Bolsonaro increasingly cornered by his eccentric attitude and incompetence

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President Jair Bolsonaro's government warned on Friday that Brazil's “national security” would be at risk if investigators granted a request to seize the far-right leader's cell phone in an obstruction of justice investigation. Read full article

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”General Heleno warns of “Unpredictable Consequences”, his supporters threaten “Civil War”
General Augusto Heleno, issued an unprecedented open statement to the country. In the letter, he demanded that the Supreme Court abandon its demand for President Bolsonaro to present his mobile phones as evidence in an ongoing investigation into a criminal fake news operation,
Now a group of reserve/retired military personnel have issued a statement of support to General Heleno. His former colleagues from the Academia das Agulhas Negras warn of an extreme scenario, of “civil war”, and complain that there is a lack of “decency” and “patriotism” being shown by the ministers of the Supreme Federal Court.
The document is signed by dozens of reserve and retired military personnel. One of them, General Luiz Eduardo Rocha Paiva, told UOL that the term “civil war” is the final scenario if the conflict with the Judiciary is not resolved before an “institutional crisis” and a “social upheaval”.
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