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Whereas hordes of Jair Bolsonaro supporters carried out an assault on their authorities on Sunday in an eerily related vogue to Jan. 6, the previous Brazilian president was in Florida.
However he’s not there on trip to decompress from, or protest, his election loss to the nation’s new president, Luiz Inácio Lula de Silva, in accordance Ruth Ben-Ghiat, creator of Strongmen: Mussolini to the Current.
She joined this episode of The New Irregular podcast alongside co-host Danielle Moodie to speak in regards to the Brazilian revolt, what makes folks select fascism as an alternative of a wholesome democracy, and why she is certain Bolsonaro’s journey to the States is nothing however a ploy to keep away from authorized penalties.
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“The explanation Bolsonaro is in Florida, it’s not that he is sulking there, it’s that he is underneath investigation for varied potential crimes,” says Ben-Ghiat. And, she provides, “Two of his sons truly had been caught making an attempt to enter the Italian embassy in Brasília to try to get Italian citizenship. They don’t wanna stick round.”
This traces up, on condition that Ben-Ghiat additionally has receipts that present Bolsonaro and former President Donald Trump are extra sneaky and manipulative than some give them credit score for, together with “utilizing their our bodies very seductively” to trick the media.
Plus! Co-host Andy Levy chats with journalist Jeb Lund, who tells him all about his alma mater the New School of Florida, and all of the methods Gov. Ron DeSantis is making an attempt to “destroy” it.
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