Brazil's democracy can support 'free and fair elections' in October despite Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's statements against the country's electoral body, said Elizabeth Bagley, U.S. President Joe Biden's nominee to be ambassador in Brasilia.
WASHINGTON - Brazil's democracy can support "free and fair elections" in October despite Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's statements against the country's electoral body, said Elizabeth Bagley, U.S. President Joe Biden's nominee to be ambassador in Brasilia, on Wednesday."They have a democratic electoral system, they have an independent judiciary and legislature, they have freedom of speech.
Bolsonaro has repeatedly alleged that Brazil's voting system and its machines are liable to fraud, without providing any evidence, even as he was elected in 2018 with the same electronic machines introduced 26 years ago. "I know it's not going to be an easy time, because a lot of his comments," she said referring to Bolsonaro's allegations.
Relations between the two largest democracies in the Americas have chilled since Biden took office as president. Bolsonaro, an admirer of former President Donald Trump, was slow to acknowledge Biden's election.
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