He made it clear during his campainthat Trump was vis model.
But I am afraid that he might be even more dangerous for Brazilian people and global warming. A sad day for the world.
Anyway, I want to stay optimistic that he won't be able to do what he wants concerning Amazonia.
I didn't want to post about Bolsonaro before he got elected because I could tell he was about to win, and I knew people would find it rather depressing. And anyway, Jeanne said it already.
The story is, in a nutshell, that Brazil is going through hard times and there's been a backlash against the previous president, as it usually happens when times are tough. Crime has been going through the roof, and as it usually happens in those cases, people went for the strongman that promises law and order.
And as it usually happens, people will get law and order... plenty of it. And those that don't like Bolsonaro's kind of order, for whatever reason, are out of luck. He is likely to get a lot of what he wants, including screwing the Amazonia, I'm afraid. Which is bad news for the planet in general, and most especially America, beginning with the South but also the North.
People in the future will probably remember these years we are living now as the time when climate change became inevitable. When the last train came and left without humanity choosing to catch it. The years when the Paris agreement was made as weak as possible and still the most powerful nation in the world walked out of it, when Amazonia was sentenced to death, when the last remnants of multi-year ice melted in the Arctic and hurricanes said loud and clear they were getting stronger and flooding more than ever.
If there is any hope of the Amazonia being saved, help won't come from North America but from Chinese self-interest. They live in the same planet, after all, and they are a major trade partner of Brazil, so they can make demands if they choose to.
Trudeau is pro environment. Maybe Canada will help...
I think I like dreaming. With next year's election, I wonder if we are going to go to the right as well. Usually the province of Quebec (sometimes Ontario), and well, French Canadian aren't very happy people right now, for whatever reason.
But the current Foreign Minister didn't seem happy with the election results either.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tasker-canada-statement-brazil-far-right-1.4882380