Brazil's Bolsonaro assumes office amid big hopes and fears

[TomSea]

Brazil's Bolsonaro assumes office amid big hopes and fears

Yesica Fisch, Mauricio Savarese and Peter Prengaman, Associated Press Updated 9:43 am PST, Tuesday, January 1, 2019

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Jair Bolsonaro was sworn in as Brazil's president Tuesday, taking the reins of Latin America's largest and most populous nation with promises to overhaul myriad aspects of daily life and put an end to business-as-usual governing.

For the far-right former army captain, the New Year's Day inauguration was the culmination of a journey from a marginalized and even ridiculed congressmen to a leader who many Brazilians hope can combat endemic corruption as well as violence that routinely gives the nation the dubious distinction of being world leader in total homicides.

A fan of U.S. President Donald Trump, the 63-year-old longtime congressman rose to power on an anti-corruption and pro-gun agenda that has energized conservatives and hard-right supporters after four consecutive presidential election wins by the left-leaning Workers' Party.

Read more at: https://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/Brazil-s-Bolsonaro-to-take-power-amid-high-hopes-13501295.php

The new president and wife from this morning's ceremony:


https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-46720899

[truth_seeker]

Noting"

--to the media, anybody on the Right, is Far Right

--Pretty wife.

--Nice limo (unless I'm wrong, it was NOT made in Brasil.

--I won't be surprised if he is assasinated.

--He joins Trump, Brexit, Austria, Hungary, Italy for having elections with "Right side" winners

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SOS, Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo with his wife at the inauguration:



The Netanyahus also went and Pompeo met with Bibi as well.

I communicated earlier with someone in Brazil, yes, they want him in there because of the high crime rate....

Some don't consider him "anti-gay" despite statements and anyway, that's pretty low on the list of priorities at the moment. I hope no one suffers persecution.

Also, apparently, Bolsonaro has stated his dismay with the Venezuelan Government and Colombia has agreed with the view. Perhaps I will search an article out.