Jair Bolsonaro’s harsh criticism of Alberto Fernández’s government: “We are forcing Argentina to recover, but it is not easy”

The President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, claimed that the exodus of Argentines to Brazil that he himself predicted in 2019 is now occurring amid the COVID-19 pandemic and economic crisis in the country ruled by Alberto Fernández.

“You don’t have to have a crystal ball to say it. Whoever makes the wrong choices will pay the price sooner or laterBolsonaro said in his weekly live social media show, alluding to news articles published this week about the massive arrival of Argentines in Brazil.

Bolsonaro reported that during a visit to Paraná, a Brazilian state on the border with Paraguay and Argentina, he found a young Argentine immigrant who started to cry when the president asked him about the situation in the neighboring country.

“We want prosperous, strong, free and democratic neighbors, but the choice between one candidate and another is up to the Argentine people”

“Rivalry between Brazilians and Argentines only in football. We want prosperous, strong, free and democratic neighborsBut the choice between one candidate and another is up to the Argentine people, ”said the Brazilian head of state and criticized the Argentine government led by Alberto Fernández.

“We force Argentina to recover, but it is not easy. This is a sign that closing everything (in the midst of a pandemic) has not yielded results in Argentina, which has one of the highest death rates (from COVID-19) with 100,000 inhabitants.“, did he declare.

Printed vote

During transmission, Bolsonaro insisted on defending the printed vote, in addition to the current electronic voting system the country has and, according to the president, it is subject to violations.

In the face of criticism from the opposition, which demands proof of its allegations that there was electronic election fraud, Bolsonaro said he would call a press conference to demonstrate irregularities in the 2014 election, defeated by Dilma Rousseff, who was re-elected in the first round of the same year by the Left Workers Party (PT).

In 2018, Bolsonaro went to the second round with Fernando Haddad of the PT and won the election, but, according to the current president, there was fraud in the first and he was able to proclaim himself president earlier.

“I have no problem giving the (presidential) scarf to anyone, but as long as the election is transparent. Democracy is pricelessBolsonaro pointed out with reference to some critics of his defense of the print vote, which argue the high cost of adapting the current electoral system.

Controversy over Coronavac

On the other hand, the president said in his program that a company – without mentioning its name – was offering vaccines from Chinese pharmaceutical companies Sinopharm and Sinovac at half the price of the Butantan Institute (a laboratory linked to the government of the ‘State of São Paulo). ) charges the federal government for Coronavac, the vaccine from the second mentioned Chinese laboratory.

“I don’t want to arouse suspicion on Butantan and his servants, but This is curious news and curiosity increases when I asked the Minister of Health (Marcelo Queiroga) about the input price sheet and he told me that it did not exist, that they always refused to present it», He underlined.

According to Bolsonaro, Queiroga appealed to the Controller General of the Union (CGU), the Butantan Institute itself, the Union Court of Auditors (TCU) and the Ministry of Justice to ask for explanations why the Chinese vaccine produced in Brazil costs $ 10 and the one offered by the aforementioned company has a price of $ 5.

(With information from EFE)

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