Brazil: Jair Bolsonaro attacks journalist and says he wants to "overthrow" – 11/03/2019

President Jair Bolsonaro continues to generate conflict. Accusation against the press to blame Sunday and Twitter a reporter from one of the leading Brazilian newspapersand proposes to "overthrow" the government through investigations that dot one of the children Of the president. Bolsonaro has published some of the audio and a photo of Constance Rezende, reporter from O State of S.Paulo, and wrote: "Costança Rezende, from" O Estado of SP ", says that he wants to ruin the life of Flávio Bolsonaro and seek the impeachment of Jair Bolsonaro (…). They want to overthrow the government by blackmail, misinformation and leaks. "

Rezende covers investigations into the unusual banking movements of Fabrício Queiroz, a former chauffeur to Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, eldest son of the far-right president, who took office on 1 January.

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In the audio, Rezende says in English that "this case may jeopardize, can ruin Bolsonaro" and adds, "I think it is an affair of impeachment", but without baderting that it "s an affair," was his goal.

State of S.Paulo He indicated that his journalist had actually felt that the case could potentially "compromise" Bolsonaro, but that he "was not linking his work to any intention in that sense". And he maintains that his words have been "distorted".

The Rezende audios gained notoriety in Brazil when they were reproduced this Sunday by the portal Terça Livre, supporters of Bolsonaro.

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The interview was originally broadcast on March 6 by the blog of Moroccan director Jawab Rhalib, on the public portal of the French news site Mediapart.

According to Rhalib, this survey was conducted by one of her "sources", identified as a student of a British university "whose end-of-studies research" was related to the "theme" of the reaction of the Brazilian media to the arrival of Bolsonaro. power. The filmmaker concludes that this reaction was "negative" and that "the real motivation" of this cover is "to ruin President Jair Bolsonaro and to provoke his dismissal".

The state of S.Paulo said that the recording came from a January 23 conversation between Rezende and a person who identified as Alex MacAllister, supposed student interested in a "comparative study" between Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro ".

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The supporters of Bolsonaro mobilized quickly and #EstadaoMentiu, # Constança and #OEstadao positioned themselves as the topical subjects of the Brazilian twitter.

Hundreds of journalists have expressed their support for Rezende and questioned what they describe as a new attack on the press by the Bolsonaro administration. That's why the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji) and the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB) have accused Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro of using his position to intimidate the media. .

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