Brazil is not a "communist" country. You all sound so freaking stupid calling everyone communists & calling everything communism. Truly.
1. Brazil has a market economy with privately owned businesses, banks, farms, corporations, and stock exchanges. Huge companies and countless private firms operate for profit and invest throughout Brazil. That is fundamentally different from a communist economic system, where the state owns or controls most means of production.
2. Private media outlets openly criticize Lula (the current president) every single day. Major newspapers, television networks, and online publications are not state-controlled.
3. Religious institutions operate freely. Brazil has one of the world's largest evangelical Christian populations, and churches are not controlled by the state. That does not happen in communist regimes.
The ACTUAL criticism from many on the Brazilian right (and apparently a shit ton of people on the American right) is that the Supreme Federal Court, particularly Justice Alexandre de Moraes, has accumulated substantial power & has at times taken aggressive action against political actors. That raises legitimate concerns re: due process, free speech, judicial overreach. Again, not communism.
Lula is a leftist. You can argue his government is too far left. You can criticize the courts. You can even argue that Brazil's democratic institutions are under strain. (I agree with all of these things). But Brazil is not a communist country.
Some of you need to go back to high school civics. Embarrassing.
Flávio Bolsonaro has left Brazil for the U.S. after Lula’s police force and tyrant Supreme Court Justice ordered the seizure of his passport.
He was likely going to face arrest if he stayed.
They came after his father and sentenced him to 27 years, issued an arrest warrant for his brother Eduardo, and now they are coming after him for attempting to unseat Lula.
This is what happens is Communist countries. If you oppose the regime, they lash out and do everything they can to silence you in order to cling to power.
There are dark days ahead for Brazil.
The election should have been annulled.