In Brazil, Bolsonaro Is Plotting a Trump-Like Coup to Try and Save His Flailing Regime

[Nevilledog]

https://thewire.in/world/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-election-coup

Sao Paulo: On Friday and Saturday, at a convention hall in Brasilia, awash with the green, yellow and blue of the Brazilian flag, hundreds of people milled around – without masks – amid noisy chatter about “conservatism”, “Christian values” and “the dangerous left”.

At the two-day Conference on Conservative Political Action (CPAC), many wore vests with the event’s theme: “Freedom is not gained, it is conquered”. On Saturday, Donald Trump Jr. appeared on a screen at the meeting, claiming that China has “plans” for the 2022 elections in Brazil. “They [Chinese] can install a socialist government they can manipulate – someone who thinks like them, as opposed to someone who loves freedom,” thundered the son of former US President Donald Trump at the gig organised by Eduardo Bolsonaro, who heads “The Movement”, a group led by far-right ideologue Steve Bannon, in South America.

A few weeks ago, Eduardo, a federal deputy and third son of President Jair Bolsonaro, was speaking at a symposium hosted by Mike Lindell, an American millionaire who is one of the main conspiracy theorists about the “fraud” in the US election which Trump lost. At the 72-hour event, dubbed “random garbage” by experts, Bannon floated a theory about fraud in the next Brazilian election. “The election in Brazil is the second most important in the world and Jair Bolsonaro will face a criminal, [former president] Lula, the most dangerous leftist on the planet,” said Bannon. “And the election will be stolen by machines,” Bannon alleged, echoing Bolsonaro’s baseless claim that he would lose because of rigging of electronic voting machines by the federal election tribunal (TSE).

The next Brazilian election is scheduled for October 2022. The election process hasn’t started yet. But opinions polls put Lula way ahead of Bolsonaro. According to a poll, Bolsonaro would lose to Lula in the first round itself; he would lose to all potential candidates in the second round. In recent months, Bolsonaro’s popularity has sunk. Fearing a defeat, Bolsonaro has been training his guns at the country’s Supreme Court, Senate and TSE.

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BTW Jason Miller was detained at the airport in Brazil. Unfortunately, he was released

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[Nevilledog]

1. Video

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[Budi]

2. Must Read. JCohen has done amazing work piecing this together.

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You really have to read jcohen's thread.

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https://mobile.twitter.com/jennycohn1/status/1435097086584713220

[flamingdem]

3. Bannon and co-conspirators are capable of damaging the world

Not just the USA.

Say adios to the rain forest if this succeeds.