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TEM MAIS RATO NO BRASIL OU NOS EUA? | Zema em NYC - Ep.1
531 classified statements · 1 politicians · June 9, 2026 · 37 min
Statements by Romeu Zema. 531 excerpts classified by topic and stance. Topics: Social Policy, Urban planning, People experiencing homelessness, Housing and Urbanism.
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Romeu Zema
0:00
I think there are going to be a lot of surprises ahead.
Romeu Zema
0:03
So far it has been just the tip of the iceberg.
Romeu Zema
0:05
Please, a large cappuccino.
Romeu Zema
0:07
I want to take a photo with this huge rat here.
Romeu Zema
0:10
I think he came here from Brasília, you know. There are more of them in Brasília than anywhere.
Romeu Zema
0:15
I think the ones from there are even bigger and fatter than this one.
Romeu Zema
0:19
They say there are no rats here, right?
Romeu Zema
0:28
Everyone's honking, impatient.
Romeu Zema
0:31
Stressed.
Romeu Zema
0:32
And what I like here in the United States is that you go from 12 straight to 14.
Romeu Zema
0:39
People here don't like tempting fate like Brazilians do; often they just don't take the risk.
Romeu Zema
0:48
I'll be spending Monday here; I'll be in New York Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Romeu Zema
0:54
I haven't counted, but we'll have more than 20 engagements over these four days.
Romeu Zema
0:59
And this week I'm satisfied.
Romeu Zema
1:01
because there will be a lot of walking, we'll be able to do almost everything on foot.
Romeu Zema
1:05
Here in New York it's easy to walk, the city is very flat in the first place, wide sidewalks, the streets are very well numbered, so you get around here quickly from one side to the other.
Romeu Zema
1:21
Only when the distance is too great to take the subway or a taxi.
Romeu Zema
1:27
But from what I've seen here, our appointments... It will be possible to go everywhere on foot.
Romeu Zema
1:33
Sometimes it's a 15, 20-minute walk, but it's nothing that justifies taking a car.
Romeu Zema
1:42
For this first appointment here, we've already been walking for about 15 minutes, and we still have another 5 or 10 ahead.
Romeu Zema
1:51
And the best thing is the walk, it gets the body moving, and the traffic is very bad here; taking a taxi or an app-based ride doesn't help much.
Romeu Zema
2:01
And we'll be showing our proposals here, which are very good.
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
2:15
Our hotel here in New York doesn't have coffee.
Romeu Zema
2:18
And we're going to have coffee now at a fast-food place.
Romeu Zema
2:21
There's a good little coffee, espresso, at Burger King, at McDonald's.
Romeu Zema
2:26
There are some places where people, even to make the rent more profitable, started to serve breakfast, because only serving lunch and dinner ends up eliminating the possibility of earning in the morning.
Romeu Zema
2:43
There's the McMuffin, there's a little croissant that I really like.
Romeu Zema
2:47
It comes with egg, with bacon; it's filling enough.
Romeu Zema
2:52
Let's see if we find one along the way.
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
3:15
About: increase enforcement and penalties against graffiti
In Brazil, unfortunately, no one is punished.
Why it was classified this way · 74% confidence Criticizes impunity ('ninguém é punido'), implying support for punishments.
Romeu Zema
3:18
About: remove homeless people who cause disturbances in public areas
Against homeless people.
Why it was classified this way · 72% confidence Declares 'Contra morador de rua' that causes trouble, advocating action.
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
3:46
Yeah, I saw this shop here that serves croissants, just coffee.
Romeu Zema
3:50
It was closer.
Romeu Zema
3:52
McDonald's can wait for another time.
Romeu Zema
3:54
Please, a large cappuccino.
Romeu Zema
3:57
And what do you have inside these croissants?
Romeu Zema
3:59
This one is a chocolate croissant, almox croissant, crepe croissant.
Romeu Zema
4:07
Then this one, please.
Romeu Zema
4:09
Almox croissant?
Romeu Zema
4:09
Almox, yes.
Romeu Zema
4:10
For the cappuccino, sir, do you like the regular size?
Romeu Zema
4:13
Yes, the regular, the largest.
Romeu Zema
4:13
Yes, the regular.
Romeu Zema
4:15
Ok.
Romeu Zema
4:15
My English isn't professional English, but I can get by pretty well.
Romeu Zema
4:28
It's always good to vary, right?
Romeu Zema
4:30
Pão de queijo is very good, but croissant isn't bad either.
Romeu Zema
4:34
Too bad, you were wrong.
Romeu Zema
4:40
You know, it hasn't changed that much, has it?
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
4:55
You didn't see people lying down there, did you?
Romeu Zema
4:57
About: reduce the presence of people experiencing homelessness in public spaces
There are very few, don't you agree?
Why it was classified this way · 65% confidence Asks the interlocutor about the low presence of people lying on the streets.
Romeu Zema
4:58
Very few.
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
5:11
That building over there — how narrow it is, huh?
Romeu Zema
5:13
Look.
Romeu Zema
5:13
Exactly.
Romeu Zema
5:16
There's a building in Chicago.
Romeu Zema
5:18
This one is tall too, look to the right.
Romeu Zema
5:22
Look.
Romeu Zema
5:22
Very tall.
Romeu Zema
5:23
This one is newer too.
Romeu Zema
5:25
I've never seen this little cart before.
Romeu Zema
5:30
And they say there are no rats here, right?
Romeu Zema
5:34
I wonder if there are more than in Brasília or not?
Romeu Zema
5:36
No, Brasília has more.
Romeu Zema
5:37
Does it?
Romeu Zema
5:38
Yes. They're more harmful, right?
Romeu Zema
5:40
Dangerous.
Romeu Zema
5:41
The ones here aren't that harmful, are they?
Romeu Zema
5:44
They bother you, but you can carry on with life.
Romeu Zema
5:48
Exactly.
Romeu Zema
5:49
Now the ones in Brasília affect people's lives.
Romeu Zema
5:51
They affect the lives of all Brazilians.
Romeu Zema
5:54
Exactly.
Romeu Zema
5:55
Toothpick, right?
Romeu Zema
5:59
Doesn't it?
Romeu Zema
6:01
It does.
Romeu Zema
6:01
Yeah, the city here — first, the winter is unbearable.
Romeu Zema
6:04
I, at least, don't like the cold.
Romeu Zema
6:08
I avoid coming here.
Romeu Zema
6:09
December, January, February, March.
Romeu Zema
6:12
The street turns into a slushy mess of snow.
Romeu Zema
6:16
A very uncomfortable cold.
Romeu Zema
6:19
You walk on the street and you're already looking for a place to go in, to be a little... warmer.
Romeu Zema
6:26
Too much cold really isn't my thing.
Romeu Zema
6:29
I think I was born in the right place, which is Brazil.
Romeu Zema
6:33
Good morning, gentlemen.
Romeu Zema
6:34
Good morning.
Romeu Zema
6:36
How are you?
Romeu Zema
6:36
Nice to meet you, Alexandre.
Romeu Zema
6:37
All right, Alexandre?
Romeu Zema
6:40
How are you?
Romeu Zema
6:42
Exactly.
Romeu Zema
6:43
It's been a while.
Romeu Zema
6:46
More or less, exactly.
Romeu Zema
6:49
Good morning.
Romeu Zema
6:50
How are you?
Romeu Zema
6:50
How are you, Guilherme?
Romeu Zema
6:52
How are you?
Romeu Zema
6:54
Yeah, you can see that when there's construction here, like this site we're passing, sometimes the construction even makes the sidewalk better, look. It became a covered sidewalk here.
Romeu Zema
7:06
Isn't that so?
Romeu Zema
7:07
You don't get rained on.
Romeu Zema
7:09
You don't even get rained on.
Romeu Zema
7:10
I want to take a photo with this big rat here.
Romeu Zema
7:12
I'm thinking he came from Brasília to here, look. Look what we have here, look. Look.
Romeu Zema
7:19
Oh. Oh. Look here, I think it came from Brasília over here.
Romeu Zema
7:27
It's the most common thing in Brasília.
Romeu Zema
7:29
I think the ones there are even bigger and fatter than this one here.
Romeu Zema
7:33
Let's go past the Palito building here.
Romeu Zema
7:36
I think it's an appropriate name, isn't it?
Romeu Zema
7:38
It suits it well.
Romeu Zema
7:39
Doesn't it?
Romeu Zema
7:40
Just look.
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
8:16
It seems like there's always a tightly packed building.
Romeu Zema
8:18
Always.
Romeu Zema
8:19
Everyone honking, impatient.
Romeu Zema
8:24
Stressed.
Romeu Zema
8:26
That's why people from the interior of Minas live well.
Romeu Zema
8:29
No one has that stress that people from big centers sometimes face.
Romeu Zema
8:35
People from Minas are truly blessed.
Romeu Zema
8:37
Aren't the people of Ponte Nova blessed without that stress?
Romeu Zema
8:41
Oh my God, very much.
Romeu Zema
8:44
There's just a bit of traffic there, but everyone goes home for lunch; work is over in 10, 15 minutes, and they're at home.
Romeu Zema
8:55
It's hard to get a quiet spell.
Romeu Zema
8:57
Like it happened here just now, in this spot.
Romeu Zema
8:59
I think here in New York you almost need to put on ear protection, like in those industries that have presses making a lot of noise.
Romeu Zema
9:11
Yes, automotive presses, metalworking.
Romeu Zema
9:16
Here it's noise 24 hours a day.
Romeu Zema
9:19
When it's not construction, it's sirens.
Romeu Zema
9:22
Is it honking?
Romeu Zema
9:23
Horns, lots of honking.
Romeu Zema
9:25
Exactly.
Romeu Zema
9:26
Everyone's late.
Romeu Zema
9:33
Oh, good morning.
Romeu Zema
9:37
Did it hit?
Romeu Zema
9:38
The car came loose.
Romeu Zema
9:39
That thing came loose from something.
Romeu Zema
9:42
It's a good thing I ended up here.
Romeu Zema
9:45
I was alone.
Romeu Zema
9:47
You even walked a lot yesterday.
Romeu Zema
9:48
Yesterday we were walking around there for more than two hours.
Romeu Zema
9:54
I think mine was about the same.
Romeu Zema
9:56
Eric was with me and kept track.
Romeu Zema
9:59
But it was even comfortable, wasn't it?
Romeu Zema
10:00
You can walk here for an hour, two, and you won't sweat.
Romeu Zema
10:05
But if you stand still, then you get cold.
Romeu Zema
10:07
You start to get cold.
Romeu Zema
10:09
This is good weather for appointments, isn't it?
Romeu Zema
10:11
15 to 20 degrees, a bit cooler than air conditioning, but you're always moving.
Romeu Zema
10:18
Because if it were a real summer, the sweat would be dripping here right now.
Romeu Zema
10:24
Marinho, I'm going to get a cappuccino, there's a machine here.
Romeu Zema
10:27
They have one here.
Romeu Zema
10:29
Let me see.
Romeu Zema
10:33
It goes up to 10.
Romeu Zema
10:35
It's good to know there's a place to fill the bottle.
Romeu Zema
10:38
You can train.
Romeu Zema
10:40
With a good incline treadmill, the workout is effective.
Romeu Zema
10:46
The treadmill won't be needed much today.
Romeu Zema
10:49
After so much walking, the treadmill might only be used for some weight work.
Romeu Zema
10:55
Another hotel here.
Romeu Zema
10:58
Very comfortable.
Romeu Zema
11:00
But nothing luxurious.
Romeu Zema
11:02
Let's take the elevator up to the apartment so you can see.
Romeu Zema
11:06
Can we go up here?
Romeu Zema
11:08
Oh, and what I like here in the United States is that from 12 it jumps straight to 14.
Romeu Zema
11:14
Here nobody likes to risk the areas like Brazilians do.
Romeu Zema
11:18
Many times they just don't risk it.
Romeu Zema
11:20
Oh, my apartment is here.
Romeu Zema
11:25
Quite a comfortable apartment.
Romeu Zema
11:29
Long hallway.
Romeu Zema
11:31
A small bathroom that works very well.
Romeu Zema
11:36
And a good bed you can actually sleep in.
Romeu Zema
11:42
You all agree there's no need for more than that, right?
Romeu Zema
11:46
When it's the people who are paying, there are a lot of people from Brasília who go to the most expensive hotels in the world.
Romeu Zema
11:54
But for me, having a comfortable, clean bed and a good shower, that's enough.
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
12:13
I strongly believe in that responsibility.
Romeu Zema
12:17
The weather is cool, it's quite pleasant.
Romeu Zema
12:19
Was it like this yesterday as well?
Romeu Zema
12:20
It was.
Romeu Zema
12:20
I don't know if I've told you, João, I spent six months at college here in New York.
Romeu Zema
12:26
That was some time ago.
Romeu Zema
12:29
Yeah, 2009.
Romeu Zema
12:31
But it was in the Bronx.
Romeu Zema
12:33
My street there was 198.
Romeu Zema
12:37
Is the Bronx on the northernmost island?
Romeu Zema
12:39
No, it's on the mainland.
Romeu Zema
12:40
It's outside, it's on the mainland, that's right.
Romeu Zema
12:43
Only that the numbering continues, right?
Romeu Zema
12:45
There it continues, I see.
Romeu Zema
12:47
It's like if you go up to 180 here and turn right.
Romeu Zema
12:51
Yeah, no, then you go... Yeah. As if that were it.
Romeu Zema
12:54
I don't know if there's a bridge there.
Romeu Zema
12:55
Is there?
Romeu Zema
12:55
There's a bridge, there's also a tunnel.
Romeu Zema
12:57
Yes.
Romeu Zema
13:00
So it was... Your residence was there and the college as well?
Romeu Zema
13:12
So you would come here on weekends sometimes just to take a walk?
Romeu Zema
13:20
You were much younger, right?
Romeu Zema
13:25
That's different then, isn't it?
Romeu Zema
13:26
You were 25, right?
Romeu Zema
13:29
Not even that.
Romeu Zema
13:34
I went at that age too, but I only stayed three months.
Romeu Zema
13:38
In New York?
Romeu Zema
13:39
No, Connecticut.
Romeu Zema
13:40
I stayed there, then I stayed a month in Oakland, near San Francisco.
Romeu Zema
13:46
A college exchange too?
Romeu Zema
13:48
No.
Romeu Zema
13:50
Mine was to learn English.
Romeu Zema
13:54
No, no.
Romeu Zema
13:54
I had graduated, worked for a while and took those 90 days to improve my English.
Romeu Zema
14:04
Then it was a month here in Conérgica, you could come here on weekends, it’s very close.
Romeu Zema
14:08
At the time, I got to know a German and a Swiss.
Romeu Zema
14:16
Back then, Brazil didn't even have international credit cards, and they did.
Romeu Zema
14:21
So they rented the car, we drove around a lot there, California, the Grand Canyon.
Romeu Zema
14:26
’87.
Romeu Zema
14:32
A long time ago already.
Romeu Zema
14:34
I had just graduated.
Romeu Zema
14:36
In my undergrad, the visa could also stay another month or so, right?
Romeu Zema
14:42
I stayed to travel, then there's a bus company here, probably still around, called Greyhound.
Romeu Zema
14:48
Ah, it's around.
Romeu Zema
14:49
I've taken their buses before.
Romeu Zema
14:51
They had a 30-day pass, which I paid, I don't know, $300 to be able to use it freely for 30 days.
Romeu Zema
14:58
So I left from New York, went through the middle of the country to California and came back through the south.
Romeu Zema
15:04
I made a loop like that.
Romeu Zema
15:05
Oh, you went by bus?
Romeu Zema
15:08
By bus.
Romeu Zema
15:08
You drove a lot, then, huh?
Romeu Zema
15:11
But stopping, right?
Romeu Zema
15:12
Yeah. Coast to coast is 4,000 kilometers, isn't it?
Romeu Zema
15:16
More or less?
Romeu Zema
15:17
Yeah. Going down from here, I went to Pittsburgh, Chicago, St.
Romeu Zema
15:23
Louis, and then I crossed the states and came back down through Arizona, Texas, Louisiana.
Romeu Zema
15:32
I recall that when I came there wasn't an international credit card; only millionaires had them, right?
Romeu Zema
15:41
I brought everything in cash.
Romeu Zema
15:42
I used to walk around with the fanny pack tied on, yeah. To travel back then, many Brazilians just did that.
Romeu Zema
15:52
There were those traveler's checks, do you remember those too?
Romeu Zema
15:55
No, I didn't get to use them.
Romeu Zema
15:57
You showed your passport and signed there in front.
Romeu Zema
16:01
And the bank gave you the money.
Romeu Zema
16:02
You withdrew it.
Romeu Zema
16:04
I used traveler's checks too.
Romeu Zema
16:08
That's gone today.
Romeu Zema
16:10
Today it's easy.
Romeu Zema
16:12
But the bank there was much more bureaucratic than in Brazil.
Romeu Zema
16:15
That's one of the things that there we... I don't know if it's still like that today, but it's a bit ahead.
Romeu Zema
16:22
That story of economic crisis and everything that the banking system there in Brazil ended up developing.
Romeu Zema
16:28
And it was when my English got better.
Romeu Zema
16:30
Because you stay here 90 days talking non-stop, having English classes, then... Were there other Brazilians with you or not?
Romeu Zema
16:42
At the school I went to, there were, but at the time there were many Japanese, a lot from Indonesia too, Mexicans, some Brazilians, but it was mostly those countries.
Romeu Zema
17:03
I stayed in the American college dorm, eating in the student dining hall.
Romeu Zema
17:09
Here I stayed in a room with a Venezuelan, I remember.
Romeu Zema
17:18
It was more prosperous, that.
Romeu Zema
17:21
And in Oakland I stayed in a room with a Swiss, who was the one we rented the car with and drove around.
Romeu Zema
17:31
You finished university and came?
Romeu Zema
17:33
No, it was in the middle.
Romeu Zema
17:35
It was a college exchange.
Romeu Zema
17:38
My university had an agreement with the college here, so I did a semester abroad.
Romeu Zema
17:42
So it was like what my son did.
Romeu Zema
17:45
My son did engineering at Poli in São Paulo and spent a year at the Polytechnic University of Milan.
Romeu Zema
17:52
His course, which was supposed to be five years, ended up being six.
Romeu Zema
17:55
Yeah, mine was supposed to be four, I stayed five.
Romeu Zema
17:57
So it was the same thing.
Romeu Zema
17:59
He studied civil engineering, but that extension of his was more in the business area.
Romeu Zema
18:04
So for him it didn't even eliminate credits.
Romeu Zema
18:06
Ah, he didn't even try.
Romeu Zema
18:08
Was that the double purchase thing or not?
Romeu Zema
18:11
No, it was an exchange.
Romeu Zema
18:13
He doesn't have a diploma from there, no.
Romeu Zema
18:16
FedEx is private.
Romeu Zema
18:22
UPS is private too.
Romeu Zema
18:26
There’s UPS, see. FedEx was created by Fred Smith.
Romeu Zema
18:32
He died.
Romeu Zema
18:32
It’s been six months, a year.
Romeu Zema
18:35
I've read his story.
Romeu Zema
18:38
It was a project he did when he was graduating there, a new business that no one imagined would become that delivery system.
Romeu Zema
18:49
Around 1970.
Romeu Zema
18:53
He designed it, no investor believed in it.
Romeu Zema
19:00
And he had to raise money in the market, with suspicious people thinking it wouldn't work, but each put in a little and it became a success.
Romeu Zema
19:13
There are people who can see ahead.
Romeu Zema
19:15
They thought it couldn't compete with the postal service here.
Romeu Zema
19:20
Yeah, what didn't exist was that express parcel market, right, as the world evolved.
Romeu Zema
19:26
How long did you have a state-owned company of 8 years per month?
Romeu Zema
19:29
Ah, much longer.
Romeu Zema
19:32
Lost, because there was no GPS back then.
Romeu Zema
19:35
You used to go around with the map in your hand, right?
Romeu Zema
19:38
Those maps you opened up to see where it was.
Romeu Zema
19:43
Today, you go with GPS, a São Paulo guide, a Belo Horizonte guide.
Romeu Zema
19:49
A four-wheel guide.
Romeu Zema
19:51
That's right. To see hotels, there was no screen at all.
Romeu Zema
19:57
Look at the size of that plush cat, huh. It's to win the girlfriend.
Romeu Zema
20:03
Yeah, it looked nice, those flags.
Romeu Zema
20:23
The presents I got are there at the administrative city.
Romeu Zema
20:29
Look, here we are once again.
Romeu Zema
20:31
We arrived together.
Romeu Zema
20:33
I think if I stayed there a month, I'd recover it.
Romeu Zema
20:35
I was even talking with Tiago.
Romeu Zema
20:38
I've been with him really sharp, but when you don't practice, you start to rust.
Romeu Zema
20:43
Right?
Romeu Zema
20:44
It's like physical conditioning, right?
Romeu Zema
20:45
Go 30 years without exercising and see what happens.
Romeu Zema
20:50
Do you practice all the time?
Romeu Zema
20:51
Or not?
Romeu Zema
20:52
Ah, less than I'd like.
Romeu Zema
20:54
You lose it a little too.
Romeu Zema
20:55
I listen and have listened a lot, right?
Romeu Zema
20:57
With TV series, that kind of thing.
Romeu Zema
20:59
in English.
Romeu Zema
21:02
Now, speaking is more occasional.
Romeu Zema
21:04
It's lucky for those who work at a company that always needs to use it, because if you use it for an hour a day in a conversation, you're already practicing.
Romeu Zema
21:17
When I travel abroad and stay a few days, I notice that on the third or fourth day you've already improved.
Romeu Zema
21:29
It seems that recalling is easier than learning.
Romeu Zema
21:32
When you start thinking in English, then things just flow.
Romeu Zema
21:34
If you think in Portuguese, you translate.
Romeu Zema
21:39
Yes.
Romeu Zema
21:40
It has to come naturally.
Romeu Zema
21:42
How's it going?
Romeu Zema
21:43
Everything okay?
Romeu Zema
21:44
Nice to meet you.
Romeu Zema
21:45
Pleasure.
Romeu Zema
21:46
Good morning.
Romeu Zema
21:47
How are you, Vinícius?
Romeu Zema
21:48
Pleasure.
Romeu Zema
21:50
I'm here in front of the Rockefeller Center.
Romeu Zema
21:53
And it was built by an entrepreneurial family.
Romeu Zema
21:59
Which has been a landmark in New York architecture since the 1930s.
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
22:19
When entrepreneurship can operate without many constraints, it... is capable of bringing much more benefit.
Romeu Zema
22:29
And it's not just the Rockefeller Center.
Romeu Zema
22:32
The Rockefeller Center also has Carnegie Hall, which was also built by another entrepreneur who established libraries across the whole country.
Romeu Zema
22:44
Now in Brazil, unfortunately, we have businesspeople who often end up wanting to set up schemes to profit.
Romeu Zema
22:57
and not move toward innovation, toward efficiency.
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
23:07
If you could give advice to the new generation that wants to be entrepreneurs and make money honestly, what would it be?
Romeu Zema
23:14
What I always told my children: study hard to become a good professional and use your time while you are still young—have no children, are not married.
Romeu Zema
23:26
Because as time goes by, it becomes scarcer.
Romeu Zema
23:31
While we're young, it's much more abundant.
Romeu Zema
23:36
You don't need to manage the household, you don't have a child to look after, you can study more.
Romeu Zema
23:44
As time goes on, there's increasingly less time.
Romeu Zema
23:48
A job that demands a lot of effort comes along, and then there's less time left to learn.
Romeu Zema
23:54
Then comes a spouse.
Romeu Zema
23:56
Then children come, a house to take care of.
Romeu Zema
23:58
So young people must seize with tooth and nail the opportunities to study and to develop professionally, which often can be through challenging job positions.
Romeu Zema
24:14
So much so that it's quite common today for some young people to be changing jobs with some frequency.
Romeu Zema
24:21
Then they keep testing what they think is best.
Romeu Zema
24:25
They gain experience and more learning.
Romeu Zema
24:30
How's it going?
Romeu Zema
24:31
Pleasure.
Romeu Zema
24:32
Congratulations on your work.
Romeu Zema
24:33
Thank you very much.
Romeu Zema
24:34
Know that in October I'll be there with you.
Romeu Zema
24:35
Congratulations on representing the Brazilian people.
Romeu Zema
24:38
I'm counting on you.
Romeu Zema
24:38
Can I take a photo?
Romeu Zema
24:39
Let's go.
Romeu Zema
24:40
All good?
Romeu Zema
24:41
Go ahead.
Romeu Zema
24:41
Do you want me to take it?
Romeu Zema
24:42
Please.
Romeu Zema
24:42
Where are you from?
Romeu Zema
24:43
I'm from São Paulo, but I follow this government closely.
Romeu Zema
24:46
Thank you very much.
Romeu Zema
24:47
Congratulations again, governor.
Romeu Zema
24:48
All the best.
Romeu Zema
24:48
Thank you very much for the support.
Romeu Zema
24:50
Success.
Romeu Zema
24:51
How does it feel to be recognized in another country?
Romeu Zema
24:54
There are Brazilians all over the world, right?
Romeu Zema
24:57
Wherever we go, we always run into them.
Romeu Zema
25:00
Better than being recognized is receiving support.
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
25:36
Which seems to signal very clearly that the foxes can invade the henhouses and that nothing will happen.
Romeu Zema
25:44
And we are seeing all of this.
Romeu Zema
25:46
Good afternoon, how are you?
Romeu Zema
25:48
Look, I love your videos.
Romeu Zema
25:51
Thank you very much.
Romeu Zema
25:52
I've lived here for 36 years.
Romeu Zema
25:54
Have you been having fun with them?
Romeu Zema
25:56
I think they're creative, I think they're outside the box.
Romeu Zema
26:04
And congratulations.
Romeu Zema
26:06
If possible, I'll take a photo.
Romeu Zema
26:07
Come on, let's take it now.
Romeu Zema
26:09
To thank the country's willingness.
Romeu Zema
26:11
God willing, he or she will be our next president or vice-president.
Romeu Zema
26:15
We have already shown in Minas that it is possible to fix things.
Romeu Zema
26:21
And if it worked in Minas, it will work in Brazil.
Romeu Zema
26:24
We are Santa Catarina, we never elect PT.
Romeu Zema
26:29
Santa Catarina never makes mistakes — it only errs 2.7%.
Romeu Zema
26:33
It was six mayoralties out of 296.
Romeu Zema
26:36
Was it still six for the PT?
Romeu Zema
26:38
I really like your stadium.
Romeu Zema
26:40
The mayor of Joinville is coming to the vice-governor.
Romeu Zema
26:45
Yes, that's it.
Romeu Zema
26:45
The new one is there, it's progressing very well.
Romeu Zema
26:48
Probably the next governor in 2030.
Romeu Zema
26:51
No, that's already sealed, right?
Romeu Zema
26:54
We want me and you as president of the country.
Romeu Zema
26:55
That's what we want.
Romeu Zema
26:57
You are the most prepared mentally and physically.
Romeu Zema
27:00
He takes care of the body, the soul, the spirit.
Romeu Zema
27:03
That's what we need, a president who... is genuine, a human being.
Romeu Zema
27:07
Everyone thinks I put on a character, but I've always been the same person.
Romeu Zema
27:13
Those who know me know I didn't change at all as governor and I won't change as president either.
Romeu Zema
27:20
And, entrepreneur, I know that philanthropy is being done to take care of our country.
Romeu Zema
27:24
Yeah, I know.
Romeu Zema
27:25
Thank you very much for being here.
Romeu Zema
27:26
Sorry to interrupt.
Romeu Zema
27:28
Do you remember me, from Indaial?
Romeu Zema
27:30
From Santa Catarina?
Romeu Zema
27:32
How are you?
Romeu Zema
27:33
Pleasure?
Romeu Zema
27:34
I came here to greet you and say that we're together.
Romeu Zema
27:37
I thank you very much.
Romeu Zema
27:38
Let's go.
Romeu Zema
27:39
That's right.
Romeu Zema
27:39
And your wife, Bruna.
Romeu Zema
27:40
Hello, nice to meet you.
Romeu Zema
27:41
My mother is a fan of yours.
Romeu Zema
27:43
Since I didn't spend Mother's Day with her and she spent it with my children, we'll give it as a present.
Romeu Zema
27:55
The Untouchables are trembling in Brasília because Romeu Zema has arrived.
Romeu Zema
27:59
Zema, thank you for being here.
Romeu Zema
28:01
I'd like you to talk a little about your vision for Brazil.
Romeu Zema
28:03
What does Brazil need to really take off?
Romeu Zema
28:08
Brazil needs three shocks.
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
28:30
40 thousand deaths per year.
Romeu Zema
28:33
In Brazil more people are killed today than in all the world's wars combined.
Romeu Zema
28:39
The day Brazil solves these three issues — and they have solutions — we will have a completely new country.
Romeu Zema
28:46
That's impressive.
Romeu Zema
28:46
It's surprising that people no longer talk about spending cuts in Brazil.
Romeu Zema
28:49
It seems we live in a wonderland.
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
29:07
I've been saying it's about putting someone who has always worked all their life, who has always had to work, in fact.
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
29:24
Isn't that how Brazilians live?
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
29:37
And who is paying that bill is the Brazilian people, who are increasingly indebted, paying higher interest.
Romeu Zema
29:45
and with a worse life than they had before.
Romeu Zema
29:48
So, that's what I say.
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
29:57
I was never a recipient of tax money.
Romeu Zema
30:00
The day Brazil has a president who pays taxes and knows how to manage, we will have a better country.
Romeu Zema
30:07
They pit the rich against the poor, but in reality it's often the State against the citizens.
Romeu Zema
30:12
Sérgio, thank you.
Romeu Zema
30:12
That's it.
Romeu Zema
30:13
Good luck.
Romeu Zema
30:14
Thanks.
Romeu Zema
30:14
For all of us.
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
30:29
If the party were audited by one of the Big Four, you can be sure that Novo would be the only one to have its financial statements approved with no qualifications.
Romeu Zema
30:41
Because what we do is the right thing.
Romeu Zema
30:43
So much so that we're not compromised.
Romeu Zema
30:46
If the day comes that we are, if any parliamentarian is involved in some scandal, it's likely he would have already been expelled from the party a long time ago.
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
31:01
So you can see that we are a party that values principles and not that convenience party.
Romeu Zema
31:10
So I'm very hopeful; this year we will have many surprises.
Romeu Zema
31:16
In October, the Brazilian people will decide whether they want Brasília to remain with the Untouchables or with the decent Brazilians.
Romeu Zema
31:25
It's now or never.
Romeu Zema
31:27
Thank you.
Romeu Zema
31:43
It was a packed event; I think we had over 250 people there—no more could fit.
Romeu Zema
32:10
An event promoted by Apex, a well-selected audience, and it seems the crowd liked our message.
Romeu Zema
32:19
Everyone sees that Brazil's problem is overspending, the need for a moral shock, the need to put criminals, bandits behind bars.
Romeu Zema
32:32
There's not much mystery; what's missing is courage and the will to act, and we have that.
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
32:49
How's it going?
Romeu Zema
32:50
Thank you very much.
Romeu Zema
32:51
Good afternoon.
Romeu Zema
32:53
I'm out walking today.
Romeu Zema
32:56
The walk is already taking care of it a little.
Romeu Zema
33:00
But there's actually a decent gym at the hotel.
Romeu Zema
33:02
I'll want to go there as soon as I have a longer break.
Romeu Zema
33:06
Take the opportunity not to get bumped into there either.
Romeu Zema
33:08
Run in the open air.
Romeu Zema
33:11
Do you prefer the hotel or the outdoors?
Romeu Zema
33:14
When walking, I actually prefer the hotel.
Romeu Zema
33:17
Unless I'm in a hotel that's out in the middle of the woods.
Romeu Zema
33:21
You end up bumping into other people here, don't you agree?
Romeu Zema
33:23
I've run here before.
Romeu Zema
33:24
You dodge more than you run.
Romeu Zema
33:29
Yeah, it's very... Good afternoon, ladies.
Romeu Zema
33:36
It's great to have women present.
Romeu Zema
33:38
Pleasure.
Romeu Zema
33:39
Good afternoon.
Romeu Zema
33:40
How are you?
Romeu Zema
33:41
Nice to meet you.
Romeu Zema
33:42
I'm very good friends with your cousin, Alessandro.
Romeu Zema
33:45
Ah, Alessandro from Morgan Stanley.
Romeu Zema
33:47
He's here in New York.
Romeu Zema
33:50
He came this week.
Romeu Zema
33:52
Well, I want to thank everyone for being here.
Romeu Zema
33:56
As I said, I'm very confident.
Romeu Zema
34:03
After eight years in politics, I began to see the great opportunity that exists in the public sector and that it's possible to do things differently, as I said.
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
34:25
To give you an idea... During the PT (Workers' Party) era, 24 million reais per year was invested in Minas Gerais' school meals.
Romeu Zema
34:36
24.
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
34:49
You can see that what existed before was... an extremely precarious school meal.
Romeu Zema
34:55
It was a soup that called itself soup; in reality it was water with a few grains of rice.
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.
Romeu Zema
35:21
There are many good people, many competent people who say, 'I'm not going to get involved because it's a criminal activity,' as I always thought.
Romeu Zema
35:31
But you can get involved and do it correctly.
Romeu Zema
35:36
We've already shown that.
Romeu Zema
35:38
So I see there's a phenomenal opportunity there for anyone who wants to participate in politics.
Romeu Zema
35:44
And Brazil needs... a lot of good people.
Romeu Zema
35:47
As the good advance, the bad are being eliminated.
Romeu Zema
35:52
In Minas, we've already managed.
Romeu Zema
35:54
PT did not field a candidate for governor in 2022 and will not field one this year.
Romeu Zema
36:02
The comparison became so difficult, so discrepant, that they don't even dare.
Romeu Zema
36:08
So, for now, let's say... the virus there in Minas is incubating; it won't attack anyone.
Romeu Zema
36:17
And we need to do the same in Brazil.
Romeu Zema
36:21
Thank you very much.
Romeu Zema
36:21
I think there will be many surprises ahead.
Romeu Zema
36:30
So far it has been the tip of the iceberg.
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