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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has recently distinguished himself by his outrageous remarks about Emmanuel Macron or the former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, his entourage also made the headlines. With a family clan and children playing an active role in politics.
With our correspondent in São Paulo , Martin Bernard
Jair Bolsonaro has five children, and the three biggest are really engaged in politics, and play a very important role with their father. All three are in their thirties, and their father has dubbed them "1, 2, and 3" . No doubt a military habit of former Captain Bolsonaro.
Let's start with number 2, Carlos Bolsonaro, who is nicknamed "pitbull". He just said: " In the democratic system, the transformation Brazil needs does not happen at the desired speed, assuming it happens ." These statements sparked a public outcry. Even vice-president Hamilton Mourao, who is a general, condemned those remarks that question democracy, nearly 35 years after the end of military rule.
The president of the bar association, Felipe Santa Cruz, whose father had disappeared under the dictatorship and who had been mocked and mocked by Bolsonaro-father, felt that it was " not possible to tolerate a family of dictators ". Carlos Bolsonaro has been Rio's municipal councilor for almost 20 years and is not the only son of the president to have a political mandate.
A discreet number 1 ...
Eduardo Bolsonaro, the "3" in the coded language of the family, is currently a deputy, but he is promised a bright future since his father wants to appoint him ambassador of Brazil in the United States . He is very close to Donald Trump. There was even a comical scene in an interview between Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro a few months ago: the Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs was forced to withdraw, while he, Eduardo Bolsonaro, remained. But Eduardo Bolsonaro has no experience in diplomacy, and his eventual nomination makes a lot of people cringe. Eduardo Bolsonaro made headlines because he appeared this week alongside his father, who is recovering from an operation at the hospital, carrying a revolver on his belt. The shock photo went around social networks. The next day, Eduardo Bolsonaro appeared at the headquarters of the Rio bosses, again with a weapon!
Finally, number 1, the eldest son Flavio, is currently a senator. He is more discreet , especially since the opposition has accused him of indirect links with the Rio militia. So there is a real Bolsonaro clan around the president. A clan that has a strong influence on power, who systematically uses social networks to relay his message, and seems to test the limits of democracy.