President Jair Bolsonarowho aspires to re-election, attacked this Thursday once morest various leftist governments in Latin America of those he said restrict freedom, promote drug addiction and destroy the economy and pointed out that the “people will have to choose” if they want that for Brazil.
During the weekly live broadcast on social networks, the far-right leader indicated that the governments of Argentina, Colombia, Cuba, Chile, Nicaragua and Venezuela are “liars” and reiterated that they are all “friends” of his main rival, the former trade unionist and former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
“The left has been growing a lot in the world. In Cuba, people have been imprisoned because in July 2021, a year ago, there were demonstrations by the people who went to the streets asking for freedom,” the president assured.
“Colombia, which, like Chile, was a correct country in its rights, now has Petro who is going to end the anti-drug policy and is going to release the drug. Only those who have already seen a family suffering from this issue know what it means,” he added.
In his first broadcast since the official start of the electoral campaign, last Monday, Bolsonaro also criticized the censorship of Daniel Ortega, “another who is a friend of Lula”, for closing Catholic churches and radio stations; said that Venezuela, under the command of Nicholas Madurowas now “Poorer than Haiti” and lamented that the economy in Argentina, governed by Albert Fernandez, East “downhill”.
“That’s why the election (of the people) is important. You have to look at who is going to make a better country. But make the comparisons“, he emphasized.
The far-right leader’s criticism once morest the left and especially once morest Lula, his main rival, has deepened in recent days with little more than a month to go before the elections.
According to a survey released this Thursday by the Datafolha firm, the former trade unionist is the top favorite to win the presidential elections on October 2, with 47% of the intention to vote, compared to 32% of the votes that Bolsonaro would obtain.