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Carolina Solberg Salgado, Carol Solberg for short: »I received a lot of threats and was verbally attacked.
The extent of the hatred was extraordinary "
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Peter Weber / imago images / Beautiful Sports
SPIEGEL:
Ms. Solberg, on September 20 you gave an interview after a competition on the Circuito Brasileiro, the Brazilian beach volleyball tour, that made waves.
"Fora Bolsonaro," they called into the cameras, "Bolsonaro out."
Why?
Solberg:
I didn't plan the interview.
It was a burst of emotion that came from the bottom of my heart.
That had built up in me for months.
SPIEGEL:
What bothers you about your president?
Solberg:
There's not just one thing, it's a whole collection of different things that I criticize.
His government represents everything I hate.
We have a president who denies that racism exists in a country where people are killed only for the color of their skin.
Bolsonaro is openly homophobic.
He is primarily responsible for ensuring that our rainforest is burned down.
He massively cut spending on education and helped build a corrupt economic system.
He repeatedly mocked women by saying that because of their looks, they didn't even deserve to be raped.
He says something like that in public, without scruples.
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