In today’s issue: Bolsonaro: After golden shower, a dig at democracy. Brazil’s new strategy to push out Maduro in Venezuela. Cases of femicide up in Brazil.
Bolsonaro: After golden shower, a dig at democracy
Less than 24 hours removed from the controversy sparked by a pornographic tweet, President Jair Bolsonaro managed to do worse. During a speech at a ceremony in Rio de Janeiro to honor Brazil’s
Marine Corps, he said that “democracy and freedom only exist when the Armed Forces want them to.” The phrase obviously did not sit well, in light of Brazil’s rich history of military...