British media, President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) Queen II. He repeated the statements he made during his visit to London for Elizabeth’s funeral.
Both left-leaning newspapers such as The Guardian and right-wing newspapers such as the Daily Mail touched upon the political manifestations of the Brazilian president.
Bolsonaro made a campaign speech and spoke of victory in the first round, despite appearing behind former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT) in voting intent polls.
“There’s no way we won’t win in the first round,” the president said on the balcony of the Brazilian ambassador’s official residence in Mayfair, London, on Sunday morning, September 18.
Regarding the remarks, the Daily Mail wrote: “As global leaders came to the UK to pay their respects to the Queen, Jair Bolsonaro, leader of the populist radical right, held an offensive rally from the window of his country’s embassy with flags.”
“The videos also show supporters of the Brazilian leader wearing the national flag and cursing nearby anti-Bolsonaro protesters,” the text said.
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The headline of the article published by The Guardian reads: “President Bolsonaro uses London visit as ‘selection platform’ for the queen’s funeral”.
In the text, the British newspaper claims that the Brazilian president “flies to London to address his supporters about the dangers of leftists, abortion and ‘gender ideology'”.
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The Independent wrote that “the controversial Bolsonaro took advantage of the London trip to take his political campaign with the trip, to try to convince undecided voters of his international significance.”
A video that Bolsonaro recorded at a gas station, commenting on the price of fuel in the UK and comparing it to that in Brazil, was also targeted by British newspapers.
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In the post shared on social media by his son and federal lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro (PL-SP), the president says the pound price of British gasoline is “almost twice the average for many states in Brazil”.
“I’m here in London, UK. Gasoline price: 1.61 pounds (pounds). That’s about R$9.70 a liter,” he says.
The Times reported that Bolsonaro “used his trip to the queen’s funeral to show his country how expensive fuel is in London”.
The headline of the newspaper, which is classified as centre-right, reads: “Bolsonaro mourns for gaining political points”.
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Asked by journalists this Monday (19/09) about the tone of the coverage in British newspapers, President Jair Bolsonaro said: “Do you think I came here to do politics? For God’s sake, I’m not going to answer you no. For God’s sake. You don’t have a proper question. “
BBC News Brasil also questioned Pastor Silas Malafaia of the Vitória em Cristo Assembly of God regarding the issue. The devout replied: “You can’t separate a funeral from a political campaign, that’s true.”
British journalist and environment editor of The Guardian newspaper Jonathan Watts said on Twitter: “Insensitive, superficial and rude Bolsonaro is trying to use the Queen’s funeral as a campaign parade. What a disgraceful representative of Brazil.”
Watts’ comment was made in response to a post by The Guardian’s Brazilian correspondent, Tom Phillips, which read, “Bolsonaro has decided to celebrate the Queen’s funeral from her balcony in Mayfair with a speech on gender, ideology, abortion and the evils of communism.”
In response, Eduardo Bolsonaro, who is part of the president’s entourage, wrote that the British journalist omitted Bolsonaro’s mention of the queen at the beginning of his speech. And he said, “You’re burying yourself alone without being convincing.”
– This text was published at https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/brasil-62960534.
source: Noticias
