webfact Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Right-wing Bolsonaro wins Brazil presidential race By Jake Spring and Anthony Boadle Jair Bolsonaro, far-right lawmaker and presidential candidate of the Social Liberal Party (PSL), gestures at a polling station in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil October 28, 2018. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares BRASILIA (Reuters) - Former Army captain Jair Bolsonaro won Brazil's presidential election on Sunday, riding a wave of frustration over corruption and crime that brought a dramatic swing to the right in the world's fourth-largest democracy, official results show. With 94 percent of the ballots counted, Bolsonaro had 56 percent of the votes in the run-off election against left-wing hopeful Fernando Haddad of the Workers Party (PT), who had 44 percent, according to the electoral authority TSE. Bolsonaro's rise has been propelled by rejection of the leftist PT that ran Brazil for 13 of the last 15 years and was ousted two years ago in the midst of a deep recession and political graft scandal. Laura Chinchilla, the former president of Costa Rica who is head of the Organization of American States' Electoral Observation Mission, said the vote had been calm and orderly across the country, which has suffered a spate of partisan violence during the campaign. Many Brazilians are concerned that Bolsonaro, an admirer of Brazil's 1964-1985 military dictatorship and a defender of its use of torture on leftist opponents, will trample on human rights, curtail civil liberties and muzzle freedom of speech. The 63-year-old seven-term congressman has vowed to crack down on crime in Brazil's cities and farm belt by granting police more autonomy to shoot at criminals. He also wants to let more Brazilians buy weapons to fight crime. (Reporting by Anthony Boadle and Jake Spring in Brasilia, Rodrigo Viga Gaier in Rio de Janeiro and Brad Brooks in Sao Paulo; Editing by Cynthia Osterman and Rosalba O'Brien) -- © Copyright Reuters 2018-10-29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Boon Mee Posted October 29, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 29, 2018 Sounds like the right man for the job. Crime has gotten out of hand in Brazil. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tug Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 Bummer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mcambl61 Posted October 29, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 29, 2018 8 minutes ago, Tug said: Bummer why? do you want to continue the massive graft and corruption from the leftists? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpatOilWorker Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 14 minutes ago, mcambl61 said: why? do you want to continue the massive graft and corruption from the leftists? https://www.economist.com/leaders/2018/09/20/jair-bolsonaro-latin-americas-latest-menace 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcambl61 Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 12 minutes ago, ExpatOilWorker said: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2018/09/20/jair-bolsonaro-latin-americas-latest-menace did not see any factual evidence of corruption, just opinions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tug Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 I’ve always been a history buff I say bummer you figure it out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpatOilWorker Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 16 minutes ago, mcambl61 said: did not see any factual evidence of corruption, just opinions Pretty hard to have factual evidence for future events. He just got elected, give the poor guy a chance, soon political opponents will get free accommodation in prison and criminals will fill mass graves. He is a military man, guns and violence is part of his DNA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcambl61 Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 13 minutes ago, ExpatOilWorker said: Pretty hard to have factual evidence for future events. He just got elected, give the poor guy a chance, soon political opponents will get free accommodation in prison and criminals will fill mass graves. He is a military man, guns and violence is part of his DNA. so it is just speculation and a biased opinion then. ok, at least we know. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpatOilWorker Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 38 minutes ago, mcambl61 said: so it is just speculation and a biased opinion then. ok, at least we know. Sure, it is either that or an intelligent political analysis. Men of military rank have a shady history as state leaders, just ask the dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
727Sky Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 When Rodrigo Duterte was elected and said he was going to clean up crime and shoot drug dealers you would have thought the socialist left wing people were going to vapor lock. If anyone has been to the Philippines lately the changes are quite dramatic. Agree with his methods or not... They worked for the Philippines. The Brazilian economy is a disaster, politics have been a thuggish thoroughly rotten endeavor for way to long. Street crime is so bad that seven Brazilian cities are classified in the world’s 20 most violent. With a 12% unemployment rate things have been steadily going down hill for way to long IMO. Time for a change 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rudi49jr Posted October 29, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 29, 2018 Oh great, just what the world needs, another Trump/Duterte/Erdogan/Orban. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
attrayant Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 John Oliver calls Bolsonaro a "terrible human being". Looks like the people just did not have anyone worth voting for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JemJem Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 (edited) 4 hours ago, rudi49jr said: Oh great, just what the world needs, another Trump/Duterte/Erdogan/Orban. Well said. And, so, a dark chapter has been opened in Brazilian history/politics. Edited October 29, 2018 by JemJem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sanemax Posted October 29, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted October 29, 2018 4 hours ago, rudi49jr said: Oh great, just what the world needs, another Trump/Duterte/Erdogan/Orban. Not too bad, got to 13 posts without Trump getting a mention . 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulic Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 Seems to me a dammed if you do, dammed if you don't scenario to me. Let us see what happens over the term of his election. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 Troll posts removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JemJem Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 Nice video : 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
727Sky Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 The Brazilian Ambassador to the USA speaks. Worth a listen IMO 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candide Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 On 10/29/2018 at 11:42 AM, mcambl61 said: why? do you want to continue the massive graft and corruption from the leftists? Obviously, you don't know Brazil. They are all corrupt, wether left-wing or right-wing. https://mondediplo.com/2018/10/06brazil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candide Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 27 minutes ago, candide said: Obviously, you don't know Brazil. They are all corrupt, wether left-wing or right-wing. https://mondediplo.com/2018/10/06brazil One more! ???? https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-election-guedes/economic-guru-for-brazils-presidential-front-runner-faces-fraud-probe-idUSKCN1MK1B9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM07 Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 To call this vile piece of Nazi-$4!t "right wing", is an insult to right wingers. For whom I have no sympathy, by the way! But this fascist is in a league of his own! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robblok Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 11 minutes ago, DM07 said: To call this vile piece of Nazi-$4!t "right wing", is an insult to right wingers. For whom I have no sympathy, by the way! But this fascist is in a league of his own! But he is voted in.. some people think that once someone is voted in they can do as they please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM07 Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 7 minutes ago, robblok said: But he is voted in.. some people think that once someone is voted in they can do as they please. Yeah...these people are called idiots or fascists! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swfsql Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 On 10/29/2018 at 3:57 AM, 727Sky said: When Rodrigo Duterte was elected and said he was going to clean up crime and shoot drug dealers you would have thought the socialist left wing people were going to vapor lock. If anyone has been to the Philippines lately the changes are quite dramatic. Agree with his methods or not... They worked for the Philippines. The drug problem is caused by prohibition, so it won't be solved. There is not "crime cleaning", the state is criminal when it prohibits drugs and shoot people around. State power increase is much more dangerous and far worse deadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swfsql Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 Here's a video, with a Dragon Ball's music background, on him: This shows the context from a more realistic angle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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