Bolsonaro affirmed Pinochet at a crossroads with Mic …

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro He was once again surrounded by international scandal because of his lack of diplomacy and his undemocratic position. After the fight, he played with the French president Emmanuel Macron
, the far-right party is going through a difficult period with the Chilean President and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet. Bolsonaro, a staunch defender of the Brazilian dictatorship, once again showed his anti-democratic sentiments. "Without Pinochet, Chile would be a Cuba today", responded the president after Bachelet warned against "Reducing the democratic space" in Brazil.

Emulating his recent attitude about fires in the Amazon
, Bolsonaro accused the UN official of "to meddle in interior affairs and in Brazilian sovereignty. "In this context, and after defending Brazil's" brave civilian and military police, "the president once again claimed the coup d'etat of Augusto Pinochet in Chile in 1973.

Not content with that, he directly attacked the former Chilean president by referring to her father's storyAlberto Bachelet, a former soldier who opposed the dictatorship, for which he was arrested and tortured until his death by his former companions. According to Bolsonaro, if there was no Pinochet, "Who defeated the left in 1973, including his father, today Chile would be a Cuba"

"He accuses us of not punishing police officers who kill people in Brazil", but "Defends the human rights of the homeless", said the leader of the Brazilian far right at the gates of the Palacio de la Alvorada, official residence of the presidency.

It all started when Bachelet, as High Commissioner, He questioned the resurgence of attacks against human rights defenders and human rights in Brazil since the arrival of Bolsonaro at Plbadto Palace.. "In recent months, we have seen a reduction in the civic and democratic space, characterized by attacks on human rights defenders, restrictions on the work of civil society," said the spokesman. Former president in her first statements against the bolonarist leadership.

Bachelet's definitions

Among the phrases that aroused Bolsonaro's anger, Bachelet also noted "the increase" in the number of people who have died at the hands of the police in this country since taking charge of the far right. "This violence disproportionately affects Afro-Brazilians and slum dwellers", said the UN official.

The Chilean President also regretted the "public speech that legitimizes summary executions" and the persistence of some impunity. As for human rights defenders, at least eight people died in the country between January and June, he said, noting that most of these deaths occurred in the course of litigation. relating to property.

Bachelet, who has held this position since September 2018, has also focused on some of the Bolsonaro government's speeches that resulted in an increase in "Violence related to the protection of the environment"which affects "Especially to indigenous communities". "Illegal exploitation of natural resources, mainly agricultural, forestry and mining," said Bachelet. This definition is particularly important because the Brazilian president ratified on Tuesday his will to economically exploit the Amazon.

Since coming to power in January, Bolsonaro has advocated for the development of agriculture and livestock in the Amazon, as well as mining – including indigenous reserves – in the very rich Amazonian subsoil. These policies were strongly questioned when the Amazon burned for more than a fortnight.
, consequence that Bolsonaro attributed to alleged organized burns of NGOs that protect the environment.

Members of the tribes of the Amazon rainforest have long been under pressure from miners, herders and loggers, but activists fighting for their rights say the threats to them have intensified since the Bolsonaro presidency.

In addition, deforestation, which is progressing under his government, is considered by specialists as one of the main causes of fires in the Amazon. "In the Amazon, 33% of fires occur on indigenous lands or in protected areas"Bachelet detailed.

Bolsonaro and his defense at Pinochet

The former reserve captain of the Brazilian army is not content to praise the Brazilian dictatorship. In 2015, during a TV show, Bolsonaro said that "Pinochet did what he had to do … he had to act with violence to recover his country," raised during the defense of the dictatorship of 1964.

The Chileans have not forgotten their words and during their first visit to the presidency of this country last March, they organized a mbadive demonstration against him. As part of Prosur's summit, relatives of Pinochet's victims marched in Santiago with placards saying "Fascist Bolsonaro". Previously, the opposition had presented a political project aimed at declaring ultra-right-handed people "persona non grata".

"What Bolsonaro said about Pinochet, what he said, is that he thought that in some dictatorships the problem was that few people had been killed; He had made the dictator Stroessner, Paraguay, one of the most disgusting characters in the history of Latin America (…) pay homage to a hangman because he tortured a former president of Brazil … these are not minor things, "said former Chancellor and former Michelle Bachelet's government ambbadador to the United States, Juan Gabriel Valdés.

Upon arriving in Chile, however, the Brazilian president said: "I did not come here to talk about Pinochet."