President Jair Bolsonaro’s (PL) statements about left-wing governments in Latin America are causing discomfort in Chile and its president, Gabriel Boric. At last night’s debate — hosted UOLFolha de S. Paulo, Band and TV Cultura — Bolsonaro accused Boric of “setting the subways on fire”.
Citing the Brazilian president by name, the Chilean government said in a statement that the comments were “unacceptable and unsuitable for respecting heads of state or the fraternal relations between the two Latin American countries”.
Political use of bilateral relations for electoral purposes based on lies, misinformation and false statements erodes not only the ties between our countries, but also democracy, undermines trust and affects the brotherhood between peoples.
Statement from the Chilean government on Bolsonaro
The Brazilian CEO said yesterday while targeting his main rival in this year’s election, former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT): Chile. Where is our Chile going?”
Boric, 35, is a former student leader and the youngest president in the country’s history. His victory represents a shift to the left and broke three decades of change between centrist parties since the end of Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship in 1990. Earlier this year, Bolsonaro refused to attend Boric’s inauguration ceremony and sent his deputy, Hamilton Mourão (Republicans).
Again in his speech against the PT, Bolsonaro mentioned the governments of Argentina, Colombia and Venezuela before mentioning Nicaragua. “Our dear President Lula supported in Nicaragua, [Daniel] Ortega, now persecuting Christians, arrests priests and deports nuns. Great religious persecution. And when asked, he says, ‘We shouldn’t meddle in other countries’.
Speech is not isolated. The Brazilian president has invested in these governments in his weekly life, stressing that, as yesterday, Brazil will take “more than 500 people a day” from Venezuela “who flee from hunger, misery, violence”.
While the president’s criticism of “our Argentina” revolves around the country’s economy, Colombia’s criticism takes a moral tone, claiming that President Gustavo Petro supports “release of drugs, release of prisoners.”
In an interview with Jornal Nacional last week, Bolsonaro deliberately showed a “glue” on his left hand containing the words “Nicaragua”, “Argentina”, “Colombia” and “Dario Messer”, also known as “money changer”. changers”.
*With information from AFP and Deutsche Welle
source: Noticias
