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Brazil's far-right president nixes U.S. trip in face of protests

 

FILE PHOTO: Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro speaks during a ceremony at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil April 30, 2019. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo

 

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro has cancelled a trip to the United States, his office announced on Friday, after sharp protests against his being honoured as the person of the year by the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce.

 

Due to Bolsonaro's past racist, homophobic and misogynist remarks, organizers saw multiple venues in New York refuse to host the gala dinner, including the American Museum of Natural History.

 

Major sponsors such as Delta Air Lines, The Financial Times and Bain & Co this week yanked their support for the event.

 

Bolsonaro spokesman General Otavio Rego Barros said in a statement the president would not be attending the dinner due to "the resistance and deliberate attacks by the Mayor of New York and the pressure of interest groups" on its organizers and sponsors.

 

Delta said it would no longer be sponsoring the event, but declined to give further details.

 

The Financial Times also said it would no longer be a sponsor of the event while declining to give further details.

 

"We have decided to withdraw our sponsorship of the ... 2019 Person of the Year Awards Gala Dinner," Bain said.

 

"Encouraging and celebrating diversity is a core Bain principle."

 

The cancellation is seen as a blow for Bolsonaro, who has actively courted closer ties with the United States and particularly President Donald Trump, whom he has praised. Bolsonaro's rejection by corporate heavyweights also hurts his vow to grow foreign investment in Brazil.

 

Bank of America Merrill Lynch, BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse, Citigroup Inc and JPMorgan Chase & Co all declined to comment on whether they would abandon the event.

 

On its website, the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce said it had chosen Bolsonaro as its person of the year because of his "intention of fostering closer commercial and diplomatic ties between Brazil and the United States."

 

Bolsonaro is loved by his supporters for his outspoken views on guns, family values and the military. But his critics accuse him of racism, homophobia and misogyny. He once said a female lawmaker was too ugly to rape, and said he would not be able to love a gay son.

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-05-04

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[malibukid]

good going America.  now lets see if the Brits step up to the plate regarding the other guy

Edited May 4, 2019 by malibukid

[jesimps]

25 minutes ago, malibukid said:

good going America.  now lets see if the Brits step up to the plate regarding the other guy

You lefties never miss a chance to spit your venom. I hope the leader of the free world and of Britain's oldest ally gets a rapturous welcome from the people, despite the far left's expected attempts to ruin it.

[candide]

Well, Trump is quite capable to ruin it by himself without any help....

[charmonman]

7 hours ago, jesimps said:

You lefties never miss a chance to spit your venom. I hope the leader of the free world and of Britain's oldest ally gets a rapturous welcome from the people, despite the far left's expected attempts to ruin it.

Yeah right, it’s the lefties that spit venom. Leading chants of “lock her up” or saying a woman is too ugly to rape ... oh no, that’s not at ALL venomous. 

[Jingthing]

The way I look at it Brazil is one thing and the horror show fascist that's leading them now is another. Nations that need to have diplomatic relations with Brazil should continue to do so. But it's a really, really good thing that he got snubbed at this event. It's not official diplomatic business with the U.S. government so it's non-essential. Now if he was willing to speak to a critical audience and take questions that would be different and he should be welcome for that as he could then be confronted. But this event was to honor him. 

[bendejo]

Well, he visited DT in the WH two months ago, he probably regrets missing the chance to build up frequent flyer miles.

 

The movement for global fascism is being led by people from US and UK.  Looks like there's a Brazilian coming on to the world stage to evangelize it as well.

https://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-politics/meet-eduardo-bolsonaro-parallel-chancellor-of-brazil-and-close-ally-of-steve-bannon/

 

So, an authoritarian leader is bringing in his son to help push his agenda.  Hmm, where else have we seen this?

 

 

Edited May 4, 2019 by bendejo

[Tug]

13 hours ago, jesimps said:

You lefties never miss a chance to spit your venom. I hope the leader of the free world and of Britain's oldest ally gets a rapturous welcome from the people, despite the far left's expected attempts to ruin it.

Why do some people always fall back on hate or venom when there is disagreement many people ars deeply alarmed by Donald and his ilk we see echoes of the past it gets the alarm bells going to me it’s nether right or left it’s morality in many areas I’m in agreement with the administration but it’s feckless immorality racism corruption and unwillingness to work within our system of government means they and their ideals must be rejected so I’m delighted mr bolsonaro isent coming