Brazil election 2018: far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro to become next president

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A far-right, pro-gun, pro-torture populist has been elected as Brazil’s next president after a drama-filled and deeply divisive election that looks set to radically reforge the future of the world’s fourth biggest democracy.

Jair Bolsonaro, a 63-year-old former paratrooper who built his campaign around pledges to crush corruption, crime and a supposed communist threat, secured 55.5% of the votes after more than 94% were counted and was therefore elected Brazil’s next president, electoral authorities said on Sunday.

Bolsonaro’s leftist rival, Fernando Haddad, secured 44.5% of votes.

In a video broadcast from his home in Rio de Janeiro, Bolsonaro thanked God and vowed to stamp out corruption in the country.

“We cannot continue flirting with communism … We are going to change the destiny of Brazil,” he said.

Haddad, the defeated Workers’ party (PT) candidate, urged the 45 million voters who had backed him not to lose hope. “We will continue with our heads held high, with determination and with courage,” he said. “We have a lifelong commitment to this country and we will not allow this country to go backwards.”

Italy’s far-right interior minister, Matteo Salvini, offered his congratulations to Bolsonaro, tweeting: “Even in #Brazil the citizens have sent the left packing!”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/28/jair-bolsonaro-wins-brazil-presidential-election
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Something's going on.
 
During the presidential campaign, Bolsonaro announced that he would not accept the election results unless he won. He said that “we will shoot” Workers Party supporters and told “leftist outlaws” to either leave the country or find themselves in jail. He said he would like to double the size of the Supreme Courtso that he can pack it with people who share his views. Bolsonaro´s running mate, the retired army general Antônio Hamilton Mourão, raised the possibility of a “self-coup” by the president with support from the armed forces in case of “anarchy.”
Bolsonaro has endorsed abusive practices that undermine the rule of law. He has said Brazil´s military dictatorship (1964-1985) made a mistake by torturing people when it should have killed them, repeatedly referred to one of the worst torturers of the dictatorship as a “hero,” and said police should have “carte blanche” to kill criminal suspects.
Bolsonaro has made openly racist, homophobic, and misogynist statements. He has compared Afro-Brazilians to cattle; called refugees “the scum of the earth”; said he would rather have a son die in an accident than be gay; and told a congresswoman he would not rape her because she was “very ugly.”
Bolsonaro has said he will act against civil society organizations and penalize critical media. He said he would end “all activism” in Brazil; treat members oflandless peasants’ associations as “terrorists”; and withdraw state advertising from news media that criticize him.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/l...b05fc14b59ed52#block-5bd63c5fe4b05fc14b59ed52
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Now I understand my neighbor's wife. She's Brazilian married to a guy with Trump stickers all over his car. Hmmm, where have I seen that?
 
Burning-Man said:
Expect some Bolsonaro Derangement Syndrome.
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In before the inevitable Hitler comparisons - these are Bolsonaro supporters celebrating:


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Irish said:
Already started. CNN is running panicking news stories about him.
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He survived a vicious assassination attempt by a leftist.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-election-bolsonaro/brazil-far-right-candidate-bolsonaro-in-serious-condition-after-stabbing-idUSKCN1LM2YJ
 
Legion said:
He survived a vicious assassination attempt by a leftist.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-election-bolsonaro/brazil-far-right-candidate-bolsonaro-in-serious-condition-after-stabbing-idUSKCN1LM2YJ
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Bolsonaro, 63, was stabbed in the stomach last month during a rally in the city of Juiz de Fora, in Minas Gerais state.
The stabbing took him off the campaign trail for weeks as he recovered. But it strengthened his position among Brazilians looking for a change.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/28/americas/brazil-election/index.html
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