BRAZIL
Sing Our National Anthem
President Jair Bolsonaro announced that Brazil is pulling out of the United Nations migration pact signed last month, signaling a possible reversal of his country’s longstanding embrace of foreigners.
It’s a symbolic gesture at heart, since the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration is not legally binding in any case. But the rhetoric that accompanied the announcement was in keeping with the far-right president’s unapologetic nationalism, the New York Times reported.
“Brazil has a sovereign right to decide whether or not it accepts migrants,” Bolsonaro posted on Twitter. “Anyone who comes here must be subject to our laws and customs, and must sing our national anthem and respect our culture.”
Aligning the new president with other conservative leaders who have opposed multilateralism worldwide, the statement comes in the midst of a culture war of sorts in Brazil, where Bolsonaro has drawn fire from more liberal citizens for his misogynist and homophobic comments. But it also comes as the country faces a wave of new immigrants due to the implosion of neighboring Venezuela.
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