Bolsonaro attacks the press and orders the government to stop buying Folha in Sao Paulo

In a controversial new decision, the President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, whipped to the press by announcing that the federal government will stop buying the best-selling and most influential newspaper in the country, Sao Paulo Folha, following which his reading "poisons" and also threatened companies that advertise in the publication.

Addressing the Bandeirantes TV channel, the Brazilian president said: "I have decided that the entire federal government cancel and cancel subscriptions to Folha de Sao Paulo. No organ of my government will receive the newspaper in Brasilia. I hope you do not accuse me of censorship, whoever wants to buy it buys. Folha is poisoning my government. "

Bolsonaro would have made this decision after receiving Folha's reporters for breakfast did not respect the agreements for the publication of a note.

Deny the witness who linked Bolsonaro to the crime

Bolsonaro also sent a message to private companies and other states and municipalities that could announce in the newspaper:We will not spend money for this type of newspaper. Who told Folha de Sao Paulo to pay attention, did you understand?

The statement was made amidst another threat from Bolsonaro, from not to renew in 2022 the concession of TV Globo, the largest in the country, following the publication on Tuesday of a note in which a witness linked the head of state to the murderers of Councilor Marielle Franco.

Folha's lawyers in Sao Paulo said the decision was "typical of totalitarian governments"And cited the cases of Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro with Venezuelan private press companies.

"Folha will continue to do the critical and partisan journalism that characterizes her and that she has practiced compared to other governments," says a company statement. During the election campaign, Bolsonaro made a speech in which he said that Folha was "the biggest fake news machine of Brazil."