The entire campaign was set up by US evangelical sectors, "says theologian on Bolsonaro (from Brazil)

What has been the role of religious groups in promoting Jair Bolsonaro's candidacy in Brazil?

  Famous Brazilian theologian interviewed believes that it has been very large.

In a conversation with the editorial board, theologian Frei Betto assured that a possible government of Jair Bolsonaro will have a close alignment with Washington. In addition, he pointed to the work of US evangelical groups and those of the Millennium Institute, a think tank linked to the neoliberal economist Paulo Guedes and head of the captain's economic agenda, in the campaign of the PSL candidate, who aspires to take power in Brazil.

"There is a high interest in Trump for Bolsonaro to be elected, because possibly Jair Bolsonaro would break relations with Cuba and Venezuela and change the seat of the Brazilian embassy from Israel to Jerusalem," said Frei Betto, one of the main representatives of the current Liberation Theology, in relation to the hypothetical government of the right-wing candidate.

In fact, Frei Betto underlined that the United States strongly bet on a Bolsonaro victory in the second round, and in fact already collaborated with the candidate through unofficial channels.

"The entire Bolsonaro campaign has been set up by evangelical sectors in the US There is an American right-wing extremist group, the Millenium Institute, represented by economist Paulo Guedes, who operates in Brazil to organize and train a generation of right-wing youths. belligerent, "he said.

The author of the famous book "Fidel and Religion: Conversations with Frei Betto" referred to the consequences that a possible government of Bolsonaro, famous defender of the last military dictatorship in Brazil, could entail.

"This fascist wave in Brazil is produced for not having done what they did in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay: to condemn the military responsible for the dictatorship.

We will have the return of the same people of the dictatorship, with the same idea as national security. This will have a clear reflection on continental and international politics. All these people [supporters of the dictatorship] are supporting Bolsonaro, "Frei Betto warned.