"Dad's 3 pitbulls": Jair Bolsonaro's sons join forces and the army complains – 20/02/2019

Flávio, Carlos and Eduardo, the first three children of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, are not part of the government. But Their influence is such that they have already led to the dismissal of an important minister..

They exercise a kind of Unparalleled parallel power in the country and the situation is already bothering many.

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In the last hours at least 3 members of the military wing of the cabinet complained: it is, according to published Folha of San Pablo, reserve generals Augusto Heleno (Institutional Security), Fernando Azevedo (Defense) and Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz (Secretary of the Government).

Jair Bolsonaro was married 3 times and has 5 children: 4 men and 1 woman. Politicians Flávio, Carlos and Eduardo are the first three and met them with Rogéria, his first wife. Then come Renán (with Ana Cristina) and Laura (with Michelle, the present).

Nicknamed "Pitbull" by his father, Carlos is 36 years old. He is a counselor from Rio de Janeiro and it was he who managed to dismiss Gustavo Bebianno, the first to fall from the cabinet: he was just 49 days at the head of the general secretariat of the presidency.

Carlos gave the final blow to Bebianno last Wednesday with a tweet killerin which he treated him as a liar.

Bebianno, a member of the Social Liberal Party (PSL), who formed Bolsonaro and his sons, was considered a man of trust by the right-wing president.

But last week he was involved in a supposed plot of creation of "ghost" candidates to receive electoral funds during the legislature of October.

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To try to calm the political crisis generated, the former official said that he had spoken several times with the president since the revelation of the scandal.

Then Carlos (responsible for strategy in the networks during his father's campaign) denied everything via Twitter and even presented a recording in which Bolsonaro, who was recovering from an operation at the hospital, has told Bebianno that he could not deal with it.

This Monday, he was finally out of government.

The confrontation had begun months earlier, when the "Pitbull" had shown that he had not appreciated Bebianno's appointment to a key position.

"By reaching his goal, it can be said that Carlos Bolsonaro added points. But the government has lost a lot more, because internal conflicts have been exposed"said Geraldo Monteiro, a political scientist at Rio de Janeiro State University.

He adds that the cabinet is composed of several heterogeneous cores "which they work with different logics and defend their own interests"

Of the 22 ministers, 8 are military. And there are ultra-liberal economists, ultra-conservative politicians on social issues and more experienced personalities like Bebianno, whose role was to facilitate dialogue with Congress.

Folha He reported that the military wing had expressed his concerns to the president and had even mentioned a possible loss of support. Others have demystified the problem.

According to the expert Monteiro, the family unit "enjoys the greatest confidence".

The famous author Ruy Castro wrote in Folha that Carlos Bolsonaro could be considered "a Richelieu" (the Gray Eminence of French King Louis XIII) although "remember rather raw"(the protégé of Julio Caesar who contributed to the fall of the Roman ruler).

Carlos's style is aggressiveFor example, he treated the media as "pigs". The newspaper O Globo he studied 500 of his tweets and 72% of the attacks contained.

The elder brother, FlávioSenator, 37 years old, now he is discreet because of suspicions that have fallen on his figure due to financial irregularities and an ex-advisor. But he is very much heard by his father.

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And the third presidential son is the deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro, 34 years old: as active as Carlos in social networks.

His favorite field is international relations. Thinks that had a lot to do with the controversial election of Ernesto Araújo, Donald Trump pro politician, to the post of foreign minister.

At the beginning of February, Steve Bannon, the former strategist of the American president, chose Eduardo as one of the leaders of the Movement ("The Movement"), a foundation that seeks to consolidate global populist rights.

"The military will never accept what they consider to be interference by Bolsonaro's sons in the state."

Igor Gielow

Journalist of "Folha"

"If no one manages to lock up the president's children, they will be a permanent source of tension and waste of time for the government., which should handle internal crises instead of pushing reforms, "warns badyst Geraldo Monteiro.

However, Professor Sergio Praça, of the Getulio Vargas Foundation, believes that Jair Bolsonaro does not suffer the influence of his children: he uses them for his strong presence in social networks.

"They may be responsible for conveying messages that their father does not have the courage to communicate."Conjecture". This poses a great risk for the government: how can politicians make deals with Bolsonaro if they fear being stabbed by one of their children? I have never seen anything like it. "

sources: AFP O Globo, Folha and File. AEZ