Post by account_disabled on Mar 4, 2024 4:24:48 GMT -5
It is possible that one purpose of his outbound trip to the United States was to provide himself with a plausible alibi when the coup inevitably failed. I hesitate to look for silver linings or solace in the fact that the coup never had any real chance of success. However no one was seriously injured or killed and a broad consensus has quickly formed among the Executive Branch the Legislature and the courts of Brasilia that live and let live is not the way to defascistize Brazil the urgent task of the moment along with that of feeding million people in urgent need of assistance. This consensus also enjoys great international support.
Alagoas state senatorextradition to Brazil. The White House has indicated that it has not yet received any extradition request Russia Mobile Number List may suggest that it is willing to act accordingly given the threat that Trumpism of which this tropical variant is a part poses to Bidens reelection and the similarities between the storming of the Capitol and the assault on the institutions of Brasilia. The State Department has said that Bolsonaros visa could be revoked. And Alexandre de Moraes has made clear that the Supreme Court plans to go after those who instigated the coup plotters which presumably includes Bolsonaro himself.
In a textbook case of the unforeseen consequences of such a crazy action the failed coup has unified disparate even incompatible sectors of the democratic coalition formed around Lula and until recently unimaginable as perhaps nothing else could have done. and has opened the door to reform of the police and the army. Millions of people have taken to the streets in cities across Brazil in defense of democracy. With a little luck this can be the prelude to a more sustained mobilization of social movements and broad sectors of Brazilian society. Note The original version of this article in English was published on the London Review of Books blog.
Alagoas state senatorextradition to Brazil. The White House has indicated that it has not yet received any extradition request Russia Mobile Number List may suggest that it is willing to act accordingly given the threat that Trumpism of which this tropical variant is a part poses to Bidens reelection and the similarities between the storming of the Capitol and the assault on the institutions of Brasilia. The State Department has said that Bolsonaros visa could be revoked. And Alexandre de Moraes has made clear that the Supreme Court plans to go after those who instigated the coup plotters which presumably includes Bolsonaro himself.
In a textbook case of the unforeseen consequences of such a crazy action the failed coup has unified disparate even incompatible sectors of the democratic coalition formed around Lula and until recently unimaginable as perhaps nothing else could have done. and has opened the door to reform of the police and the army. Millions of people have taken to the streets in cities across Brazil in defense of democracy. With a little luck this can be the prelude to a more sustained mobilization of social movements and broad sectors of Brazilian society. Note The original version of this article in English was published on the London Review of Books blog.