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Fireworks and flags as Bolsonaro wins Brazil presidential vote
2018-10-29
[AFP] Right wing former army captain Jair Bolsonaro was elected president of Brazil on Sunday after beating leftist opponent Fernando Haddad in a second round election run-off at the end of a bitter and highly polarized campaign.

Supporters flooded the streets outside Bolsonaro's home in Rio de Janeiro, letting off fireworks and waving Brazilian flags.

Official results after polls closed gave the controversial 63-year-old Bolsonaro 55.7 percent of the vote with more than 88 percent of the ballots counted as his vow to rescue the country from crisis with a firm grip resonated with Brazil's 147 million registered voters.

Posted by:Fred

#5  Remember "progressive" politics is just a stealthy way of funding the globalists.

It's a pity that the other brand of the uni-party often differs only in its lack of stealth.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2018-10-29 04:29  

#4  'Trump of the Tropics' Jair Bolsonaro WINS Brazilian presidential election after being stabbed during campaign: Ex-soldier who's been blasted for comments on rape, race, migration, and homophobia in huge victory
Posted by: Skidmark   2018-10-29 04:20  

#3  Wise, not often an element of South American politics. But it would be a step forward.
Posted by: Steven.    2018-10-29 02:37  

#2  Seems he would be wise to say that will not happen.
Posted by: gorb   2018-10-29 00:49  

#1  Painful election to watch. I know a large family in Brazil and the young people who supported Haddad were pitted fiercely against the older members of the family who supported Bolsonaro. The wounds will heal but younger members are now embracing Haddad's resistência (resistance) to Bolsanario.


Brazilian anxiety stems from the older generation having experienced a sometimes brutal military dictatorship and the young people preferring to still embrace the recent failed socialism system out of fear of a new military dictatorship.
Posted by: Neville Dark Lord of the Wee Folk7365   2018-10-29 00:20  

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