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Journalist Kiko Nogueira, from Diario do Centro do Mundo, states that "the cancellation of Jair Bolsonaro's only public event on his US tour was the final nail in the coffin of his tour's fiasco"; according to the journalist, "Bolsonaro was restricted to steakhouses." "He's a version of those MPB artists who go to Miami, fill seedy bars with immigrants nostalgic for their homeland, and return selling the idea that they were successful abroad," he adds.

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247 Journalist Kiko Nogueira, from Diario do Centro do Mundo, states that "the cancellation of Jair Bolsonaro's only public event on his US tour was the final nail in the coffin of his tour fiasco."

"His team called the organizers at the last minute to let them know that the boss would not be attending the lecture at George Washington University," he says.

The blogger recalled an interview Professor Mark Langevin gave to BBC Brazil. "Bolsonaro has shown that he is not ready for a democratic debate, open to the public, and to a mixed public, made up of supporters, but also critics and curious onlookers," Langevin said.

"Why repeat the shameful incident at Hebraica, which dishonored the memory of Jews killed in the Holocaust by giving a microphone to someone who insulted Black people from quilombos (maroon communities)?" Nogueira asked.

According to the journalist, "Bolsonaro was restricted to steakhouses." "He's a version of those MPB artists who go to Miami, fill seedy bars with immigrants nostalgic for their homeland, and come back selling the idea that they were successful abroad," he adds.

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