Mr Bolsonaro, nostalgic for the period of military dictatorship, has for years been an avowed admirer of the 45th US president and some have dubbed him the “Trump of the tropics”.
Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro is “in some ways worse than (Republican former US President Donald) Trump,” Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, the polling favorite in Latin America’s largest country’s October presidential election, said yesterday. , calling his opponent “more rude”, “less civilized” and “a bad impression” of the American real estate mogul.
Mr Bolsonaro, nostalgic for the period of military dictatorship, has for years been an avowed admirer of the 45th US president and some have dubbed him the “Trump of the tropics”. The two were ideological allies and, at the time they came to power, the relationship between the two states became dramatically closer.
Instead, Brazil’s head of state was among the latest world leaders to congratulate Joe Biden on his election victory in 2020. Relations between Brasilia and Washington have grown much colder since he left the White House in 2021.
Many fear that Mr Bolsonaro will copy Donald Trump if he loses the election, the first round of which takes place on October 2, refusing to accept his defeat by Lula. For some time now, the head of state has made unsubstantiated claims of fraud and claims that the electronic voting system is not reliable, raising concerns about the outbreak of an institutional crisis.
A few days ago, Mr. Trump expressed his “full support” for Mr. Bolsonaro, who he said has done an “amazing job.”
Addressing journalists, Lula decided that the world is better when people like Mr. Bolsonaro and Trump. “The world is already suffering a lot,” he noted, adding that he would have preferred if his opponent had preferred to copy other US presidents, such as two of Donald Trump’s predecessors, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton.
Mr Bolsonaro’s office did not immediately respond when asked for comment.
As political tension continues to rise in Brazil, police said yesterday that a 24-year-old supporter of the 67-year-old head of state stabbed to death a 42-year-old supporter of the 76-year-old Lula. In July, a similar episode was recorded.
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