From the Argentine newspaper Perfil to the American agency Associated Press, the statements were almost identical, five days before the election, from the death in Ceará, “New murders increase fear of electoral violence in Brazil”.
In the Washington Post, “As Election Day approaches, fear of violence grows.” He hears from Marcos Nobre, from Cebrap, that the problem is Jair Bolsonaro. “It’s not two poles. They’re playing two different games. One is playing by democratic rules. The other isn’t.”
In one of the main alerts of presenter John Oliver, on Last Week Tonight, on HBO, remembering the first murder of a PT by a Bolsonarista, in Paraná: “It is no wonder that there have been outbreaks of violence, in the face of Bolsonaro’s rhetoric”.
As a result, in an extensive Reuters dispatch, “Police officers on the campaign call for reinforcements as violence escalates”, starting with Lula’s security.
Between reports of deaths from Bolsonarista attacks in recent weeks and growing numbers of political violence, he hears from a PT voter, at an event in Santa Catarina: “I no longer wear red in public, people who support Bolsonaro are very aggressive”.
In the final stretch, Bolsonarista violence is the insistent theme around the world for coverage. In the French Catholic daily La Croix (above), with a special envoy to the “Gunner shooting club”, in Barra da Tijuca, Rio, “Firearms, the legacy of Jair Bolsonaro”.
In the BBC’s international service, with an image of a shooting club in São Paulo, “Bolsonaro: how Brazilians armed themselves to the teeth during his government (and why this sets off alarm bells for the elections)”.
And in the Spanish El País, “Brazil is experiencing an avalanche of candidates for deputy with badges and weapons”, more than 1,800.
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