Buenos Aires, January 9 (Prensa Latina) The mobilization and organization of the population is essential today to ensure the stability of the government of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, said the Argentine political scientist Atilio Borón.
The day before, thousands of supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro invaded the South American giant, destroying the National Congress headquarters, the Supreme Court and the Planalto Palace.
Referring to these events, the also sociologist and analyst claimed that what happened is something unprecedented in the history of this country.
However, he pointed out that “there were many indications that the far right, neo-fascist or neo-Nazi, was not ready to allow Lula’s inauguration as head of state to be carried out in peace and order”.
He also pointed out that the Brazilian opposition was banking on a military coup and publicly accused the officers of being cowards for not saving the country from the perceived clutches of communism and gender ideology.
The same thing happened in Chile in the last months of Salvador Allende’s administration (1908-1973). The recipe is the same, “made in America”: mobilize a section of “civil society,” win the streets, bring about military intervention and overthrow the government, he warned.
The Bolsonaro revolt bears a striking resemblance to what happened in the United States Capitol almost exactly two years earlier. The coincidence is no coincidence given the existence of a very active and well-funded neo-fascist international whose guru is Steve Bannon, former adviser to former President Donald Trump, he added.
Borón asserted that the goal was to demonstrate how a group could occupy the headquarters of the three powers at will and, if certain conditions were met, prompt the armed forces to stage a coup.
He also warned of the possibility of repeated actions of this kind.
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