by Jamil Chade
A former Mossad agent helped with the escape. Ex-CIA agents are warning about the method used to get Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro out of Brazil. The plane used in the operation is suspected of links to businessmen who are far more than questionable. There was a disinformation ploy. And the flight landed at an airport that is notorious for its place in the history of White House interventions in Latin America.
This AI-generated fake image posted on Flávio Bolsonaro’s social media account after his meeting with Trump earlier this year added two people to the photo: Paulo Figueredo, the grandson of Brazil’s last military dictator, and Eduardo Bolsonaro, a fugitive of justice currently living in Texas.
The operation to get Brazil’s defeated presidential candidate out of the country tells us a great deal. Some Brazilians may still have wondered which flag the Bolsonaro family really serves. This event answers that question. Bolsonaro is, in the end, just a puppet of foreign interests.
TV Globo reported the details of the operation on Sunday. None of it should surprise anyone. Bolsonaro promised to give Brazil’s rare earths to the United States. He vowed to privatize public assets, give up national sovereignty over the defense of Brazilian territory, and align Brazilian foreign policy with American and Israeli interests. He is the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, a coup plotter.
Bolsonaro even offered to put the U.S. State Department in charge of his transition team. Nothing like that has ever happened in Brazil.
All the while, he posed as a patriot. He wore the flag and the Brazil national team jersey like a costume to fool millions of voters. He used the word “patriot” to hide what could have been the worst act of treason ever seen at the highest levels of Brazilian politics.
The Americans and the former Mossad agent did not come to Bolsonaro’s rescue out of generosity. They wanted to protect their asset in the region.
By fleeing with foreign help, Bolsonaro showed who he really is - a puppet who was willing to hand over the country in exchange for power.
His escape with the aid of foreign intelligence services shows what awaited us if he had won the presidency. It would have been a coup that simultaneously undermined our democracy and our sovereignty.
This is the bullet that we dodged on October 25th.
This opinion piece, which does not necessarily represent the opinion of the editors, originally appeared in ICL Notícias, has been translated to English with express authorization by the editor, and can be read in its original Portuguese here.
Bolsonaro? what the fuck are we doing? Trump is going to what? give him immunity?