Bolsonaro government attacks Oscar nominee Petra Costa as 'anti-Brazil activist'

[Judi Lynn]

President’s son Eduardo also lashes out at film-maker
The Edge of Democracy nominated in documentary category
Tom Phillips, Latin America correspondent

Tue 4 Feb 2020 11.22 EST Last modified on Tue 4 Feb 2020 13.10 EST

Most governments celebrate when their citizens are nominated for Academy Awards – but not in Jair Bolsonaro’s Brazil.

In an extraordinary barrage of tweets on Monday, the presidential agency responsible for elevating Brazil’s international profile savaged documentary director Petra Costa, branding her “an anti-Brazil activist” who had “tarnished the country’s image abroad”.

Bolsonaro’s politician son, Eduardo, led the charge, calling Costa a “canalha” – which translates roughly as “scumbag”.

Costa’s Netflix film The Edge of Democracy was nominated for the best documentary Oscar last month, and the 36-year-old filmmaker has become a prominent international critic of Bolsonaro’s far-right administration.

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“I don’t usually waste time rebutting scumbags like Mrs Petra Costa but the level of her absurdities is criminal,” tweeted Eduardo Bolsonaro, the South American representative of Steve Bannon’s far-right group The Movement, alongside the hashtag #PetraCostaLiar.

More:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/04/bolsonaro-government-petra-costa-brazil-oscar-nominee

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1. trump like behavior

[Judi Lynn]

2. So true! He hates women and shows it, he hates all minority people, and he loves Trump.

When he was a Congressman, he told a fellow Congressperson who opposed him that she was too ugly for men to rape, he also stated years ago, that he envies the US because it was able to slaughter nearly all the native people, and he campaigned on his hatred for both bodies of humanity. Oh, yeah, he also has leftover time to hate and persecute gay people, as well.