OK... whatever. Brazil’s reclusive Bolsonaro has a skin infection, ‘cannot wear pants’ Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has barely been seen in public since failing to win re-election – and his VP has now revealed the strange reason why. https://www.news.com.au/world/south...s/news-story/6fece6ead07493a12d30200b7846ab7b
Bolsonaro fully adopts his Trump of South America act. Falsely claiming the election was rigged and the voting machine results should be invalidated while demanding "audits". All in an attempt to undermine democracy and promote a violent takeover. Does this sound familiar, Trumpies? Bolsonaro challenges Brazil election he lost to Lula https://www.reuters.com/world/ameri...plaint-challenge-election-results-2022-11-22/ Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has challenged the election he lost last month to leftist rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, arguing votes from some machines should be "invalidated" in a complaint that election authorities met with initial skepticism. Bolsonaro's claim seems unlikely to get far, as Lula's victory has been ratified by the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) and acknowledged by Brazil's leading politicians and international allies. Still, it could fuel a small but committed protest movement that has so far refused to accept the result. Alexandre de Moraes, the Supreme Court justice who currently leads the TSE, said in a ruling seen by Reuters that Bolsonaro's right-wing electoral coalition, which filed the complaint, must present its full audit for both rounds of last month's vote within 24 hours, or he would reject it. Brazil's currency deepened losses after news of the electoral complaint, closing 1.3% weaker against the U.S. dollar. The currency was already suffering from investor concerns about Lula's spending plans and economic policymakers. Fernando Bergallo, head of operations at FB Capital, was among many who said Bolsonaro's bid to challenge the election results seemed unlikely to get far, but that it would add to "pessimism on top of everything we already have." Gleisi Hoffmann, the president of Lula's Workers Party (PT), described Bolsonaro's election complaint as "chicanery." "No more procrastination, irresponsibility, insults to institutions and democracy," she wrote on Twitter. "The election was decided in the vote and Brazil needs peace to build a better future." The Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB), a traditional PT rival, called Bolsonaro's complaint "senseless," tweeting that it would be resisted "by institutions, the international community and Brazilian society." Bolsonaro's coalition said its audit of the Oct. 30 second-round runoff between Bolsonaro and Lula had found "signs of irreparable ... malfunction" in some electronic voting machines. "There were signs of serious failures that generate uncertainties and make it impossible to validate the results generated" in older models of the voting machines, Bolsonaro allies said in their complaint. As a result, they urged that the votes from those models should be "invalidated." Bolsonaro, a far-right former army captain, has for years claimed that the country's electronic voting system is liable to fraud, without providing substantiating evidence. Bolsonaro remained publicly silent for nearly 48 hours after the election was called on Oct. 30 and has still not conceded defeat, although he authorized his government to begin preparing for a presidential transition. One of Brazil's most visible presences on social media and at public events over the last four years, Bolsonaro has nearly vanished from public view in the past three weeks, with little or no formal agenda or public statements on most days. The Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB), a traditional PT rival, called Bolsonaro's complaint "senseless," tweeting that it would be resisted "by institutions, the international community and Brazilian society." Bolsonaro's coalition said its audit of the Oct. 30 second-round runoff between Bolsonaro and Lula had found "signs of irreparable ... malfunction" in some electronic voting machines. "There were signs of serious failures that generate uncertainties and make it impossible to validate the results generated" in older models of the voting machines, Bolsonaro allies said in their complaint. As a result, they urged that the votes from those models should be "invalidated." Bolsonaro, a far-right former army captain, has for years claimed that the country's electronic voting system is liable to fraud, without providing substantiating evidence. Bolsonaro remained publicly silent for nearly 48 hours after the election was called on Oct. 30 and has still not conceded defeat, although he authorized his government to begin preparing for a presidential transition. One of Brazil's most visible presences on social media and at public events over the last four years, Bolsonaro has nearly vanished from public view in the past three weeks, with little or no formal agenda or public statements on most days.
Brazil's electoral court rejects Bolsonaro election challenge https://www.reuters.com/world/ameri...ects-bolsonaro-election-challenge-2022-11-23/ The head of Brazil's electoral court Alexandre de Moraes on Wednesday rejected a complaint from President Jair Bolsonaro's allies to challenge the presidential election, which the incumbent lost by a small margin, according to a court document. Leftist ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva narrowly defeated Bolsonaro in the Oct. 30 runoff election, marking a stunning comeback for the leftist former president and the end of Brazil's most right-wing government in decades. Moraes, who serves as a Supreme Court justice, also fined the parties in Bolsonaro's coalition to the tune of 22.9 million reais ($4.27 million) for what the court described as bad faith litigation, the document showed. On Tuesday, Bolsonaro's Liberal Party (PL) filed a complaint to challenge the outcome of the election claiming some of the electronic voting machines were flawed and those votes should be invalidated, an argument that election authorities met with skepticism. Under the terms of Wednesday's electoral court decision, political funds for the president's coalition parties were ordered blocked until the fine is paid. The ruling also ordered an investigation into any misuse of the party's structure and funds by PL head Valdemar da Costa Neto. In the ruling, Moraes described the challenge as "offensive" to democratic norms, adding that it sought to encourage criminal and anti-democratic movements. "The ballot boxes generate files that make it possible to identify precisely which equipment they were generated on. When one of these mechanisms stops working, others replace it, without affecting its traceability and the possibility of identifying ballot boxes," according to the decision. Election experts and political analysts blasted the election challenge from Bolsonaro allies as weak on the merits, though it could still fire up supporters who have been protesting his defeat at the polls.
The Trump of South America... Bolsonaro supporters try to storm police HQ in ‘January 6-style’ rampage https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...to-storm-police-hq-in-january-6-style-rampage
This Pandemic has produced a bunch of sore losers, and cry babies but everything is OK if they win...no election fraud. wrbtrader
The "Trump of South America" will fit right in at Mar-a-Lago. Brazil's Bolsonaro to skip successor's inauguration for Mar-a-Lago vacation instead https://theweek.com/jair-bolsonaro/...cessors-innauguration-for-mar-a-lago-vacation
Bump, because this has remarkably gone almost the exact same way as 2020 for the Trump of South America. It truly is deja vu. I know they say history repeats itself, but we see just a 2 year lag with just about everything in Brazil.
Just a reminder that Bannon and Miller were paid to plan the coup in Brazil.... following the Trump plan.