Brazil Election Troubles / Brian Mier

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🗓️ 15 June 2022

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Chuck welcomes back This is Hell! Brazil correspondent and writer for Brazilwire, and Telesur English, Brian Mier to talk about the upcoming elections in Brazil and the possibility of a coup by far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro. Jeff Dorchen basks in the glory of the Jan 6 Insurrection Show, and we declare the winning answer to this week's Question from Hell!

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0:00.0	called a black girl magic
0:03.0	magic yeah she scares the government
0:06.0	deja vu a tough man
0:10.0	for what they don't understand
0:12.0	what they don't understand. What they don't understand.
0:14.0	What they don't understand. Thank you. This is hell.
0:37.0	You are listening to God's favorite radio show.
0:44.8	Prove me wrong.
0:46.7	This is hell.
0:49.8	Prove us wrong.
0:50.6	Please, seriously, by emailing me at Chuck at this is hell.com because I really can't take all
0:56.1	the stress caused by being God's favorite radio show. It's just, it's just too much. I'm always
1:01.2	worried about what I'm going to say and if it's going to make her angry.
1:05.6	And I cannot take all that pressure.
1:07.4	This week, as reported in the New York Times, Brazil's President Jayir Bolsonaro is taking steps to steal this fall's presidential election
1:15.2	in Brazil, including the enlistment of Brazil's military leadership, into his plot to undermine
1:21.2	the electoral process and attempting a military coup.
1:24.3	Bolsonaro is a huge fan of the former military dictatorship, so this desperate move
1:30.4	does not come as a surprise to many analysts of Brazilian politics.
1:36.0	As our guest today points out Bolsonaro is currently trailing former president and current
1:40.7	opposition leader Louise Inasio Lula de Silva by 21 points in the polls.
1:46.9	So things are not looking good for Bolsonaro's re-election.
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