BRITAIN'S DIRTY BUSINESS IN BOLSONARO'S BRAZIL
As Brazil goes to the polls, we look at Britain’s secret dealings with president Jair Bolsonaro and the Brazilian far right. UK officials have long had their eye on the country’s economic resources, including its oil and gas reserves.
JOHN MCEVOY
29 SEPTEMBER 2022
In September 2022, the BBC aired a documentary titled “The Boys from Brazil: Rise of the Bolsonaros”.
The three-part series, co-released with US outlet PBS, documents the rise of Brazil’s far right leader Jair Bolsonaro – who went from an obscure dictatorship-era military figure to the winner of the country’s 2018 presidential election.
“Jair Bolsonaro is one of the world’s most controversial leaders”, the documentary begins. “An ardent admirer of Brazil’s military dictatorship, Bolsonaro came to power determined to revive their policies to exploit the Amazon – whatever the cost”.
The documentary was released shortly before Brazilians go to the polls on 2 October, with former president and Workers’ Party (PT) candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva the frontrunner. Concerns are mounting over whether Bolsonaro would accept electoral defeat if he were to lose the vote.
While the documentary airs voices which are critical of the Bolsonaro regime, it omits a crucial detail of clear interest to the British public – the UK government’s secret dealings with the Bolsonaros.
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