On the eve of the first round of the election, President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) received a series of support from significant leaders of the world right.
The most important thing for the Bolsonarista wing linked to politicians from other countries, led by his son Eduardo Bolsonaro, is the support of Donald Trump Jr. In a 13-second video, the son of the former Republican president of the United States states that “President Bolsonaro, your president, is a great friend of the United States and the only person who can stop the spread of socialism and communism in America.” southern.”
Former President Donald Trump had already expressed support for Bolsonaro in early September in a post on social media. “President Jair Bolsonaro loves Brazil above all things. He is a wonderful man and he has my full and complete support,” he wrote at the time.
In addition to the Trump family, Bolsonaro received this Saturday (1st) the support of the Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán, one of the main leaders of the populist global far-right. “I have served my country in Europe for more than 30 years, I have met many leaders, but few as exceptional as President Jair Bolsonaro,” he says, praising tax cuts and falling crime rates. “He is a president who, despite liberal progressive globalism, was brave to put Brazil first,” said the head of the Hungarian government.
Another support received was that of Argentine deputy Javier Milei, the main exponent of the libertarian right in the neighboring country. “This Sunday, October 2, Brazil puts its freedom at stake. That’s why I strongly support Jair Bolsonaro against the radical left,” he said.
Portuguese deputy André Ventura, leader of the far-right Chega party, also spoke on Saturday. “Here in Portugal we have no doubts. Jair Bolsonaro is the president that Brazilians need, he is the right choice at this moment,” he said. “Lula da Silva’s return to power is a tragedy for Brazilians, it’s a tragedy for Latin America and it’s a tragedy for the Portuguese-speaking world.”
Still on the list of global ultra-right leaders, Bolsonaro received support from Chilean José Antonio Kast, who lost the race for the presidency of his country to Gabriel Boric, whom Bolsonaro openly criticizes. “This Sunday, Brazil plays for freedom. It has been years of greater progress and security. From Chile, we wish President Jair Bolsonaro every success in defeating the radical left once again,” Kast said in the video.
Santiago Abascal, Spanish deputy and leader of the ultra-rightist Vox, said in a video that Bolsonaro “is the alternative for patriots, for those who want prosperous, free and sovereign nations against communism and against globalism.”
Bolsonaro’s global offensive on the eve of the election comes after a series of leftist leaders have moved against Bolsonaro in recent weeks.
On Thursday (29), former French President François Hollande and former Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Zapatero, along with a series of former European leaders, released a manifesto in support of former President Lula. “When democracy is in danger, it is necessary to unite the dissenters to overcome the antagonists. That is why we, former heads of state and government of different political tendencies, support the candidacy of ex-president Lula for the Presidency of the Republic” , says the text.
Another strong gesture came from the US Senate, which on Wednesday (28) approved a motion calling for a review of relations between Brazil and the United States in the event of a democratic rupture. “At a time when democracy is under attack in Brazil, the United States and countries around the world, we all have a responsibility to defend people’s fundamental right to have a voice in their government, without fear of reprisals or retaliation. politics,” Senator Tim Kaine said at the time. “It is important that the Brazilian people know that we are on their side, on the side of democracy,” said Senator Bernie Sanders.
On the same day, 51 members of the European Parliament delivered a letter to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the head of foreign policy of the bloc, Josep Borell, asking the European Union to monitor the election and support the country’s democratic institutions. . “The attacks on democratic institutions and the threats to not recognize the result of the elections, if the president [Jair] Bolsonaro is defeated, are extremely worrying,” the document says.
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