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Monday 31 deceMber 2018

Brazil military academy offers glimpse of next government

By MARCELO SILVA DE SOU- from improving the benefits
SA and health care of service-
Associated Press men, including veterans of
RESENDE, Brazil (AP) — A World War II, to shielding
phrase written on the outer police who use force, even
wall of Brazil's most pres- lethal, from prosecution.
tigious military academy In another proposition in
gives a glimpse at the val- 2013, Bolsonaro called for
ues held by the incoming the lower Chamber of Dep-
government of President- uties to have a formal ses-
elect Jair Bolsonaro, an ex- sion to mark 50 years since
army captain whose ad- the beginning of the dicta-
ministration will be rife with torship.
generals. "The Brazilian people put
"In order to lead, learn to in the armed forces to de-
obey," reads the slogan fend order, respect for
greeting aspiring military of- democracy and to avoid
ficers arriving at the Agulha the Cubanization that was
Negras Military Academy coming," he wrote, alluding
that educated Bolsonaro to the 1959 Cuban revolu-
and a good chunk of his tion.
Cabinet. He takes office on More controversially, the
New Year's Day. incoming vice president
Bolsonaro, who waxes nos- made comments last year
talgic for Brazil's 1964-1985 In this Dec. 1, 2018 photo, Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro, left, and Minister of Defense, Gen. that were seen as support-
Joaquim Silva e Luna, attend a graduation ceremony at the Agulhas Negras Military Academy in
military dictatorship, makes Resende, Brazil. ing military intervention as
no bones about his debt Associated Press a way of resolving Brazil's
to the academy, which he political crisis.
graduated from in 1977. sio Freitas. honesty and loyalty. He promised to reach out But analysts say such mili-
He also attended the ar- "This is a school of leaders," "Here nobody relinquish- to the military in forming his tary intervention is unlikely.
my's preparatory school in Gen. Ricardo Costa Neves, es those values; they are government and pledged "The risk of the military ex-
Campinas, Sao Paulo. the academy's command- a part of the uniform we that each of Brazil's 26 state ceeding Bolsonaro's power
"I am very happy to be in er, told The Associated wear forever," said Morais capitals will have at least and democracy falling into
this house that formed me. Press. de Sousa, who trained with one military school in op- crisis is very small because
I owe almost everything in The academy was found- Bolsonaro at the academy. eration by the midpoint of today there are institutions
this life to the beloved Bra- ed in 1941, and entering its In a nation beset by politi- his term, up from the cur- in Brazil capable of control-
zilian army," Bolsonaro said 27-square-mile (70-square- cal and economic turmoil rent 11. ling that," said Carlos Fico,
Dec. 1 during the annual kilometer) compound finds after years of entrenched These perceived values a historian at the Federal
officer graduation ceremo- an imposing silence. Here, graft, they are precisely and pledges led many Bra- University of Rio de Janeiro
ny at the school, which is in discipline is a cornerstone the values that helped the zilians weary of crime and who has studied dictator-
Resende in Rio de Janeiro of academic and military tough-talking Bolsonaro corruption to vote for the ships in Latin America.
state. formation. In addition to cruise to a 10-point victory far-right politician despite At the military academy,
The academy graduates core subjects such as eco- in October elections. a history of comments seen the president-elect's sup-
he has named to his gov- nomics, sociology and po- During the campaign, the as homophobic, racist and porters are convinced Bol-
ernment include incoming litical science, each cadet soldier-turned-longtime offensive to women. sonaro will stay true to the
Vice President Hamilton receives rigorous physical congressman argued he Brazil's security forces have message on its outer wall.
Mourao, Institutional Securi- training, including tech- had consistently placed been a central focus of Bol- "He had a very strong lead-
ty Minister Augusto Heleno, niques for surviving in the himself at the service of sonaro's political career. ership instinct. He was ob-
Political Relations with Con- Amazon rainforest. Brazil and noted he had During his 27 years as a con- sessed with things being
gress Minister Carlos Alber- Marcelo Morais de Sousa, not been accused of cor- gressman, issues concern- well-done," Morais recalled
to dos Santos Cruz, Trans- an army reserve officer, ruption despite the far- ing the military and police of Bolsonaro, before his
parency Minister Wagner summarized the four main reaching "Car Wash" scan- accounted for about one- eyes filled with tears. "Hav-
dos Campos Rosario and principles inculcated at the dal that ensnared many in third of his 642 legislative fil- ing studied with him makes
Infrastructure Minister Tarci- academy: truth, integrity, the country's political elite. ings. His proposals ranged me feel very honored."q