BRAZIL
Bannon Bossanova
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s son Eduardo, who is a member of the country’s Congress, has joined former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon’s Europe-based rightwing populist group, The Movement, as its Latin America representative.
“We will work with him to reclaim sovereignty from progressive globalist elitist forces and expand common sense nationalism for all citizens of Latin America,” Eduardo Bolsonaro said in a statement announcing the move, according to Bloomberg.
In December, USA Today reported that political analysts had questioned the viability of Bannon’s plans, saying Europe’s most high-profile populist politicians weren’t terribly keen to seek his advice and his efforts to influence the May European parliamentelections faced hurdles due to Europe’s campaign finance laws.
Meanwhile, another of the Brazilian president’s sons, Flavio, who is a senator, has come under media scrutiny for alleged ties to the purported leader of a Rio de Janeiro death squad known as the Crime Bureau, the Guardian reported in January.
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