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that's true. It's true that Bolsonaro isn't being able to deal with the media and normally overreacting and being paranoid. However you have a giant part of the media rooting for them to fail. Worse is better for huge part of the global media, and to see a Political leader which doesn't fit failing, is priority number one of the media today.

Watching the news in Brazil, looks that Brazilian government is doing what they can, but you don't build at least 30 years of missing infrastructure in 6 months. That's for sure not Bolsonaro's fault.

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> Political leader which doesn't fit

He doesn't fit because he's more incompetent, more corrupt, more egocentric, emptier of any moral values, more oblivious to the interests of his co-citizens, than any other political leader ever was (in Brazil and elsewhere), right?

Let me put this in a more constructive way: why do you think "global media" are rooting for Bolsonaro's failure? And: given the less than ideal infrastructure to face the pandemic, what has been Bolsonaro's policy to counteract this? Can we honestly say that he's been "doing what he can"?

> why do you think "global media" are rooting for Bolsonaro's failure

He was from center-right, old and conservative. Example: First month of his government, Siberia was on fire, Australia was on fire, Amazon was on fire, and the news was "Right extremist Jair Bolsonaro is burning Amazon down, exterminating the indigenous folk".. I mean he is a moron, but no, it wasn't him, but a system built over the years. The world explores the Amazon since 1500, that's why the Portuguese landed there at first place right?

Regarding the COVID-19, I think the government is reacting well, but Lockdown is a luxury in Brazil. You cannot put a Favela in Lockdown, you cannot stop an economy where 60% of the population is "self-employed", asking people to stay home. I mean you can try but, the vast majority in Brazil don't want it.

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