Hamilton Mouro: Loyal deputy to Brazil's Bolsonaro or dangerous rival?
Date created : 22/04/2019 - 22:32
Latest update : 23/04/2019 - 11:06
Evaristo Sa / AFP | Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (L) and his Vice-President Hamilton Mourao attend a ceremony marking the first 100 days of their government at Planalto Palace in Brasilia, on April 11, 2019.
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Henrique VALADARES
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s first months in office were marked by infighting within his administration. He now finds himself competing with his own vice president, Hamilton Mourão, a hardliner-turned-moderate who is pushing his own agenda.
When Jair Bolsonaro was still a far-right presidential candidate in mid-2018, he picked army officer Hamilton Mourão as his running mate. His son, Eduardo Bolsonaro, explained to the media the reason behind the choice: “[Our] vice president must be a true hardliner,” he told the Folha de São Paulo newspaper.
"Who would dare push for Bolsonaro’s impeachment if his vice president is Mourão?” he asked in an email to Bloomberg.
But since Bolsonaro came into office in January, tension has been mounting between the two men, with the president viewing Brazil’s second-in-command as a man looking to take his place.
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