Nicknamed the “Tropical Trump,” the Brazilian president is a far-right ex-soldier, controversial for his defense of the military dictatorship and for his racist and sexist statements, and with covid denial positions.
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Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro is a far-right ex-serviceman who has been characterized by his racist, sexist and homophobic statements. He also publicly defended Brazil’s military dictatorship from 1964 to 1985 the “tropical asset”.
From his presidency they emphasize his surveyed management of the covid pandemic (with denial positions in a country where more than 10% of those affected by covid have died) and its environmental policy, which has led to the destruction of the Amazon in favor of the economic lobby.
The rise to power of the far-right, a resident of Campinas, Sao Paulo state, fueled many Brazilians’ disappointment and phobia of the Workers’ Party (PT), the formation of former President Lula da Silva. ruled Brazil between 2003 and 2016 and many point to it being responsible for the corruption that has ravaged the country.
Nicknamed Brazilian Donald Trump, whom he confesses to being an admirer, builds an extensive history of… statements of a sexist, racist, homophobic and xenophobic tonefor which it has received strong rejection in part of Brazilian society and the international community.
bolsonaro, regarded by many as a threat to democracy, has been the subject of numerous controversies for its controversial views and inflammatory statements. “I wouldn’t be able to love a gay son,” he stated in 2011. His words to women also blistered when he told a deputy in 2014 that he wouldn’t rape her because she “didn’t deserve it”: ” She wouldn’t deserve to be raped because she’s very bad, very ugly”.
The reserve captain graduated at the age of 22 from the military academy of Agulhas Negras in Rio de Janeiro, to which he was attached for 10 years during the military regime, which he said in 1999 his biggest mistake “was to have tortured and not killed”.
Their strong defense of the “traditional family” It hasn’t stopped him from getting married three times, the last in 2013.
The flag bearer of the Social Liberal Party (PSL), who believes that minorities should bow to the majorityhas repeatedly been limited economic knowledgea case in which he puts his full trust in Paulo Guedes, a Brazilian economist affiliated with the liberal Chicago School.
Weapons and their free use in the population is a hallmark of the next president, who promises a “tough hand” against crime and champions a more aggressive policy in the fight against crime.
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Source: EITB
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