The former president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonarowent from governing the main economy of Latin America to residing in a small development near Disney Worldin the United States, where despite an initial low profile, this week gave two speeches in a few days.
The life of the far-right leader has turned upside down since he left Brasilia on December 30, two days before the inauguration of his successor, the leftist Lula da Silvathe agency reported AFP.
In his first weeks in Orlando, in central Florida, Bolsonaro’s only known activities were a going to the supermarket and another for eat fried chicken in a fast food chain.
Jair Bolsonaro shared a video regarding electoral fraud conspiracies in Brazil
His only appearance in the media was due to a brief hospital admission for a intestinal adhesiona problem stemming from the stab wound he received at a rally in September 2018, just before his election as president.
Bolsonaro’s refuge in Florida
The 67-year-old ex-president did not leave his Florida havena home of former Brazilian mixed martial arts fighter José Aldo, on Jan. 8.
That day, thousands of his followers, dissatisfied with his defeat in the October presidential elections, stormed the Planalto Palace, Congress and the Federal Supreme Court (STF).
From their social networks, Bolsonaro he tepidly condemned what had happened, and it did not appear that he was going to abandon his discretion while he was in Florida. However, this week he gave two speeches in four days.
On Friday, the man who until recently moved crowds in Brazil spoke to regarding 400 people during an event organized by the American conservative organization Turning Point, at the hotel Trump National de Doralnear Miami.
They were 20 minutes that would have seemed like an electoral rally if Bolsonaro he would not have lost re-election with Lula.
“There is no greater satisfaction than that of a duty accomplished,” he declared regarding his presidency (2019-2023) before an enthusiastic audience, in which elegant suits and dresses coexisted with the shirts of the Brazilian soccer team.
Bolsonaro also took the microphone on Tuesday, in an act of tribute in orlando convened by the Brazilian community of Florida, in which he once more sowed doubts regarding the results of the elections he lost with Lula.
Bolsonaro admitted that he had “slips in his government” and has three days to give explanations to Justice
“Many people are still shocked by what happened in the elections. In the end, we were left with a question mark in the head. But we will face this moment and, God willing, together we will win“, he expressed.
On both occasions, he might feel the warmth of his most loyal supporters, who hugged him, took selfies with him and cheered. A welcome love following the latest events in his country.
The uncertain future of Bolsonaro
The far-right leader is being investigated in Brazil to find out whether or not he instigated the acts of January 8 in Brasilia.
The riots recalled what happened in Washington on January 6, 2021, when supporters of then-Republican President Donald Trump stormed Congress to protest the victory of Democrat Joe Biden.
Bolsonaro, nicknamed the “Trump of the Tropics” for his similarities with the former US president, now lives just 280 kilometers from the tycoonwith whom he maintained a close relationship during his tenure.
He Bolsonaro’s future remains unknown. After declaring in the media that he was going to return to Brazil at the end of January, he requested a new visa to be able to stay six more months in the United States.
And one of his sons, Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, said last week that his father did not have a date to return to Brazil. “It might be tomorrow, or six months from now, or may never come back“, he declared.
On Tuesday, at the Orlando restaurant, Bolsonaro vowed to “remain active in Brazilian politics.” It remains to be seen if he will continue to give speeches in his host country, to which he paid tribute on Friday.
“I have always been a great admirer of the American people. Their freedoms, their patriotism and their love of the flag,” he said.
AFP / ED
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