In Brazil, the return of the army to the political arena

In Rio de Janeiro

Relatively removed from the political game since 1985, the date of the end of the military dictatorship, the Brazilian armed forces are becoming more and more pressing with the approach of the presidential election in October.

While the vote promises to be tense, opposing Jair Bolsonaro, former captain, to his rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, former left-wing president, the “great mute” is struggling to remain silent.

In recent years, senior military officers have sometimes forgotten their duty of reserve to support the cause of the man many consider to be one of their own, going so far as to espouse his conspiracy theories or put pressure on the Supreme Court.

A series of slippages, voluntary or not, which worries analysts and politicians.

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At the heart of their concerns is the involvement of the military in the undermined debate over the electronic ballot boxes that will be used to count votes in the two rounds of the presidential election.

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