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The President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, on Wednesday sent “the whore who gave birth to them” to members of the press after reports that his government spent 15 million reais (about $ 2.7 million) on condensed milk in 2020.
“When I see that the press attacks me, saying that I bought 2 and a half million cans of condensed milk (I tell him) go to the whore who gave birth to you. That shitty press. Those cans are to put them, to you of the press, in the rear ”, Bolsonaro said during a closed-door lunch at a restaurant in Brasilia, along with dozens of artists related to his government and other allies.
According to the video of the meeting published on social networks and shared by an adviser to the president on his Telegram channel, Bolsonaro’s words were celebrated with laughter and applause from the audience, including his Foreign Affairs Ministers, Ernesto Araújo, and Tourism. , Gilson Machado Neto.
The communication secretary of the presidency confirmed to AFP that the president attended the lunch, but that it was a “private commitment”, so the press was not present.
The report that generated Bolsonaro’s reaction, published by the Metropoles portal, details a total expenditure of 1.8 billion reais (about USD 330 million at the current exchange rate) on food for different instances of the federal government in 2020.
Of that total, 15 million appear destined to the purchase of condensed milk, mostly (14 million) acquired by the Ministry of Defense, not by the Presidency.
However, social networks were quickly flooded with “memes” and criticism, attributing the purchase directly to the president, who has repeatedly boasted of eating bread and condensed milk for breakfast, proving that he is a “simple man”.
In a statement, the Ministry of Defense clarified that it was responsible for providing food “balanced ”to the more than 370,000 troops of the Armed Forces and that“ condensed milk composes this diet due to its energy potential ” and because eventually “it can be used as a substitute for fresh milk”.
The shopping list disclosed by the portal includes refrigerants (R $ 31.5 million), chewing gum (R $ 2.2 million) and wine (R $ 2.5 million).
Bolsonaro has attacked the press on other occasions, blaming it for creating “narratives” to harm him.
According to the French NGO Reporters Without Borders (RSF), in 2020 there were 580 attacks on the Brazilian press promoted by the “Bolsonaro system”, mostly by the president himself and his environment through social networks.
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