecting local high-rise buildings.
Romeu Zema
8:00
About: encourage construction of tall buildings and urban densification in Brazilian cities
But Belo Horizonte, São Paulo, without a doubt, could make better use of buildings like these that we have here; in Brazil it seems only Balneário Camboriú is managing to carry that forward.
Why it was classified this way · 86% confidence Suggests that BH and SP 'podem explorar melhor' high-rise buildings, supporting verticalization.
Romeu Zema
12:00
About: reduce excessive public spending and guarantee fiscal responsibility
I think this is how we have to be responsible when... spending the money of those who work a lot and sometimes don't earn well, which is the case, perhaps, for 80% of Brazilians.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence Advocates responsibility when spending public money, citing workers and the population.
Romeu Zema
22:05
About: reduce the State's business activity and focus on providing essential public services
Which shows that much of what exists here in the city and in the United States, for the benefit of the people, was done by the private sector.
Why it was classified this way · 60% confidence attributes historical works and initiatives to the private sector without proposing explicit action.
Romeu Zema
22:15
About: reduce the State's business activity and focus on providing essential public services
In Brazil, we created the idea that the public sector has to solve everything.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence criticizes the idea that the public sector must solve everything and praises private initiative.
Romeu Zema
23:03
About: promote integrity and accountability in the public sector
So it's necessary to change the culture, both in the public and private sectors.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence declares that 'é necessário mudar a cultura' in public and private spheres, defending ethics and efficiency.
Romeu Zema
25:05
About: prevent, identify, investigate, and punish cases of corruption
I think Brazilians are tired of corruption, of scandal, of schemes.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence says Brazilians are tired of corruption and scandals, calling for a fight against them.
Romeu Zema
25:12
About: prevent, identify, investigate, and punish cases of corruption
And since our great banner is this, and we have already proven in Minas that it is possible to do it, Brazilians are hopeful that a new president, a new government, can put an end to this shame that has dominated Brasília, especially when Lula governs.
Why it was classified this way · 92% confidence says a new president can 'acabar com essa pouca vergonha', advocating anti-corruption action.
Romeu Zema
28:11
About: prevent, identify, investigate, and punish cases of corruption
The moral shock of ethics against the Untouchables, who consider themselves above the law.
Why it was classified this way · 92% confidence explicitly proposes a 'choque moral da ética' against the untouchables.
Romeu Zema
28:18
About: reduce government spending
A shock to Lula's public overspending, which is driving Brazil toward a fiscal abyss.
Why it was classified this way · 92% confidence calls for 'um choque na gastança pública', advocating containment of public spending.
Romeu Zema
28:26
About: prioritize and strengthen public safety policies to retake territory
And a shock in public security against crime.
Why it was classified this way · 92% confidence proposes 'um choque na segurança pública' against crime and cites annual deaths.
Romeu Zema
28:52
About: reduce government spending
The government has lost this agenda of containing expenses, this austerity agenda, and really lives in another universe.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence criticizes the government for losing the spending-restraint agenda and calls for its recovery.
Romeu Zema
29:00
About: reduce public administration spending by R$1.1 trillion
How do we go about regaining this control of the State over society?
Why it was classified this way · 75% confidence asks how to 'retomar esse controle do Estado', suggesting a reduction in state activity.
Romeu Zema
29:16
About: reduce government spending
That thing that every Brazilian, or 99% of Brazilians, have always known, which is to spend less than you earn.
Why it was classified this way · 90% confidence states it is necessary to 'gastar menos do que ganha', defending fiscal responsibility.
Romeu Zema
29:26
About: reduce government spending
But today we often have, within the public sector, a Lula who has always lived at the expense of the State and who always spends more than he earns.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence criticizes the cited government's spending record and contrasts it with more restrained management.
Romeu Zema
29:50
About: reduce government spending
We need a president, and I have a track record of paying taxes my whole life.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence defends having 'um presidente pagador de impostos' who knows how to manage and curb spending.
Romeu Zema
30:15
About: ensure transparency and ethics in political parties
Partido Novo has only six parliamentarians in Brasília, but it's a party that makes more of a difference with six than large parties do with 30, 40, 50 parliamentarians.
Why it was classified this way · 88% confidence defends an audit and states the party would have its accounts approved without restriction.
Romeu Zema
30:56
About: ensure transparency and ethics in political parties
We even expelled a former party president because he went to support the PT (Workers' Party).
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence claims expulsion of members involved in scandals as the party's ethical practice.
Romeu Zema
32:39
About: reduce government spending
In Minas, we have already proven that it's not just rhetoric, that it's practice, that this can be made to work.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence claims that in Minas they practically implemented the advocated spending restraint.
Romeu Zema
34:16
About: increase funding for school meals
One of the things I'm most proud of from being governor of Minas was what we did with the school meals program.
Why it was classified this way · 78% confidence declares pride in his government's actions on school meals (claim of authorship).
Romeu Zema
34:37
About: increase funding for school meals
Last year we invested, and this year it will be a bit more, 530 million reais in school meals.
Why it was classified this way · 85% confidence reports the invested amount (R$530 milhões), defending the implemented policy.
Romeu Zema
35:02
About: increase funding for school meals
That alone is worth going to a state school and seeing that one and a half million children are today receiving a dignified meal, which isn't very different from the one I eat at home.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence points to impact ('1,5 milhão de crianças têm merenda digna') as a defense of the policy.
Romeu Zema
35:17
About: encourage participation of competent citizens in politics
And we need more people involved in politics in Brazil.
Why it was classified this way · 80% confidence calls for more good and competent people to enter politics as the solution.
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