from Middle East Eye
The Stars and Stripes, Israeli flags and Trump memorabilia are familiar sights at far-right rallies in Brazil, as they are around the world.
Last weekend, though, organisers asked Flavio Bolsonaro’s supporters to “put away” flags from “other countries”.
On Sao Paulo's Avenida Paulista, eight lanes of traffic became a sea of Selecao yellow. The 45-year-old son of Brazil's jailed former president, who has been endorsed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, faces 80-year-old incumbent Lula da Silva in Sunday’s presidential runoff.
If Bolsonaro Jr knocks out the region's most prominent leftist president, pro-Israel right-wing leaders will be in place in every country across Latin America save Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Cuba and Uruguay.
This dramatic shift, which has taken place over just 18 months, has featured the active involvement of the US government and American and Israeli-backed tech firms and social media platforms...
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