Brazil’s football shirt was a Bolsonaro symbol, but the World Cup is changing that

Monday, December 5th 2022 - 10:32 UTC

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By Felipe Tirado (*) – Like many extremist and authoritarian leaders before him, outgoing Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro seized on national symbols during his rise to power and tried to make them his own. The national football shirt is a case in point. For years many Brazilians avoided wearing the famous yellow shirt because of its association with Bolsonaro and far-right politics. Read full article

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RMW
This is not journalism it is propaganda. There is no sense of impartiality which a good journalist should aspire to. Of course Kings College London is funded by certain institutions and foundations who disliked the fact that Bolsonaro did not subscribe to the COVID narrative and the medical tyranny of the last 2 years. I hope your readers can employ some critical thinking and see beyond this “article”.
Dec 05th, 2022 - 01:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Terence Hill
“Bolsonaro’s supporters have wrapped themselves in the football shirt and national flag in marches around the country.”

“Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel” Samuel Johnson

But let it be considered, that he did not mean a real and generous love of our country, but that pretended patriotism which so many, in all ages and countries, have made a cloak for self-interest.

“Jair Bolsonaro and his closest relatives bought 107 properties over the last 30 years and at least 51 of those properties were bought with cash,”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/30/jair-bolsonaro-brazil-property-payments-cash-allegations

I believe their holdings are valued at 25 million R$
Dec 05th, 2022 - 03:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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