90 days of Bolsonaro

In Davos, Bolsonaro showed the world that, even though he can read, he doesn't know how to give a speech and that his team can't write a minimally reasonable text without fake news.

Superficial, poorly written, permeated with conservative clichés and false statistical data (one of them was saying that Brazil was the country that best preserved the environment, while the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) of 2018 places Brazil in 69th position out of a total of 180), Bolsonaro's speech resulted in a 1000-point drop in the Ibovespa and the cancellation, without warning, of the press conference he and his team (Ernesto Araújo, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Paulo Guedes, of Economy, and Sergio Moro, of Justice and Public Security).

In Paraguay, Bolsonaro praised the pedophile dictator, Alfredo Stroessner, who oppressed Paraguay for 35 years, during which time he tortured nearly 20 people and raped approximately 1.600 children aged 10 to 15.

“According to investigators from the Department of Historical Memory and Reparation of the Ministry of Justice in Asunción, Stroessner raped an average of four young girls per month. That is, as a serial pedophile, during three and a half decades of dictatorship, he would have violated more than 1.600 children.” (PALACIOS AND SALGADO, 2019).

 

On his third international trip, "the Trump of the tropics" flattered and fawned over the US president, according to CNN; handed over the Alcântara Launch Center; agreed to buy wheat from the US with tariff exemptions; waived visa requirements for Americans traveling to Brazil without demanding reciprocity; and announced that Brazil is for sale: "We are selling. Last Friday we sold 12 airports. You can go there and help finance our highways, go after oil and gas concessions. In three or four months, we will sell the pre-salt reserves. Everyone will be there: Chinese, Americans, Norwegians. We have to do as any company would do, sell its properties, reduce the future trajectory of increasing expenses," said the Minister of Economy, Paulo Guedes, during a conference at the US Chamber of Commerce in Washington on March 19th.

In Chile, Bolsonaro once again praised the 17-year Pinochet dictatorship (1973-1990), which resulted in more than 3 deaths and disappearances and 40 people imprisoned and tortured. The Chief of Staff, Onyx Lorenzoni, followed suit and extolled the carnage: "During the Pinochet period, Chile had to endure a bloodbath. Sad. Blood washed the streets of Chile, but the macroeconomic foundations established by that government... Eight left-wing governments have come and gone, and none have touched the macroeconomic foundations laid in Chile during the Pinochet regime."

 

 

The Chilean CNN insinuated that Bolsonaro was the mastermind behind the assassination of Marielle Franco. The article "Todas las pistas que llevarían a Bolsonaro: Justicia brasileña aún no aclara quién mandó a matar a Marielle Franco" (All the clues that would lead to Bolsonaro: Brazilian justice still hasn't clarified who ordered the killing of Marielle Franco) lists five facts that compromise Bolsonaro: 1. The assassin lived in the same condominium as Bolsonaro; 2. The assassin's daughter was the girlfriend of one of Bolsonaro's sons; 3. The person driving the car had a photo with Bolsonaro; 4. The militia leader worked for Bolsonaro's son (El jefe de la milicia trabajaba para el hijo de Bolsonaro) and 5. The problem of the militias (El problema de las milicias).

 

The problem is that the Bolsonaro clan has never considered the militias a problem; on the contrary, since 2003 the Bolsonaro family has publicly defended the militiamen. “The two main targets of Operation Untouchables, former BOPE captain Adriano Magalhães da Nóbrega and PM Major Ronald Paulo Alves Pereira, were honored in 2003 and 2004 at the Rio de Janeiro Legislative Assembly at the suggestion of state deputy Flávio Bolsonaro.” (OTAVIO E ARAÚJO, 2019).

 

The friendship is reciprocal: "in 2018, Flávio Bolsonaro was the most voted senator in Rio das Pedras, with 8.729 votes, equivalent to 17% of the total" (DCM, 2019) and it was also in Rio das Pedras that Queiroz, Flávio Bolsonaro's former driver, hid to avoid testifying to the Public Prosecutor's Office of Rio de Janeiro.

 

How can we forget this disgusting disgrace that left the world in disgust? Bolsonaro, furious at having become a carnival hit with songs like: "Hey, Bolsonaro, go f*** yourself"; "Doctor, I'm not mistaken, Bolsonaro is a militia member" and "There, there, there, Bolsonaro is the man*", decided to attack Carnival, our biggest tourist event, which in 2018 was responsible for bringing 10 million people across Brazil and injecting R$ 11 billion into the economy.

 

I suggest that the epitaph of the Messiah should read: he died knowing what he was. golden shower.

 

 

The first measure taken by the Bolsonaro government, on January 15th, was a presidential decree that made it easier to own firearms in Brazil. 56 days later, the Suzano massacre would occur.

Fearing that the crime would affect the easing of gun ownership laws, the next step in Bolsonaro's "plan for public security," the Presidency of the Republic only issued a statement six hours after the incident. The note from the Secretariat of Social Communication was short, one paragraph, and devoid of any empathy or sensitivity.

As if that weren't enough, Senator Major Olímpio (PSL) even had the audacity to say that if the teachers and other school staff had been armed, they could have prevented the tragedy. "According to the Bolsonaro-supporting senator, if the teachers had been armed at the school, the situation could have been 'minimized'. 'If there had been a citizen with a legal weapon inside the church, school, teacher, janitor, retired police officer working there, it could have minimized the size of the tragedy,' stated Major Olímpio." (BRASIL247).

With this statement, the major discredits the police career by claiming that all it takes is a gun for any citizen to become a law enforcement officer, and he shifts the responsibility for public safety onto the citizens.

 

 

BRAZIL247. Praised by Bolsonaro, Paraguayan dictator tortured 20 and was accused of pedophilia. Available in:https://www.brasil247.com/pt/247/brasil/385197/Louvado-por-Bolsonaro-ditador-paraguaio-torturou-20-mil-e-foi-acusado-de-pedofilia.htmAccessed on: March 27, 2019.

 

BRAZIL247. MAJOR OLÍMPIO: TRAGEDY IN SUZANO WOULD HAVE BEEN "MINIMIZED" IF TEACHERS HAD BEEN ARMED. Available in: https://www.brasil247.com/pt/247/sudeste/386723/Major-Ol%C3%ADmpio-trag%C3%A9dia-em-Suzano-seria-%E2%80%9Cminimizada%E2%80%9D-se-professores-estivessem-armados.htmAccessed on: March 27, 2019.

 

DCM. Flávio Bolsonaro was the most voted senator in Rio das Pedras, a stronghold of Rio de Janeiro's oldest militia.. Available in: https://www.diariodocentrodomundo.com.br/flavio-bolsonaro-foi-o-senador-mais-votado-em-rio-das-pedras-reduto-da-mais-antiga-milicia-carioca/ Accessed on: March 27, 2019.

 

OTAVIO, Chico and ARAÚJO, Vera. Targets of the operation, militiamen were honored by Flávio Bolsonaro in 2003 and 2004.. Available in: https://m.oglobo.globo.com/rio/alvos-de-operacao-milicianos-foram-homenageados-por-flavio-bolsonaro-em-2003-2004-23391203Accessed on: March 27, 2019.

 

PALACIOS, Ariel and SALGADO, Daniel. 7 Facts About the Dictator — and Repeated Pedophile — Praised by Bolsonaro. Available in:https://epoca.globo.com/7-fatos-sobre-ditador-e-pedofilo-reiterado-elogiado-por-bolsonaro-23486277Accessed on: March 27, 2019.