One of the main flags of the Jair Bolsonaro government around the world has just been smashed by the First Lady and her supporters. By sharing a video containing attacks on African-origin religions on her social networks, she exposed the lie, which is the foreign policy of her husband, who has been advocating “freedom of religion” in international organizations for the past three years.
The First Lady shared on her social networks this week a video of former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva appearing at a ceremony with leaders of African religions. The original broadcast contained discriminatory messages made by Bolsonaro’s allies against these religious practices and associated them with darkness. “Maybe, right. Talk about God, no,” the First Lady wrote.
The point is, such an attitude unmasks the government’s strategy for the past few years, which has insisted that its aim is to defend the freedom of worship of all movements.
Since the early days of his government, Bolsonaro has taken Itamaraty to appeal to a particular group of Brazilians, the ultra-conservatives. Using a network of embassies around the world and commanded by Damares Alves and Ernesto Araújo, the Administrator launched an offensive to strengthen a reactionary global network.
The strategy to justify the attempt was to turn the attack into an act “to defend freedom of religion.” In the months that followed, Brazil became one of the main forerunners of alliances formed between countries advocating freedom of worship around the world.
But in these events, the government did not mention the constant attacks in Brazil where prayer houses and terreiros were sacrificed. For example, Araújo stated at one of these meetings in November 2020 that “no faith is safe from intolerance and persecution, and that Christians are among its main victims.” “Unfortunately, we’ve seen continuing episodes of hatred and violence against Christians in all hemispheres and continents,” he said.
The religious agenda was in dialogue with other interests. The main thing: to review the human rights framework around the world and put an end to the claims of the gay and women’s movement. Thus, issues such as sexual education, reproductive rights and even the concept of gender were discussed by diplomats.
Now, the mask has fallen while attacking Umbanda. In their quest for votes, Bolsonarists bring evidence that the international aim was never to defend all religious practices. They show that at the core of it all is the hijacking of concepts to promote a racist, xenophobic agenda that violates the country’s own Constitution.
By attacking African religions, the Bolsonarist base makes a mockery of national diplomacy and deepens the country’s lack of reputation in the world. Once again.
source: Noticias
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