Paulo Coelho confronts Bolsonaro: sex tourism is not a reason to visit Brazil.
One of the world's best-selling authors, Paulo Coelho, criticized Jair Bolsonaro, who on Thursday defended a crime: sex tourism. "Brazilian women are not a commodity. Sex tourism is not a reason to visit Brazil," Coelho said on Twitter. During a meeting with journalists, Bolsonaro said that Brazil "cannot be the country of gay tourism." "Whoever wants to come here to have sex with a woman, feel free. Now, it can't become known as a gay paradise here," he declared.
247 - One of the world's best-selling authors, Paulo Coelho, criticized President Jair Bolsonaro for his homophobic statement and for promoting sex tourism in Brazil.
"Brazilian women are not a commodity. Sex tourism is not a reason to visit Brazil," Paulo Coelho said on Twitter.
During a Breakfast with journalistsBolsonaro said that Brazil "cannot be the country of gay tourism." "Whoever wants to come here to have sex with a woman, feel free. Now, it can't become known as a gay paradise here," he declared.
The head of the Planalto Palace stated that, in November 2009, he began to "take a beating from all over the world" for criticizing the "gay kit." "I started to embrace this conservative agenda. This image of being homophobic stuck abroad," he said, asserting that this does not harm investments. "Brazil cannot be a country of the gay world, of gay tourism. We have families," he said.
Bolsonaro has said in interviews that he is "homophobic, with great pride" and that he would rather have a dead son than a homosexual son. When he was a federal deputy for the PP party, for example, he stated that "having a gay son is due to a lack of spanking."watch here).