This AP news story does not make the connections, but we should. The privatization of air safety in Brazil, as dictated by neoliberal governance policies, is directly responsible for this crash. Someone should do a study (not just of Brazil, but of all countries that have undergone neoliberal structual adjustment programs prescribed by the World Bank and IMF), a study of how much accidents have increased in frequency since privatization has been implemented in the administration of safety in the transportation, as well as in the workplace. From the AP story:

“It’s been 10 months since the last worst air accident in Brazilian history and now we’ve had an accident worse than that,” said David Fleischer, a political scientist at the University of Brasilia. “If you look at what’s happened since September, the answer is nothing.”

“It was a tragedy foretold,” said political commentator Lucia Hippolito. “The government has done nothing because of administrative inefficiency and simple incompetence.”

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