Ɖ Gardịn vy on Bṛzil’z ilex́n: Bolsonaro’z rtrn wd cost s ol
(Transcription of an editorial published in the Guardian on 27 October 2022)
Ɖ planit canot aford a secnd trm fr ɖ faŗît prezidnt hu hz rsrjd in ɖ poulz
Ʈrzde 27 Octobr 2022
On Súnde, Bṛziłn ilectrz wl cast ɖer vot in a tît contest ɖt wl nt onli set ɖ cors fr ɖs xtrordnṛli poḷrîzd cuntri bt olso hv a pǎrfl impact on ɖ fyćr v ɖ wrld. Hops ɖt ɖ faŗît incumbnt, Jair Bolsonaro, wd b dsîsivli rjctd in ɖ frst rnd wr daśt ẃn h férd far betr ɖn xpctd, wɖ 43% v vots, n hiz ćaḷnjr, ɖ formr prezidnt Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, fél jst śort v an ǎtrît mjoṛti wɖ 48%. Ilevnʈ-aur handǎts t ɖ purist n laviś qonttiz v disinḟmeśn hv edd Mr Bolsonaro’z rcuṿri.
Ɖ hop z ɖt hiz m’mntm z olrdi fedñ. Bt ɖ poulz vẹri, n a secnd preẓdnśl trm wd b bad nyz nt jst fr Bṛziłnz bt olso ɖ rest v s. Ɖ prîṃri denjr z clîṃt ctastṛfi. Az ɖ YN’z invîrnmnt ejnsi wornz ɖt ɖr z no creḍbl rùt t limit globl wormñ t 1.5C, dīfoṛsteśn in ɖ Aṃzn z at a hî: a carbn snc cd bcm a carbn imitr. Criminl sindic̣ts v logrz n ranćrz rês t d ɖer wrst fr fir ɖt a ny admiṇstreśn wl rein ɖm in. Mor ɖn 2bn triz hv bn fld jrñ Mr Bolsonaro’z trm in ofis. H hz olso fostrd an incrisñli denjṛs culćr fr invîrnmntl dfndrz – az xpozd bî ɖ mrdr v ɖ acṭvist Bruno Pereira n ɖ Gardịn cntribytr Dom Filips ɖs Jūn. In contrast, aṇlists sjst a vicṭri fr Lula cd si an 89% cut in renforist los.
A secnḍri – bt stl dīpli alarmñ – risc z v a frɖr intrenćmnt v antideṃcratic oʈoṛterịnizm. F Mr Bolsonaro z riilectd, h wl b imboldnd, n wl beṇfit fṛm ɖ streñʈnd rîtwñ prezns in Congres. Ɖr r firz ɖt h cd unḍmain insttyśnz n ćenj ɖ consttyśn t alǎ himslf a ʈrd trm.
F h z’nt riilectd, wl h cer? H hz spent munʈs pripẹrñ fr sć an ǎtcm. Hiz sun olrdi clemz – wɖt evidns – ɖt hiz faɖr z ɖ victim v “ɖ gretist ilectṛl frōd evr sìn”, an īṛli Trumpịn frêz. Hiz parti clemz – agn wɖt evidns – ɖt ofiślz cd simpli oltr rzults. Bcz pro-Lula rījnz r lîcli t dcler rzults lêtr, h mt atmt t clem vicṭri preṃtyrli.
Ol ɖs rezz ɖ spectr v Bṛzil’z ǒn Jańri 6 – poṣbli wɖ sm s’port fṛm elimnts v ɖ armi n s’kṛtiforsz in a cuntri ɖt xpirịnst militri dictetrśp reḷtivli rīsntli. Mni v Mr Bolsonaro’z s’portrz hv md it clir ɖt ɖe wl nt rec̣gnîz a dfit at ɖ poulz. Gun ǒnrśp hz dubld ʈancs t hiz rīlaxeśn v lwz. Last Súnde, wn v hiz p’liticl alîz atact p’līs wɖ handgṛnedz n a rîfl az ɖe traid t arest him.
T Lula’z s’portrz, ɖ formr śūśîn bô n tredyńnist z ɖ ćampịn v ɖ pur, az wel az a līdr hu rezd ɖ cuntri’z steṭs inṭnaśṇli. Uɖrz not ɖt it wz īzịr fr him t būst spendñ az ɖ beṇfiśri v ɖ cmodtizbūm. Hiz Wrcrz’ Parti wz rîf wɖ c’rupśn, ẃć sw him jeld tù; h wz onli ebl t stand ẃn ɖ ćarjz agnst him wr qośt last yir. Yt Mr Bolsonaro z diśñ ǎt biłnz fṛm a guvnmntfund wɖ miniml oṿsît, n ɖr r plenti v qsćnz ovr hiz ǒn faṃli’z fînansz.
Ɖs lcs, az wn poulñ xprt pts it, lîc a claś v tū Brazils, in ẃć ɖ vot splits clirli on clas, rês, jndr n rlijs lînz. Īvn f Mr Bolsonaro z sìn of ɖs tîm, h me wel b bac. Yt hiz xtrimizm hz hlpt enśur ɖt Lula hz pld tgɖr a cnvinsñ multiparti alayns, includñ figrz fṛm ɖ rît. Ɖe rec̣gnîz ẃt z at stec. Ɖ rest v s mst hop ɖt inuf v ɖer cmpatrịts d.
