{"id":9689,"date":"2020-10-21T08:00:14","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T12:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/thediplomaticenvoy\/?p=9689"},"modified":"2022-01-18T09:29:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T14:29:22","slug":"jair-bolsonaro-is-a-fascist-and-we-should-all-be-concerned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/thediplomaticenvoy\/2020\/10\/21\/jair-bolsonaro-is-a-fascist-and-we-should-all-be-concerned\/","title":{"rendered":"Jair Bolsonaro is a Fascist and We Should All Be Concerned"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jason Grieco
\n<\/strong>Staff Writer<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

During the first U.S. presidential debate, Democratic candidate Joe Biden called attention to the destruction of the Amazon rainforest and proposed a plan to stop it. CNN<\/a> reports that Biden wants to gather $20 billion from the international community to compensate the Brazilian government for the economic value that the Amazon contains. President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro declined the offer.<\/p>\n

The Amazon crisis has plagued Bolsonaro\u2019s presidency. The Amazon is the world\u2019s largest rainforest, occupying over 2 million square miles with the vast majority being located in Brazil. According to NBC<\/a>, the Amazon contributes $8.2 billion annually to the Brazilian economy and is the most biodiverse area in the world. However, the rainforest is under threat. Wildfires have deforested over 7,400 acres in a crisis that grows worse by the day. The cause of these wildfires? According to Bolsonaro, the indigenous peoples of the Amazon. \u201cThe fires practically occur in the same places, on the east side of the forest, where peasants and Indians burn their fields in already deforested areas,\u201d Bolsonaro said in a pre-recorded speech to the United Nations, NBC<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n

This statement is part of a litany of attacks against indigenous peoples that Bolsonaro has launched since assuming office. Human Rights Watch<\/a> observed a 65 percent increase in deforestation on indigenous lands. This observation is indicative of the suffering indigenous peoples continue to face at the hands of Brazilian mining and logging industries. Previous administrations have ignored criminal activity in the rainforest. Bolsonaro, however, plans to eliminate corporate crime in the Amazon altogether\u2014by legalizing it.<\/p>\n

The devastation of the Amazon is not the only way in which Bolsonaro has failed his country. His response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been disastrous. Rather than combat the crisis, the Brazilian health ministry removed coronavirus statistics from their website entirely, The New York Times<\/a> reports. He has also repeatedly blamed left-wing activists for corruption in the country and is escalating threats of violence against them. Al Jazeera<\/a> reports that in a speech, Bolsonaro said \u201cthese red criminals will be banished from our homeland\u201d and called for a \u201ccleansing never seen in the history of Brazil.\u201d Bolsonaro has also proposed legislation to embolden the Brazilian police \u2013 if passed, the law would violate international law on the use of force, according to Human Rights Watch<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Merriam Webster<\/a> defines fascism as \u201ca political philosophy, movement, or regime that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition.\u201d It is clear that by this definition, Jair Bolsonaro is a fascist. His rhetoric about the \u201cBrazilian homeland\u201d and targeted attacks on indigenous peoples are clear examples of national and racial exaltation and discrimination. His support of industry at indigenous peoples\u2019 expense shows social and economic regimentation. His censorship of information and ability to bend the Brazilian health ministry to his will are clear signs of autocracy, and his attempts to strengthen the police and crush leftists are obvious signs of suppression.<\/p>\n

So why should this matter to the rest of the world, particularly those in America? The situation in Brazil closely mirrors that of the United States. Under the Trump administration, large-scale projects that are devastating to the environment and indigenous communities have been revived and expanded, most notably the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, The Guardian<\/a> reports. The New York Times<\/a> has covered Trump\u2019s attempts to designate \u201cAntifa\u201d as a terrorist organization. It is worth mentioning that \u201cAntifa\u201d is not an organization at all, rather it is an umbrella term for anti-fascist action movements, many of which overlap with leftist movements. One does not even need to speak of Trump\u2019s abysmal response to COVID-19; over 218,000 Americans have died of the virus, according to Johns Hopkins University<\/a>. As the election grows ever closer, America sits on the precipice of dictatorship. Brazil may show the future if we fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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