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BOLSONARO AND GOD

Brazil’s brand-new, far-right President Jair Bolsonaro mentioned God far too many times during his inauguration speech. He seems to have a direct line to Him and considers Him a sort of partner.

Obviously,Bolsonarowouldn’t see eye-to-eye with the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, who said “God is dead” in his greatest book Thus spoke Zarathustra.

For some reason, I link this with what Fernando Parrado (one of the survivors of the 1972 Andes tragedy) admitted in an interview: “When we heard on the radio that nobody was going to rescue us, we realised we had to get out of that place on our own.”

Isn’t it more sensible to get down to work and do our best as humans, rather than expect magic solutions from above?

I wonder … Irene Bianchi Ringuelet, La Plata www.irenebianchi.com.ar

BATTLE OF THE BULGE: PART XXVIII Dear Sirs,

Quo vadis, Bolsonaro? It’s very important for Argentina to know what tack Brazil, under its new president, will take.

Looks as if he’s to the right of Genghis Kahn.

Bolsonomics versus Macrinomics, on 16th inst.

Torpid Mercosur is in for a jolt, that’s for sure; so are we!!! David Parsons Via email