- 29 Aug 2021 13:40
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-58372754
So Bolsonaro is gearing up for the next election. And he is down in the polls. But we seem to have a show of defiance from him. Nobody is going to take him to jail and he will question the result. Well he was a former officer and I suspect he has the military backing as well as the Evangelicals so perhaps I can understand the confidence. But we have had this before. This is the Trump playbook again including vote rigging before an election took place. Well I will say this is one to watch in the future. What will happen if Bolsonaro becomes a dictator? Can the US react given he has Republican support? Perhaps not. But then that questions the whole ethos of when wars for democracy should take place. Not that I would support one mind you. But it would highlight the Western hypocrisy.
So Bolsonaro is gearing up for the next election. And he is down in the polls. But we seem to have a show of defiance from him. Nobody is going to take him to jail and he will question the result. Well he was a former officer and I suspect he has the military backing as well as the Evangelicals so perhaps I can understand the confidence. But we have had this before. This is the Trump playbook again including vote rigging before an election took place. Well I will say this is one to watch in the future. What will happen if Bolsonaro becomes a dictator? Can the US react given he has Republican support? Perhaps not. But then that questions the whole ethos of when wars for democracy should take place. Not that I would support one mind you. But it would highlight the Western hypocrisy.