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Outcry as Bolsonaro's son questions value of democracy in Brazil
Source: The Guardian
Outcry as Bolsonaro's son questions value of democracy in Brazil
• Carlos Bolsonaro accused of ‘flirting with coup-mongering’
• President is an admirer of Brazil’s former military dictatorship
Tom Phillips in Brasília
Wed 11 Sep 2019 16.26 BST
First published on Wed 11 Sep 2019 15.14 BST
The rumbustious son of Brazil’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, has come under heavy fire from across the political spectrum after claiming rapid political change was unachievable “through democratic means”.
Carlos Bolsonaro – a politician and social media fanatic known for his incendiary and often unintelligible tweets – sparked the maelstrom on Monday evening with a 43-word post on Twitter.
“The transformation Brazil wants will not happen at the speed we yearn for through democratic means,” he tweeted to his 1.3 million followers.
That comment triggered an immediate outcry in a country that only emerged from two decades of dictatorship in 1985 and whose current leader is a notorious pro-torture admirer of that military period and other authoritarian regimes.
“Yes, I’m in favour of a dictatorship,” Jair Bolsonaro once told Brazil’s congress.
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• Carlos Bolsonaro accused of ‘flirting with coup-mongering’
• President is an admirer of Brazil’s former military dictatorship
Tom Phillips in Brasília
Wed 11 Sep 2019 16.26 BST
First published on Wed 11 Sep 2019 15.14 BST
The rumbustious son of Brazil’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, has come under heavy fire from across the political spectrum after claiming rapid political change was unachievable “through democratic means”.
Carlos Bolsonaro – a politician and social media fanatic known for his incendiary and often unintelligible tweets – sparked the maelstrom on Monday evening with a 43-word post on Twitter.
“The transformation Brazil wants will not happen at the speed we yearn for through democratic means,” he tweeted to his 1.3 million followers.
That comment triggered an immediate outcry in a country that only emerged from two decades of dictatorship in 1985 and whose current leader is a notorious pro-torture admirer of that military period and other authoritarian regimes.
“Yes, I’m in favour of a dictatorship,” Jair Bolsonaro once told Brazil’s congress.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/11/carlos-bolsonaro-brazil-democracy-dictatorship-jair