© Isac NobregaPresident of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro
Speaking to reporters while casting a ballot in municipal races, he also echoed President Donald Trump's allegations of irregularities in the U.S. vote.
"I have my sources of information that there really was a lot of fraud there," he said. "Nobody talks about that. If it was enough to define (victory) for one or the other, I don't know."
Asked if he would recognize Biden's victory, he said, "I am holding back a little more."
He also expressed doubts about Brazil's current electronic voting system, which he has suggested is vulnerable to fraud. He has urged the country to go back to a paper ballot system for the 2022 presidential election.
The conservative Brazilian leader has appealed to the same sort of right-wing populist base in Brazil that Trump has courted in the United States, and has welcomed comparisons to the U.S. president.
Like Trump, he has embraced unproven treatments for the new coronavirus and has campaigned to ease restrictions meant to combat it, arguing the economic loss is more damaging than the illness itself.
Reader Comments
Wouldn't surprise me and I kind of liked Bolsonaro....so go figure.
However nowadays, even if you possess both left and right, you are still doomed to fall.
Self-fulfilling negative thoughts have a way of coming true. I disagree basically with what you express, doom is not inevitable - I disagree not out of acrimony or lack of respect...I just disagree about being doomed - myself or anybody else for that matter - yourself included.
You might be doomed to fall, but not everybody else is.....so I agree two wings are better and with two wings one can fly.
So, maybe the problem stems from the word "possession" because who can really own anything?
No matter - it takes two wings to fly.
Peace is better.
Ken
Nothing more negative than that, which surely you can agree has become increasingly acrimonious and pointless over recent years?
Others can monger doom all they want, I'll take a bottle of whiskey and a massive pizza pie and tell them all to go fuck themselves! 😺🍕😺
I called myself Reventlov because I'm a big sad fan of Asimov.