Bolsonaro's Own Version Of Jan. 6 Now Feels Inevitable In Brazil |
"The tanks parading through Brasília, the country’s capital, heightened concerns that Bolsonaro and his allies ― including his son Eduardo, a congressman and ally of alt-right Trump confidant Steve Bannon ― were also taking early steps to avoid one of the key failures that prevented Trump’s own authoritarian project from succeeding: His inability to convince leaders of the armed forces to join him.
Bolsonaro, a former army captain who has long expressed an affinity for the dictatorship that ruled Brazil from 1964 to 1985, has built a military cocoon around himself since the beginning of his presidency, stocking his government with generals and former soldiers at a rate unprecedented since Brazil’s return to democracy. The parade was only one recent indication that Bolsonaro hopes to use the military to bolster his attempts to either win the presidential contest in October 2022 or to claim fraud and remain in power if he doesn’t"
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