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5 Jun 2020

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Folha de São Paulo

Brazil: President criminalises government opposition group by calling them terrorists

“Bolsonaro Calls Members of So-Called Anti-Fascist Groups Marginals and Terrorists. President considers recreating Ministry of Public Security and insinuates that Rio de Janeiro governor will be arrested”, 04 June 2020

President Jair Bolsonaro…called members of so-called anti-fascist groups who are promoting protests against his government marginal and terrorists. In front of the Palácio da Alvorada, he also defended legal backing for police action in the demonstrations. "It started here with Antifa in the field. The reason, in my opinion, political, different [from that of the protests in the USA]. They are marginal, in my understanding, terrorists…" Bolsonaro said Tuesday night (2), according to a recording released by his supporters…When asked about the anti-racist demonstrations that spread to several cities in the United States after a white policeman killed a black man, Bolsonaro responded that racism is different in the United States…"United States, their racism is a little different from Brazil. It is more in the skin. So, there was a black man there who lost his life. Seeing the scene, we lament it. How could that have happened? Now, the American people have to understand that when you make a mistake, you pay. Now, what is being done there is something that I would not like to happen in Brazil. Of course, any abuse you have to investigate and, if necessary, punish. This type of movement, we do not agree," he said.