Brazil elects a far-right authoritarian a**hole

[marmar]

(HuffPost) The rise of right-wing movements and parties across the globe took a giant and dangerous leap forward Sunday when far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro won Brazil’s presidential election.

Bolsonaro, a federal congressman for Rio de Janeiro who formerly served as an Army officer, has praised the military dictatorship that ruled Brazil from 1964 to 1985 and has expressed a fondness for authoritarians past and present. He defeated former São Paulo Mayor Fernando Haddad of the left-wing Workers’ Party to win the runoff phase of the election. ......(more)

https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5bd5f572e4b0a8f17ef8e170

[Doreen]

1. Well, look at it this way,

Trump has a new friend.

[AJT]

2. I'm afraid the world is going insane. This is happening worldwide.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

4. Yup, scary shit... hopefully, we'll nominate an aggressive progressive candidate in 2020

who reflects the majority views of folks on main street, so as to overcome the radical right-wing extremism in our own country, as well as worldwide.

[Takket]

3. i can't explain what is going on..................

other than guessing putin is influencing everyone there too

[UTUSN]

5. Well, the rest of the world wants to follow USA