Brazil's Bolsonaro cheered, jeered in Italian town for honor

3 yıl önce

ROME â Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was both cheered and jeered as he arrived Monday in a small northern Italian town to receive an honorary citizenship and to visit one of his ancestorsâ homes.

Protesters in Anguillara Veneta, a town of 4,200 near Padua, chanted âNo Bolsonaro!â and held signs saying âBolsonaro Out,â âJustice for the Amazonâ and âNo citizenship for dictators.â In contrast, jubilant supporters elsewhere wrapped themselves in Brazilian flags and held yellow and green balloons awaiting his arrival.

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Anguillara Venetaâs right-wing mayor, Alessandra Buoso, defended the decision to grant Bolsonaro citizenship and blasted vandals who spray-painted âFora Bolsonaroâ (âBolsonaro Outâ) on the townâs city hall last week.

In a Facebook post, Buoso said the city councilâs decision to grant Bolsonaro the honor was not a vote on his politics but a recognition of all the Italians who had emigrated to Brazil. But she said she was assuming the costs of the visit, given the debate it had generated.

Bolsonaro was in Italy to participate in the Group of 20 summit of the worldâs biggest economies, which wrapped up Sunday in Rome. He has been criticized for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and his Amazon policies.