It's completely real. But it isn't working the way Rubio and Trump expect. It's having the opposite effect.
There are a lot of people who never voted for Lula but will vote for him precisely because the U.S. is trying to manipulate things here.
There are reports of:
- Social media boosting far-right profiles.
- Meetings at embassies and consulates with right-wing influencers, including the distribution of money.
- Meetings with Brazilian and American members of the Rockbridge Network.
- Cancellation of visas for journalists and influencers who are not aligned with the current government.
- Offering visas to journalists and influencers who show, at a minimum, that they will not get in the way of the interests of the current American government.
- Today, for example, the embassy and the consulates were closed and nobody knows why. There isn't the slightest risk for any American here. Everyone is welcome.
It's sad that a relationship of more than 200 years is being set aside so that one side of the political spectrum is favored. It's not even behind the scenes. It's clear. Any Brazilian journalist or influencer is aware of it.
From what I've been following here, Lula could win in the first round. The last reliable poll showed 48% of the valid votes.
Root for us. Flávio Bolsonaro unites the worst elements of Brazilian politics: corruption, militias, organized crime, receiving billions in illicit funds — and none of that has been explained yet, because he has parliamentary immunity as a senator elected by Rio de Janeiro. To give you an idea, he began his term as a Rio de Janeiro city councilman by taking a percentage of the salaries of the legislative staff in his own office.
His Senate term ends this year. If he doesn't win, all the dirt will definitely start being investigated. He'll have to flee to the U.S., just like his brother did.
Nobody here is against the United States. I, for example, even have family over there. The only thing we ask for is respect for our sovereignty and that our relationship be what it has always been — a friendship where everyone wins.
If Flávio Bolsonaro is elected, everyone is going to lose, because Brazil will fall into a hole that will take decades to climb out of.
Religious extremism, silencing of opposing politicians and independent journalists, and oppression of the Brazilian people
There's much more than tariffs at stake. The fight here is about influence but the way Trump is handling his push to regain American influence in the Western Hemisphere is pushing several allied countries even further away — including some that have been allies for more than two centuries.
This strategy is going to fail and when it does countries will trade much more one with others currencies and less with USA and USD. When that happens the American house of cards will collapse because it will no longer be possible to print trillions of dollars and count on other countries to absorb them trusting in the American policies and agreements.
The printing dollars formula facing low single-digit inflation is coming to an end.
U all can downvote me like on the credit-card thread but this is the reality for those outside the big American walls.
Credit card systems are a Ponzi scheme that favors those who already hold a lot of capital, at the expense of those who weren't lucky enough to be born heirs.
This is even more true of the American brands that are getting Trump to attack modern, open, cost-free systems from other countries—like Brazil's PIX, maintained by the Central Bank of Brazil.
There are a lot of people who never voted for Lula but will vote for him precisely because the U.S. is trying to manipulate things here.
There are reports of:
- Social media boosting far-right profiles. - Meetings at embassies and consulates with right-wing influencers, including the distribution of money. - Meetings with Brazilian and American members of the Rockbridge Network. - Cancellation of visas for journalists and influencers who are not aligned with the current government. - Offering visas to journalists and influencers who show, at a minimum, that they will not get in the way of the interests of the current American government. - Today, for example, the embassy and the consulates were closed and nobody knows why. There isn't the slightest risk for any American here. Everyone is welcome.
It's sad that a relationship of more than 200 years is being set aside so that one side of the political spectrum is favored. It's not even behind the scenes. It's clear. Any Brazilian journalist or influencer is aware of it.
From what I've been following here, Lula could win in the first round. The last reliable poll showed 48% of the valid votes.
Root for us. Flávio Bolsonaro unites the worst elements of Brazilian politics: corruption, militias, organized crime, receiving billions in illicit funds — and none of that has been explained yet, because he has parliamentary immunity as a senator elected by Rio de Janeiro. To give you an idea, he began his term as a Rio de Janeiro city councilman by taking a percentage of the salaries of the legislative staff in his own office.
His Senate term ends this year. If he doesn't win, all the dirt will definitely start being investigated. He'll have to flee to the U.S., just like his brother did.
Nobody here is against the United States. I, for example, even have family over there. The only thing we ask for is respect for our sovereignty and that our relationship be what it has always been — a friendship where everyone wins.
If Flávio Bolsonaro is elected, everyone is going to lose, because Brazil will fall into a hole that will take decades to climb out of.
Religious extremism, silencing of opposing politicians and independent journalists, and oppression of the Brazilian people