New President in Brazil

[Aruntraveller]

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

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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.

[torridon]

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.

[Aruntraveller]

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.

[Roses]

No doubt Trump will get on well with him.

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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.

[jakswan]

Extremist, could potentially turn Brazil into a right wing version of the hard-left Venezuela, where inflation is running at 12,874%.

[Nearly Sane]

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.

[Aruntraveller]

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.

[Nearly Sane]

And the environment.

Yep, indeed. And Brazil has a lot of environment to damage.