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Alex Solnik, a journalist, is the author of "The Day I Met Brilhante Ustra" (Geração Editorial).

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It's the Bolsonaros who are destabilizing the country.

Journalist Alex Solnik states that "those destabilizing the country are the Bolsonaros"; "the first project presented by now-Senator Flávio Bolsonaro was the opening of the arms sector to foreign companies," he notes; he also cites Eduardo Bolsonaro who said that "to shut down the Supreme Court all you need is a jeep with a soldier and a corporal"; he adds that another of Bolsonaro's sons, Carlos, is the head of the "digital militia." 

It's the Bolsonaros who are destabilizing the country.

By Alex Solnik, for the Journalists for Democracy  - The president of the Supreme Federal Court (STF), Dias Toffoli, told Vera Rosa of Estadão that "the digital militias (that attack the STF and the press) are not amateurs," that "the attacks are true assaults on the democratic rule of law," and that they may be part of an international movement "with the objective of destabilizing the country."

"It could eventually be a way to cater to the arms industry, which hasn't had a major war as a client for many years," said Toffoli.

He doesn't accuse anyone directly, but you just have to connect the dots to get to them.

A few days ago, we learned that the first bill presented by Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, the president's eldest son, was the opening of the arms sector to foreign companies. This, evidently, caters to the arms industry. And, more precisely, to the American arms industry, given the family's well-known admiration for that northern country.

Eduardo Bolsonaro, the second son, was the first to attack the Supreme Court, saying that "to shut down the STF (Supreme Federal Court) all you need is a jeep with a soldier and a corporal."

Today he is the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Chamber of Deputies. And he is committed to helping Trump overthrow the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, which will not be possible without a little war. Which is also music to the ears of the arms industry.

Eduardo is also the man behind The Movement in Latin America, created by Steve Bannon as a kind of far-right international. The goal is to transform all democracies into far-right dictatorships. This is the most cherished dream of the arms industry. Every dictatorship needs many weapons to survive. They are regimes of terror.

Another of Bolsonaro's sons, Carlos, is the head of the president's "digital militia," which launches missiles against journalists every day, among other attacks on the rule of law.

And, as the icing on the cake, today President Jair Bolsonaro shared a video in which his son Eduardo makes new attacks on the Supreme Federal Court.

Summary of the situation: it's the Bolsonaros who are destabilizing the country.

* This is an opinion article, the responsibility of the author, and does not reflect the opinion of Brasil 247.