Members mvan1 Posted January 20, 2019 Members Posted January 20, 2019 (edited) We frequent travellers to Brazil repeatedly hear from garotos and from Brasileiro friends telling us how wonderful and honest Bolsonaro is. We often read or hear on news media that Bolsonaro "will clean up crime and violence and stop corruption and bribes" - - Well, well, well - From reputable news reports, it appears that Bolsonaro's son could very well be guilty of taking bribes. Forty-eight unidentified and mysterious deposits of 2,000 reais each were deposited to his bank accounts within one month, some deposits were made by ATM. There were many other large sums paid but the defense of the large payments is that they were loan repayments - sure they were! News stories report that Bolsonaro highly admires Trump. Check out this Reuters news article about one of Bolsonaro's sons: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-corruption-idUSKCN1PD02P Edited January 20, 2019 by mvan1 Quote
Members SolaceSoul Posted January 20, 2019 Members Posted January 20, 2019 A fraud and a grifter, just like Don, Jr., the son of Drumpf. Quote
Members mvan1 Posted January 20, 2019 Author Members Posted January 20, 2019 That is what I am inclined to think about the son and about his father, the new president of Brazil. However, when I brought up the uncomplimentary article to some of my Brazilian friends (I am in Brazil now) they became defensive and say Bolsonaro will heal the problems with Brazil. They also say the news articles are fake news to smear Bolsonaro. Now, isn't that the defense Trump and his family use when they get caught lying and showing their hatred and bigotry. The most surprising part of the Brazilians blind allegiance to Bolsonaro is that Bolsonaro publicly stated that if he had a son who was gay, he would prefer the son die. It will be interesting to watch the effects Bolsonaro has on Brazil. Already, a new law goes into effect this month that will allow ordinary Brazilian citizens to buy guns. All it takes is for a so-called law-abiding Brazilian to have his legal gun stolen and that will put another gun on the streets. Politicians - are for the birds - - - - Lucky 1 Quote
Members mvan1 Posted January 21, 2019 Author Members Posted January 21, 2019 More to read from today's news. The plot is thickening Likely, the guy is guilty - - - - - - So, Bolsonaro is going to do what Trump said - "drain the swamp" Too bad he has to start with his own son? https://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-politics/brazils-bolsonaro-heads-to-davos-as-son-faces-corruption-probe/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRioTimes+(The+Rio+Times) Quote
Members Lucky Posted January 23, 2019 Members Posted January 23, 2019 (edited) The world news is picking up on this and the situation becomes worse as the son is deeply involved with some very nasty people- killers! Meantime, Bolsonaro's debut at Davos was a dud! https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/22/jair-bolsonaro-flavio-brazil-davos-scandal-gangs Edited January 23, 2019 by Lucky Quote
Members redxs Posted January 24, 2019 Members Posted January 24, 2019 I read a rumour he has another son who might be gay or bi - anyone know about this too? Quote
Members SolaceSoul Posted January 24, 2019 Members Posted January 24, 2019 On 1/22/2019 at 8:13 PM, Lucky said: The world news is picking up on this and the situation becomes worse as the son is deeply involved with some very nasty people- killers! Meantime, Bolsonaro's debut at Davos was a dud! https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/22/jair-bolsonaro-flavio-brazil-davos-scandal-gangs All the Brazilians I know who supported “Tropical Trump” Bolsonaro did so while ignoring his racism, misogyny and homophobia — all because they claimed that he would clean up the crime and political corruption. Sound familiar? Well, lo and behold, it turns out his son Flavio already has his hand in the corruption cookie jar, and is in business with murderers. Sound familiar? Also, Bolsonaro was a major FLOP on the world stage with other world leaders at the World Economic Summit. Sound familiar? mvan1 1 Quote
Members mvan1 Posted January 25, 2019 Author Members Posted January 25, 2019 14 hours ago, SolaceSoul said: Also, Bolsonaro was a major FLOP on the world stage with other world leaders at the World Economic Summit. Sound familiar? You are correct. See this news report concerning his first lackluster appearance outside of Brazil: https://www.fairobserver.com/region/latin_america/jair-bolsonaro-brazil-president-davos-news-latest-headlines-32009/ SolaceSoul 1 Quote
Members SolaceSoul Posted January 25, 2019 Members Posted January 25, 2019 (edited) Here’s the New York Times article: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/world/americas/jean-wyllys-brazil-gay-lawmaker.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur Edited January 25, 2019 by SolaceSoul mvan1 1 Quote
