Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro indicated throughout his speech Saturday, Mar. 4, on the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) that his mission within the nation “is not over.”
“At this moment, I thank God for my second life and the mission of being president of Brazil for a while (…). But deep inside me, I feel that this mission is not over,” he stated.
CPAC is the most important conservative occasion within the United States.
Bolsonaro has obtained a heat welcome from U.S. conservatives and added that his relationship with President Donald Trump was “simply exceptional.”
(Watch Bolonaro’s speech in full)
In his speech, he stated that in Brazil, non-public property “is threatened” and is among the pillars of democracy.
“Life from conception was our defense, always against abortion. In four, we decreased by a third the number of deaths by firearms.”
“I stood by my principles, by God, and by the Brazilian people. Coherence marks our lives”.
“When people talk about conservatism, we want basic things: we don’t want gender ideology; we want children to grow up in the likeness of their father and mother.”
He added that he “defended freedom” and, for instance, didn’t drive anybody to get vaccinated.
“I never expected to be president of Brazil, but when I saw a communist being re-elected in my country, I decided to face this challenge”.
In addition to Bolsonaro and Trump, the conservative convention will characteristic
- former US Ambassador to the UN and Republican pre-candidate for president Nikky Haley;
- Senators Marsha Blackburn, Ted Cruz, Rick Scott, Mike Braun, and Eric Schmitt; ]
- Ben Carson, former US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development;
- James Comer, Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
WHAT IS CPAC, AND HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT
Created in 1973 by the teams American Conservative Union (ACU) and Young Americans for Freedom (YAF), CPAC brings collectively, yearly, among the exponents of the American conservative proper.
In the United States, the occasion has hosted former president Donald Trump and British president Nigel Farage, who helped articulate what resulted within the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union.
The occasion has already been held in Brazil in three editions.
The final one, final yr, introduced collectively politicians, journalists, influencers, and greater than a thousand Bolsonaro supporters in Campinas (SP).
In 2022, the convention was led by Congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro (PL).
The third version was additionally attended by Jason Miller, former U.S. presidential adviser throughout Trump’s time period; the founding father of the Chilean Republican Party, José Antônio Kast; and Argentine congressman Javier Milei.
CPAC seeks to advertise articulation amongst conservatives and strengthen conservatism within the US and worldwide.
In Brazil, occasions and associations of people that name themselves conservative in customs or liberal in economics are more and more frequent.
Between 2019 and July 2022, for instance, there have been not less than 43 conservative congresses in 17 states in Brazil, a survey by Agência Pública reported.