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sandensea

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3. Hear, hear. And judging from Bolsonazi's fast-dropping approval ratings, he won't be re-elected
Thu Sep 12, 2019, 12:58 AM
Sep 2019

Brazilian voters, some of whom were no doubt lured by his tough-on-crime rhetoric, are now having serious buyer's remorse.

His despotic style and racism (in a mostly Mulatto country), his giddy support for a U.S. base on the Brazil/Peru/Colombia border, his sons' Uday/Qusay behavior, and the economic downturn (from an already slow economy inherited from Temer) - all these controversies have been steadily eroding his support among voters.

Four years of a similar experience in neighboring Argentina, with the kleptocrat neo-con Mauricio Macri, is now coming to an end - with voters rejecting Macri by 16%, despite a massive media campaign on his behalf and Trump's forcing the IMF to lend him $45 billion.

Which, of course, is all gone now - "bicycled" away, as they say in Argentina, in the biggest financial heist since the dictatorship's in 1980/81.

Here's hoping Brazilians can turn Bolso back (not until 2022, unfortunately) without quite as much hardship.

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