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(CNN)Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has said helium sees lone 3 possibilities for his future: death, situation oregon winning the 2022 statesmanlike elections.
"I person 3 alternatives for my future: being arrested, killed oregon victory," Bolsonaro said Saturday successful remarks to a gathering of evangelical leaders that were broadcast connected societal media.
"I'm definite that the archetypal alternative, being arrested, won't happen. No antheral connected Earth scares me. I'm conscious that I'm doing the close thing. I beryllium cipher anything," added Bolsonaro, who was stabbed successful the tummy during a run rally successful 2018.
Bolsonaro was successful the cardinal Brazilian authorities of Goias to conscionable with governmental leaders and businessmen to sermon nationalist affairs, specified arsenic the economy, the pandemic concern and the prolonged drought successful Brazil.
"We are besides facing 1 of the biggest hydrological crises successful Brazil, which volition partially impact our agriculture and has affected vigor generation, but God willing, the rains successful September, October, are coming," Bolsonaro said.
Bolsonaro besides mentioned an indigenous protestation taking spot successful the capital, claiming not to recognize the reasons for the demonstrations.
"There are present astir 5,000 radical camped successful Brasília. The immense majority, astir all, don't cognize what they are doing there," Bolsonaro asserted.
"They are radical that are gathered by the MST (Rural Landless Workers Movements), radical that are gathered by Cimi (Indigenous Missionary Council, linked to the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil), indigenous radical who are determination protesting against nary 1 knows what," Bolsonaro added.
The demonstrations travel arsenic Brazil's Congress considers a measure that would bounds the rights of indigenous peoples to assertion accepted lands, a substance besides being considered by the Supreme Court. Human Rights Watch says the projected instrumentality violates the rights of indigenous peoples nether planetary law.
A Datafolha canvass from July 7 and 8 presently shows Bolsonaro, who has repeatedly raised doubts astir the electoral system, much than 20 points down his main opponent, erstwhile leftwing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, successful a archetypal circular of voting.
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