The president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaroin the last few hours he again criticized the governments of Argentina and Chile and associated the “ideologies” of their heads of state with those of the former president Luis Inacio Lula da Silvaafter having a tense debate with his opponent on Sunday’s ballot,
“I see Chile with great concern. It is a brother country, as is Argentina, and I see that the population is not satisfied (President Gabriel Boric), just as she is not satisfied with (Alberto) Fernández in Argentina“, said the president at a press conference at the Globo TV studios in Rio de Janeiro.
The Brazilian president esteemed him “The ideology of Fernández and the president of Chile is very similar to that of Lula” and he broke away from them: “We don’t want to lose our freedom here.”
Bolsonaro got on the defensive after the debate, and even said “you must be Argentinian” to a Chilean CNN journalist, who asked him how he imagined the relationship with Boric in the event of a possible re-election.
In another section of the press conference, he rated it “the economy slips in Chile” because “they are running out of reserves and in trouble”.
And he added: “Some Chilean friends here have expressed their concern to me about these left-wing policies in Chile. They would never have imagined that they would have such a left-wing Chile.”
After having assured that in Chile “the population took to the streets”, he stressed that “there the population abstained, did not go to vote, it was only a small part” and wanted “that this does not happen in Brazil and that people go to vote”.
Bolsonaro’s disqualifying references to left-wing governments in the region were on the agenda during the election campaign, a path he chose to make a difference with Lula.
One of the most recent was in the debate held on October 17. On that occasion, Bolsonaro once again used our country as a negative reference, recalling that “(Alberto) Fernández has 40% of the city on the poverty line and they are already rummaging through the garbage to survive“.
Over the past three years, Bolsonaro has repeatedly criticized President Alberto Fernández and in 2019 supported Mauricio Macri’s candidacy for re-election.
Already in the first round of elections, Lula da Silva came out at the crossroads of these criticisms and accused Bolsonaro of facing a “stupid” permanent confrontation with Argentina and believed that these attitudes led much of South America to want the triumph of his political force. , the Workers’ Party (PT).
In the last week, the Brazilian president has appealed to all the resources available to try to reduce the difference that Lula has obtained at the polls in the first electoral round.
The outlook for Sunday’s runoff is uncertain, as polls indicate a virtual technical link between Bolsonaro and the Workers’ Party candidate.
Source: Clarin
