Dear Editor,

Even before the election there, Brazil’s now former President Jair Bolsonaro had publicly stated that if he lost, it would be due to electoral fraud.

Sound familiar?

But, unlike Donald Trump, Bolsonaro reportedly had the support of most of the Brazilian police force and was busy getting the military on side as well.

Brazilians have been implicitly threatened by Bolsonaro’s adamance that socialism is the real danger to their nation that needs stopping. He’s the same despot who’s allowed the Amazonian rainforest to be razed by both meat farmers and wildfires.

Disturbingly, in the midst of yet another unprecedented wildfire three summers ago, the Evangelical Christian declared that his presidency — and one presumes, all of the formidable environmental damage he has inflicted while in power — is somehow divine: “It is difficult to be president of Brazil because it is a president that has less authority,” he said. “I am fulfilling a mission from God.”

Ironically, Christ’s teachings epitomise the primary component of socialism — do not hoard morbidly superfluous wealth in the midst of poverty. He clearly would not tolerate the accumulation of tens of billions of dollars by individual people, especially while so many others go hungry and homeless.

Frank Sterle Jr

Canada

fgsjr2010@hotmail.com