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The president, involved in a vertiginous electoral campaign for the Planalto Palace, insinuated that a group of refugee adolescents of Venezuelan origin were prostituting themselves. According to Bolsonaro, his statements were taken out of context by ‘Lula’ da Silva’s team and his media followers. The scandal broke out barely two weeks before the appointment with the polls, where ‘Lula’ leads the race by four percentage points, according to the latest ‘Datafolha’ poll.
Bolsonaro’s public apology addressed to “our Venezuelan sisters” came to stop the most recent controversy of the president and candidate for re-election, after referring on several occasions to a group of Venezuelan refugee minors in terms that suggested they practiced prostitution, without offering no context beyond your off-the-cuff comments.
“If those words that, in bad faith, were taken out of context, were somehow misunderstood and caused some embarrassment to our Venezuelan sisters, I apologize,” the president personally expressed in a video.
And it is that the president’s slip was, in some way, instrumentalized by his rival’s team in the presidential race on October 30, an issue in which Justice also became a part.
On several occasions, Bolsonaro affirmed that, during a motorcycle ride through Brasilia, he saw some well-groomed Venezuelan girls.
Unbelievable that “President” has exposed these Venezuelan girls, previously in another interview. A minha indignação only increases. Or “cidadão de bem” should have been denounced if there was an indication of exploration of minors. Is this protection of families that he asks for? pic.twitter.com/k05348hgbm
– Janja Lula Silva (@JanjaLula) October 18, 2022
The president used an expression that denotes possible sexual interest and said that he approached the girls and asked them to enter his house. “I ask myself: Some pretty girls, 14 or 15 years old, dressed up on a Saturday. For what?: Earn a living,” concluded the head of state, who even received an accusation from the rival campaign of ‘Lula’ da Silva for alleged “pedophilia”, which the Justice dismissed.
The tenant of the Palacio de la Alvorada argued that his words were taken out of context by simply trying to show his concern to “avoid any type of exploitation of vulnerable women.”
In the published material, Jair Bolsonaro appears together with his wife and the Venezuelan representative appointed by the Venezuelan opponent Juan Guaidó, who is recognized by his Administration as the “legitimate president” of Venezuela.
Lines of attack in an electoral context
The campaign of the current president of Brazil has had to go on the defensive. The Reuters press agency, citing two senior officials from the president’s electoral task force, assured that the president’s strategy was baffled by the attacks of the counterpart, using old and recent videos.
In addition to the most recent controversy, “Lula’s” followers revived a video in which Bolsonaro stated that he was willing to eat human flesh in an unspecified indigenous ritual and speaking in Masonic lodges, considered pagan by several of his evangelical allies.
From the Government they classified these insinuations as slanderous lies and denied any association with cannibalism or pagan rituals. According to Fabio Malini, professor of new media at the Federal University of Espirito Santo, “Bolsonaro has become a victim of his own armed communication strategy, which clouds public debate with sarcasm, ridicule and humiliation with the aim of dividing society. Brazilian”.
But the Bolsonarista campaign did not sit idly by. “The focus now is to attack ‘Lula’ and generate fears that he will return to power,” said another source from the president’s circle. Advisors pointed out that between 8% and 10% of the leftist’s followers can reverse their support with arguments that convince of a return of crime and economic ruin, among other negative aspects.
Attacks against women by Bolsonaro
It is not the first time that Bolsonaro has faced controversies of this type against women.
Comments considered sexist while talking about the decrease in femicides in the country are attributed to him in his live broadcasts through social networks.
“Good news for women, right? Although good news is kisses, roses, gifts, holidays. Is that the same? Is that what they like? I like it too,” he said.
On another occasion, in the middle of an electoral debate, the president attacked a journalist who questioned him about his position regarding the coronavirus vaccine.
“I think you go to bed thinking of me. You are in love with me,” the president explained.
In one of the most criticized cases, the president made an inappropriate comment in relation to the first lady of France, Brigitte Macron. Fact that he was answered, by the French head of state.
“I hope that very soon they will have a president who is up to the task,” argued Emmanuel Macron at the time.
In the midst of the controversy, and with the polarization increasing a little more than ten days before the appointment with the polls, the most recent poll published this Wednesday by the firm ‘Datafolha’ indicated that ‘Lula’ leads Bolsonaro by four percentage points , with 49% compared to 44% of the far-right candidate who aspires to reverse the trend and continue four more years in the Planalto Palace.
With EFE, Reuters and local media
