“The scum of the world is arriving in Brazil, as if we didn’t have enough problems to solve.”

— Jair Bolsonaro

About Senegalese, Haitians, Iranians, Bolivians and Syrians in an interview https://www.jornalopcao.com.br/ultimas-noticias/ouca-entrevista-em-que-bolsonaro-chama-refugiados-de-escoria-e-sugere-infarto-a-dilma-46313/ to Jornal Opção on 17 September 2015. Conservative’s Star Rises in Brazil as Polarizing Views Tap Into Discontent https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/08/world/americas/conservatives-star-rises-in-brazil-as-polarizing-views-tap-into-discontent.html. The New York Times (7 May 2016).

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Brazilian president elect 1955

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