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In 2018, as he geared up to run for the Brazilian presidency, Jair Bolsonaro was dubbed the Trump of the Tropics.<\/p>\n
He won and is in with a decent shot at reelection ahead of Brazils October election. Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is slightly ahead in the polls but his lead has narrowed.<\/p>\n
The list of Bolsonaros failings is too long to run through in full (Brazil has in excess of 645 000 COVID-19 deaths for a start), and his strongman rhetoric has actually backfired when it comes to fighting crime.<\/p>\n
A case in point is the countrys war on drugs. The president has signed multiple decrees promising to crack down on the scourge with little to no success.<\/p>\n
VICE is on the case:<\/p>\n
This is how Brazils deadly drug wars have been fuelled by a president who thinks the solution is to throw more guns at the problem.<\/p>\n
Who would have thought, hey?<\/p>\n
After watching the video below I suddenly feel inclined to watchCity of Godagain.<\/p>\n
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