Evangelical "block" in Brazilian congress expected to increase

Evangelical “block” in Brazilian congress expected to increase

Wednesday, September 26th 2018 - 08:58 UTC

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Evangelical voters are expected to play a decisive role in Brazil’s Oct. 7 presidential election as new rules ban corporations from making direct contributions in the wake of a graft scandal. With their numbers and clout growing, and the “evangelical bloc” in Congress accounting for 15% of federal lawmakers, evangelical supporters have become the focus of leading candidates. Read full article

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A day is not too far when one NEEDS to be an evangelist to get a job [evangelical bloc = a threat to survival?]!
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Sep 26th, 2018 - 10:04 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Eric Ehrmann
During military regime it became apparent that various (competing) “evangelical” groups were far better than the Castro-style “barrio defense committees” and so it goes... Before the days of the “Peoples Temple” even Rev. Jim Jones tried setting up a congregation in Minas. During the PT era Venezuela Chavista VP Elias Jaua parachuted in and tried without success to set up centers for political education and cooperation. Ted Cruz “staged managed” the nomination process of the current US ambassador, who was originally named by Obama.
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Of course!
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