The Brazilian president’s comments in a “podcast” about Venezuelan teenagers preparing to go out “to make a living” sparked controversy on social media and forced, this Sunday, Jair Bolsonaro to defend himself publicly against accusations and abuse.
Bolsonaro reported that while riding a motorbike through a nearby community in Brasilia, he saw a group of Venezuelan girls, between the ages of 14 and 15, who had “drawn a climate” (a popular Brazilian expression meaning there was an attraction) and asked to enter. In your home.
He asked, “Beautiful girls aged 14 to 15, getting ready for what? To make a living! Does anyone want this for their daughter?”
Bolsonaro’s comments, which earned him insults on social media as “disgusting” and “childish tendencies,” came when the current president reiterated that Brazil could become Venezuela if former head of state and current LP candidate (in English) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva He wins the second round of the presidential election.
Bolsonaro reiterated: “The Labor Party has crossed all limits. They have said recently (…) that they are entering my private life. What they have done now has crossed all limits.”
In the broadcast broadcast for his defence, Jair Bolsonaro justified the comment he made by needing to show indignation at situations such as those he witnessed with “modest and cared-for girls”, who “escaped from starvation” in Venezuela and are now fighting “to earn a living” in Brazil.
Lula and Bolsonaro face off in the second round of the presidential election on October 30.
The latest opinion poll, released on Friday, indicates that former union leader Lula da Silva has a five-point lead over Bolsonaro.
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