Valin Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Washington Post Anthony Faiola and Marina Lopes October 28 2018 RIO DE JANEIRO — A 63-year old populist renegade rode a wave of voter rage to Brazil’s presidency on Sunday, marking South America’s most dramatic shift to the right since the end of the Cold War-era military dictatorships. Jair Bolsonaro, a former army captain, bested leftist Fernando Haddad in Sunday’s runoff, winning nearly 56 percent of the vote, according to official results with 92 percent of the ballots tallied. His win adds Latin America’s largest nation to a growing list of countries – from the United States to Hungary to the Philippines – where staunch right-wing nationalists have scored victories at the ballot box. Bolsonaro ran a Trump-style campaign that made heavy use of social media, and promised to renegotiate the terms of trade deals, put economics before environmental preservation and bring an iron fist to fighting crime. He demonized opponents and polarized the nation with his history of denigrating women, gays and minorities. “What I most want is to follow the will of God, and the Brazilian constitution,” Bolsonaro said via Facebook Live after winning the race. “We have everything to be a great nation, and if this is the will of God, we will be a great nation.” (Snip) _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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