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General Category => Politics & Current Affairs => Topic started by: Aruntraveller on October 28, 2018, 11:39:01 PM

Title: New President in Brazil
Post by: Aruntraveller on October 28, 2018, 11:39:01 PM: A story I have been following with considerable dismay over the last few weeks. This does not bode well for human rights in that country.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2018/oct/28/brazil-election-2018-second-round-of-voting-closes-as-bolsonaro-eyes-the-presidency-live?CMP=fb_gu&fbclid=IwAR35S3ohMZbvbI7cb5mZ5KAuw5Bzu91qebMuU_3xu0ZyTRhyjxzQgXJrzMA
Title: Re: New President in Brazil
Post by: ad_orientem on October 29, 2018, 05:08:32 AM: To be honest, I don't know anything about the geezer, and neither do I particularly care who a country on the otherside of the world elects as its president, but in the article "far-fight" is freely thrown about as it often is putting him in the same bracket as fascists and neo-nazis. Is he really? Maybe someone better informed than me could answer that.
Title: Re: New President in Brazil
Post by: torridon on October 29, 2018, 07:10:15 AM: Brazil's rainforest might belong to Brazil, but it provides planetary scale services to Earth climate and ecosystems so it should concern all of us if Brazil elects a leader planning to accelerate the granting of mining permits in the rainforest and pull out of the Paris accord.
Title: Re: New President in Brazil
Post by: Aruntraveller on October 29, 2018, 08:52:23 AM: Quote from: ad_orientem on October 29, 2018, 05:08:32 AM
To be honest, I don't know anything about the geezer, and neither do I particularly care who a country on the otherside of the world elects as its president, but in the article "far-fight" is freely thrown about as it often is putting him in the same bracket as fascists and neo-nazis. Is he really? Maybe someone better informed than me could answer that.

In his own words:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/28/world/americas/brazil-president-jair-bolsonaro-quotes.html

Sounds like a fascist to me.
Title: Re: New President in Brazil
Post by: Roses on October 29, 2018, 09:22:13 AM: No doubt Trump will get on well with him.
Title: Re: New President in Brazil
Post by: ad_orientem on October 29, 2018, 10:04:44 AM: Quote from: Trentvoyager on October 29, 2018, 08:52:23 AM
In his own words:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/28/world/americas/brazil-president-jair-bolsonaro-quotes.html

Sounds like a fascist to me.

As I said, I know nothing about the geezer, so maybe he is but I do think the term is used far to freely or rather inaccurately. Anyway, I'll leave it there so as not to derail this thread any further.
Title: Re: New President in Brazil
Post by: jakswan on October 30, 2018, 11:06:24 AM: Extremist, could potentially turn Brazil into a right wing version of the hard-left Venezuela, where inflation is running at 12,874%.
Title: Re: New President in Brazil
Post by: Nearly Sane on October 30, 2018, 11:26:38 AM: Quote from: jakswan on October 30, 2018, 11:06:24 AM
Extremist, could potentially turn Brazil into a right wing version of the hard-left Venezuela, where inflation is running at 12,874%.
mmm... In general right wing extremism is looked on more kindly by the finance industry. I think the immediate worry is for ethnic minotities, the LGBT community, and women.
Title: Re: New President in Brazil
Post by: Aruntraveller on October 30, 2018, 11:27:30 AM: Quote from: Nearly Sane on October 30, 2018, 11:26:38 AM
mmm... In general right wing extremism is looked on more kindly by the finance industry. I think the immediate worry is for ethnic minotities, the LGBT community, and women.

And the environment.
Title: Re: New President in Brazil
Post by: Nearly Sane on October 30, 2018, 11:31:04 AM: Quote from: Trentvoyager on October 30, 2018, 11:27:30 AM
And the environment.
Yep, indeed. And Brazil has a lot of environment to damage.