Posted on 11/08/2020 7:42:30 PM PST by 11th_VA
MEXICO CITY (AP) — There were two notable holdouts among the world leaders who rushed to congratulate Joe Biden on his victory in the U.S. elections: the leaders of Latin America’s two largest countries, both of whom have been seen as friendly to President Donald Trump.
President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil, sometimes dubbed “the Trump of the Tropics” for his populist, off-the-cuff style, has kept silent on Trump’s loss. And Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador refused to congratulate Biden at this point, saying he would wait until the legal challenges over the vote were resolved.
Trump and the two Latin leaders are united by some surface similarities: They dislike wearing masks during the coronavirus pandemic, and all three can loosely be described as populist and nationalist. But the motives of the two Latin leaders may differ.
Bolsonaro and his sons — who like Trump’s children play a role on the political scene — seem to be actively uncomfortable with the outcome of the U.S. race. Bolsonaro, who previously expressed hope for Trump’s reelection and whose son wore hats with the logo “Trump 2020,” has kept largely silent this week, but his sons haven’t.
Congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro posted images on social media questioning how Biden’s votes were rising so quickly in later counts, while Trump’s weren’t. The younger Bolsonaro also questioned networks’ decision to cut away from Trump’s speech on Wednesday alleging vote fraud, calling it an attack on freedom of speech.
A senior official of the Brazilian Embassy in the United States, who cannot identify himself for fear of reprisals, said Brazilian officials fear that loose talk by Bolsonaro or his sons could destabilize relations between countries...
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They recognize the United States’ descent into a Banana Republic? They know one when they see one.
Now we know where to expatriate once the SHTF.
Add Estonia!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3903671/posts
ESTONIA’S FAR-RIGHT PARTY SAY (US) ELECTION WAS RIGGED
“The younger Bolsonaro also questioned networks’ decision to cut away from Trump’s speech on Wednesday”
million, perhaps billions, of people worldwide considered that just more proof they were FakeNewsMSM.
likewise, millions, perhaps billions, of people, including some public voices in politics and media, think the FIX was in for Biden to win, and they don’t believe the result, and they hope it will be overturned.
Too damned COLD over there!
Gotta stay in the tropics.
Concur 100%
They’ve seen this kind of chit before.
Know anything about Poland’s and/or Hungary’s stance?
Brazil is getting less restrictive with its gun laws. Of course, a future government could change that.
I was wondering the same thing.
Despite what you would think about his background, AMLO seemed pretty close to Trump. He seemed almost submissive to Trump which you wouldn’t think.
In 1988 the corrupt PRI candidate Carlos Salinas stole the election from Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas. The power went out for a few minutes and when it came back on, voilá, the votes were changed!
Speaking of power outages. I just had the hardest time refreshing my ‘comments’ page. Clicked refresh over and over and nothing happened. Finally worked so I could see who replied to me.
Mexico & Brazil? Of course it says more about the leaders than about the nations as a whole. But still.
And 4 years ago who would have predicted Ted Cruz's stand today?
OTOH, I don't blame Netanyahu. Israel still depends on the USA for their very existence, so he's forced to spread his bets, hold his nose and play nice with the Dems in case Biden wins.
This is true statesmanship. Meanwhile, most of our allies are being very badly served by their ‘foreign offices’ and ‘ambassadors’, resulting in the various heads of state being led to trip over their own p@ckers... Lame assed, pitiful b@stards, the lot of ‘em!
Puppet master globalists are busy pulling the strings that make thier puppets say yes.
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