High-profile supporters of Trump descended on Brazil to throw their weight behind president Jair Bolsonaro, as the populist gears up for a re-election campaign next year viewed as a key battle for the global anti-establishment [anti-democratic] right. ft.com/content/6e81d7…
Jason Miller: Former Trump spokesman questioned for three hours by police in Brazil

“This afternoon my travelling party was questioned for three hours at the airport in Brasilia, after having attended this weekend’s CPAC Brasil Conference.”

independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
One of the star speakers [CPAC Brazil] was the former US president’s eldest son Don Jr, who gave a live video address because of cancelled flights due to hurricane disruption in New York. He said Brazil had “a big decision to make next year”.

ft.com/content/6e81d7…
📌Steve Bannon, an architect of Trump’s successful 2016 presidential run, recently described the Brazilian ballot scheduled for October next year as “the second-most important election in the world”.

ft.com/content/6e81d7…
📌Steve Bannon Wants to Turn Brazil Into the Next MAGA Battleground

Right-wing Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro wants to preemptively undermine the results of the next election. Bannon is happy to help with that.

newrepublic.com/article/163301…
Son of Brazil President Bolsonaro joins Steve Bannon group

"I'm very proud to join Steve Bannon as the leader of The Movement in Brazil, representing Latin American nations," Eduardo Bolsonaro was quoted in a statement released by the group.

france24.com/en/20190202-so…
📌MAGA Insurrection 2.0

Long an admirer of Trump, Bolsonaro has borrowed a tactic from Trump’s playbook by calling into question the integrity of Brazil’s electronic ballot machines & levelling allegations of voter fraud, but without providing evidence.

ft.com/content/6e81d7…
📌Billed as the world’s biggest conservative event, the US-style CPAC event this weekend played host to a cornucopia of the Brazilian right: from a monarchist restoration movement & anti-abortion activists to alternative media and a comic book publisher.

ft.com/content/6e81d7…
CPAC gets cozy with opaque groups and foreign sponsors

Many of the foreign activists who helped facilitate CPAC events abroad … include Eduardo Bolsonaro, the son of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro

opensecrets.org/news/2020/02/c…
One of the event sponsors was Gettr, a recently launched social media platform that claims to defend free speech and whose CEO, Jason Miller, is a former senior Trump adviser.
Mark Green, a GOP congressman, pledged to boost ties between the two countries.

ft.com/content/6e81d7…
📌What was Eduardo Bolsonaro doing in Washington during the January 6 coup?

📌Eduardo Bolsonaro’s arrival in the US on January 4 was first reported by Globo as a “surprise visit” to the White House at the invitation of Ivanka Trump.

wsws.org/en/articles/20…
📌Pro-Bolsonaro Rallies May Be Prelude to Power Grab, Critics Say

📌Critics see in the rhetoric of the leader, who is seeing declining poll numbers and mounting legal challenges, a parallel to former President Donald J. Trump’s.

nytimes.com/2021/09/07/wor…
“I have three alternatives in the future: being arrested, getting killed or victory,” said Mr. Bolsonaro

📌Polls show he would lose in a landslide if the vote were held today. “You can be sure the first option, imprisonment, will not happen.”

nytimes.com/2021/09/07/wor…
📌Many in Brazil see in Bolsonaro’s actions a parallel to Trump’s in advance of the 2020 elections, & worry how Brazil’s weaker institutions, would weather a similar challenge to electoral institutions or an attack like the Jan. 6 riot in the capital.

nytimes.com/2021/09/07/wor…
📌150 heads of state, ministers and lawmakers from 26 nations issued a statement expressing concern that the rallies in Brazil had the potential to turn into an “insurrection” that could undermine democratic norms in the largest nation in Latin America.

nytimes.com/2021/09/07/wor…
“We are gravely concerned about the imminent threat to Brazil’s democratic institutions,” the statement said.

progressive.international/wire/2021-09-0…
In recent days, some of the president’s fiery supporters have called for the dissolution of the Supreme Court.

Critics of Mr. Bolsonaro fear such rhetoric could lead to political violence, including attacks on the court in Brasília.

nytimes.com/2021/09/07/wor…
Brazil is currently on high alert amid signs Bosonaro is planning a “self coup” to despotically seize and retain power. Bolsonaro loyalists have had years of training from Omaha’s 88 [Nazi HH symbol] Tactical & US law enforcement.
H/T @weRtroydavis

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