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    • Controversies surrounding Jair Bolsonaro

    Controversies involving former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro

    Among the main controversies surrounding Jair Bolsonaro are his right-wing populist position, his criticism of the political left, his classification of torture as a legitimate practice, his opposition to LGBT rights and several other questionable statements, which have led to 30 calls for his impeachment and three court convictions. Several international organizations consider that his authoritarian tendencies threaten to cause irreparable harm to civil society, the press, Afro-Brazilians, indigenous people and critics of the government. Bolsonaro also has a hostile relationship with the press and has been accused of proliferating fake news.

    Although his statements are classified on the far-right of the political perspective, Bolsonaro rejects such categorization. On March 12, 1999, he spoke in the Chamber of Deputies to praise Federal Deputy Luiza Erundina, a member of the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) and recognized as a left-wing figure. After the 2002 elections, he announced his vote for Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) in the second round, although he had supported Ciro Gomes (then affiliated to the PPS) in the first round.

    His statements have been described as hate speech, homophobic, misogynistic, sexist, racist and anti-refugee. In August 2018, the British magazine The Economist described him as a "radical", a

    Memória Brasileira do Autoritarismo: Um Novo Rumo

    Brazil’s Memory of Authoritarianism: A New Turn | Brasiliens Erinnerung an Autoritarismus: Eine neue Wendung

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    Abstract: This essay seeks to explore the shifts in Brazilian memory of the 1964-1985 regime under the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro. His positive views of the 1964-1985 authoritarian regime and use of violence by the military are the opposite of previous efforts by the Brazilian federal government to deal with the legacy of human rights violations. Amid large outcry by human rights organisations, Bolsonaro and members of his government engage in a memorialisation of the military regime based on anti-human rights rhetoric and pro-military, authoritarian ideology. The rise of right-wing populism in Brazil has put into question the transitional justice measures by successive administrations since the country’s return to democracy.
    DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1515/phw-2020-14973
    Languages: Português, English, German


    O Brasil está atravessando um período politicamente sensível. Após mais de duas décadas de projetos de verdade e reconciliação, que buscavam lidar com o uso de violência contra civis por agentes do Estado durante a ditadura transcorrida entre 1964 e 1985, o apoio à intervenção militar direta tem crescido e Jair Bolsonaro foi eleito presidente.1 Este tem uma visão positiva do regime autoritário iniciado em 1964; no passado, o político já expressou visões favoráveis a tortura e afirmou que mais oponentes deveriam ter sido assassinados pelos militares. Sua nostalgia pela ditadura de direita sintetiza o oposto do que visavam as iniciativas do governo federal brasileiro para lidar com o legado das violações de direitos humanos.

    A Nostalgia de Bolsonaro

    Ao longo de sua carreira política, Bolsonaro foi um apoiador manifesto da ditadura militar. Ele defende que o Brasil não passou por uma ditadura, mas por um regime militar no qual as forças armadas

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    • Dilma Rousseff interview: Brazil’s first female leader on trying to clear her name

    President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil has been suspended since May 12, awaiting her impeachment trial by the country’s Senate.

    In the meantime, an interim government has been formed by her vice president Michel Temer.

    The impeachment process against Ms Rousseff has been branded a coup by her allies, who have pointed out that the charges against her, which focus on claims she violated budget laws, were based on relatively minor misdeeds that were also committed by many of her predecessors without consequences.

    She was Brazil’s first female president and the impeachment process against her was denounced as “sexist political violence” by the United Nation’s office on women’s rights.

    During her time as president, Rousseff endured a wave of street protests in 2013 by Brazilians demanding better public services, and presided over an economy which contracted by 3.8 per cent last year.

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