Economista aposentado, especialista em orçamento público
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Jeferson Morgado retweeted
Those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it.
In 1964, the United States destroyed Brazilian democracy.
João Goulart was the democratically elected president. His crime was a reform agenda:
Eradicate illiteracy. Let the poor and the illiterate vote. Force multinationals to reinvest their profits inside Brazil. And redistribute land from the hereditary landlords to the rural poor.
Schools. Ballots. Land.
Washington called it communism.
JFK's first secretly taped Oval Office meeting — ever — was about Brazil. On that tape he asked: "What kind of liaison do we have with the military?"
A year later: "We've got to do something about Brazil."
Then: "Do you see a situation where we might find it desirable to intervene militarily ourselves?"
He ordered American aid strangled to "put the screws" on Goulart. Robert Kennedy flew to Brasília to deliver the ultimatum in person, telling Goulart he could not criticize the United States "and at the same time get 250 million dollars from the United States. He can't have it both ways."
American aid was never assistance. It was a leash.
The CIA poured millions into opposition parties, newspapers, labor unions and landowner groups. Ambassador Lincoln Gordon drew up contingency plans with "a heavy emphasis on armed intervention."
And here is the part that tells you this was never about security.
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, Goulart served as a secret back channel between Kennedy and Castro, helping prevent nuclear war.
Washington overthrew him anyway.
JFK was assassinated before he could act. Johnson did not hesitate.
Three days before the coup, National Security Advisor McGeorge Bundy said: "We should not be worrying that the military will react; we should be worrying that the military will not react."
And in the same meeting: "We don't want to watch Brazil dribble down the drain while we stand around waiting for the next election."
On March 31, 1964, Johnson gave the order: "I think we ought to take every step that we can, be prepared to do everything that we need to do."
The Pentagon launched Operation Brother Sam. The aircraft carrier USS Forrestal, six destroyers, and fuel tankers steamed toward Santos to resupply the coup.
Goulart fled to Uruguay. Washington recognized the junta within 48 hours. The aid resumed like clockwork.
Over 21 years the dictatorship killed or disappeared 434 people, tortured roughly 20,000, and drove tens of thousands into exile.
Brazil did not hold another presidential election for 25 years.
Now look at 2026.
The hereditary landlord class that Washington armed in 1964 is the same landlord class that funded the Bolsonaro dynasty.
Lula wants Brazil's rare earths kept out of Pentagon supply chains. He wants Petrobras to stay public. He wants BRICS to break the dollar's chokehold.
So the empire sent the same weapons, updated.
Fifty percent tariffs instead of a naval task force. Meta censorship instead of CIA cash. AI disinformation instead of paid newspapers.
In 1964 they won. In 2026, 64 million Brazilians voted anyway.
The empire never changed its mind about who owns Latin America.
Latin America simply stopped asking permission.
Jeferson Morgado retweeted
I saw Flavio Bolsonaro had the audacity to thank the American people for “taking him in.” I don’t know why he said this? The American people didn’t do anything; his puppeteer, TRUMP did. We don’t want him here. Common-sense Americans want our tax dollars spent on OUR healthcare, OUR roads, OUR schools, but instead, the Republicans are using them to let this guy live the movie star life with our money. The Republicans have lost their minds. I don’t want to pay for this guy! Who the hell does he think he is? Not only is he stealing from the American taxpayer, he is further calling himself the “leader of Brazil,” after he just got smacked in an election. This is blatant election denialism, and it represents the dangerous, anti-democracy ideology that must not be allowed in our country. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE MUST NOT BE THIS GROWN MAN’S SUGAR DADDY! When Democrats win this election, unlike Flavio, every dollar going towards this sham must be investigated and DEFUNDED. That security detail? DEFUNDED. When Trump is gone, the Bolsonaros must be deported. They are not “asylum seekers”; they are authoritarians leeching off the hard-working American taxpayer. We work too hard for this. Enough.
Jeferson Morgado retweeted
Não satisfeito com perder o título de presidente do Brasil, Flávio dobrou a aposta e acabou perdendo também o título de filho menos burro do Jair.
Jeferson Morgado retweeted
Flávio Bolsonaro se considerar “o verdadeiro presidente eleito” é a coisa mais exdrúxula que vi na vida política brasileira. Uma comédia.
Pobre bolsonarismo. Será levado à uma narrativa totalmente maluca e alienante. Uma loucura política.
Seria cômico se não fosse trágico.
Jeferson Morgado retweeted
Rapaziada, os democratas americanos estão usando o flávio bolsonaro na campanha contra o trump, dizendo que ele resgatou um "vândalo" brasileiro. Trump, que se encaminha para uma derrota acachapante nas 'midterms', vai se fuder ainda mais com essa história.
Que sorte a nossa.
Jeferson Morgado retweeted
Declaração do Presidente do Conselho dos Ministros da Itália, Giorgia Meloni, por ocasião da eleição do Presidente Lula da Silva: "Parabenizo o presidente Lula por sua reeleição e o povo brasileiro por sua extraordinária demonstração de participação eleitoral” (segue)
Jeferson Morgado retweeted
To avoid the prospect of going to jail over MONEY LAUNDERING, defeated Brazilian candidate Flávio Bolsonaro reportedly landed in Miami on a private jet this morning after allegedly defying a court order to surrender his passports.
THIS SMELLS LIKE A CLASSIC CIA OPERATION.
Jeferson Morgado retweeted
A cronologia da saída do candidato derrotado diz muito sobre o mundo em que estamos. Ele cruzou a ponte entre Foz do Iguaçu e Puerto Iguazú às 22h50 de terça, embarcou quarenta minutos depois num Gulfstream fretado, reabasteceu em Guayaquil, contornou o espaço aéreo brasileiro e pousou em Miami na quarta de manhã. Na tarde de terça, antes de qualquer travessia, o Departamento de Estado já anunciava que daria vistos à família.
Esse detalhe responde à pergunta sobre o planejamento. O irmão sugeriu publicamente a partida dois dias antes do segundo turno, o avião ficou 24 horas esperando em Puerto Iguazú e a empresa pediu autorização para voar aos Estados Unidos com quatro passageiros ainda na madrugada de terça. Tudo indica que a ordem de entrega dos passaportes apenas acelerou um plano que já estava montado, com uma potência estrangeira avisada.
A fronteira não segurou por razões estruturais. Um senador no mandato só pode ser preso em flagrante de crime inafiançável, ele é apenas investigado, o Mercosul permite circular com identidade e o cancelamento de passaportes nos sistemas brasileiros não impede o uso dos documentos em outro país. Nenhuma polícia nacional contém uma operação em que o país vizinho e a superpotência do hemisfério atuam como facilitadores.
Asilo é outra conversa. Nos Estados Unidos, quem decide é um oficial de imigração ou um juiz, e a lei barra quem há motivos sérios para considerar autor de crime grave sem natureza política. A mesma administração suspendeu todas as decisões de asilo em novembro de 2025, e o ex-diretor da Abin que fugiu para lá acabou detido pelo ICE em abril. A proteção de Trump é transacional e dura enquanto o protegido tiver utilidade.
O dado mais forte é diplomático. Kast, Peña, Noboa, Keiko Fujimori, Meloni, União Europeia, China, Índia e Rússia cumprimentaram Lula. Na região, só Milei recusou publicamente o gesto, e seu governo agora enfrenta pedido de interpelação no Congresso argentino pela passagem do senador por Misiones. Washington ficou sem nota oficial enquanto o presidente falava em fraude sem apresentar prova.
Por isso qualquer resistência a partir da Flórida fica a anos-luz de Guaidó, que teve quase sessenta países ao seu lado em 2019 e mesmo assim viu o governo paralelo dissolvido. Aqui, nenhum governo reconheceu a contestação e o próprio partido do derrotado aceitou o resultado. A internacional reacionária, na hora decisiva, coube em dois governos.
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Jeferson Morgado retweeted
Se fosse perseguição política, apenas isso, era mais bacana Flávio Bolsonaro ficar na Argentina. Juntava com o presidente Javier Milei, que o apoiou fortemente, e ficava dali fustigando o governo Lula.
Organizaria, em Buenos Aires, reuniões políticas, chamava gente para ir lá, deputados e senadores, articularia ações para desgastar Lula, que sofrerá um bocado com a herança maldita que deixou para si mesmo na economia brasileira.
Da Argentina faria os contatos nos EUA, viagens etecetera e tal, movimentando-se como um (auto) exilado político. Partiria para cima de Alexandre de Moraes, juridicamente e politicamente, enfrentando-o com apoio do (novo) Senado.
Só que não. Flávio partiu direto para os EUA, para ser abrigado pela turma do Trump. Willer Tomaz também está por lá, em Miami. O dinheiro para o Dark Horse também, depositado naquele fundo financeiro sediado no Texas.
Será que, além de perseguido político, que o é indiscutivelmente, Flávio terá que enfrentar contas na Justiça, pela (suposta) sociedade na Alcazar Holdings, registrada por Willer na Ilha da Madeira?
Lavagem de dinheiro, desvio de recursos públicos, inclusive do INSS, entre outros crimes, estão na agenda de investigação da Polícia Federal. Um processo tramita sob a relatoria, sorteada, de Alexandre de Moraes.
Outro processo no STF, o do financiamento do filme Dark Horse" está sob relatoria, sorteada, do ministro André Mendonça. Envolve as emendas de Mario Frias e a atuação da produtora Go Up. Passa pelos EUA a apuração dos fatos, escandalosamente suspeitos.
Essa é a pergunta que não quer calar: Flávio se autoexilou nos EUA, por ser um perseguido político, ou fugiu do país por seu envolvimento ilícito nesses inquéritos, temendo que o levassem à prisão?
Juro que não sei a resposta. Mas adoraria saber. Logo.
Jeferson Morgado retweeted
SENTA O DEDO E COMENTEM👇
Flávio and Eduardo Bolsonaro are NOT political refugees. They undermine democracy, serve foreign interests over Brasil’s, fuel corruption and hate, and fled to the US to evade accountability.
Deport them to Brazil to face justice!
#DeportTheBolsonaros
Jeferson Morgado retweeted
🇧🇷 BRAZIL | Globo's Jornal Nacional, the country's flagship evening newscast, devoted an extensive report to Flávio Bolsonaro's departure from Brazil following his presidential election defeat.
The 11-minute segment examines the Supreme Court order concerning his passport, the financial investigations surrounding him, his reported departure for Argentina, the prospect of U.S. visas for his family, and President Lula's response.
The report is in Portuguese, with English subtitles.
📹 @NahDarkness
⚠️ 🇧🇷 What was Flávio Bolsonaro facing in Brazil before he disappeared?
A new New York Times investigation details two separate financial inquiries involving Brazil's defeated presidential candidate, who left the country after the Supreme Court ordered him to surrender his passports.
The first concerns his relationship with Brazilian lawyer Willer Tomaz, who is suspected of involvement in a money-laundering scheme exceeding $1 billion, connected to online gambling and financial transactions. According to the NYT, court documents reviewed by the newspaper establish Bolsonaro's links to the investigation.
The second involves Daniel Vorcaro, the former Banco Master banker at the center of a major Brazilian financial scandal, and millions of dollars raised to finance Dark Horse, a biographical film about Jair Bolsonaro.
Brazilian Federal Police documents previously reported by Folha de S.Paulo identify Flávio as a direct intermediary in negotiations with Vorcaro over financing for the film. Investigators have also examined transfers of funds to the United States and whether the money ultimately served purposes other than the film's production.
Those inquiries are separate, and neither establishes that Bolsonaro personally laundered the sums attributed to the broader schemes.
He has not been criminally charged in either investigation and denies wrongdoing.
The timing, however, has become central to the case.
On Monday, Bolsonaro publicly said he would comply with the Supreme Court's passport order and insisted he had never considered leaving Brazil. By Tuesday, he had missed the deadline, Brazilian authorities had canceled his travel documents, and U.S. officials were confirming plans to grant visas to him and his family.
The New York Times reports that even some of his closest political allies did not know his whereabouts.
The Washington Post separately reports that Bolsonaro feared imminent arrest over the financial investigations.
His departure now raises two distinct questions: whether he left Brazil to avoid potential legal consequences, and how the Trump administration's decision to facilitate his entry into the United States may affect Brazil's efforts to pursue those investigations.
The first is a question of motive that investigators have yet to establish. The second is already becoming a diplomatic confrontation between Washington and Brasília.
Jeferson Morgado retweeted
1. Now we're helping criminals from other countries to flee to the U.S.
The Brazilian Supreme Court ordered he hand in his passport & not flea
Brazil's right wing extremist, who is indicted on Corruption & fraud charges & just lost the election,
Jeferson Morgado retweeted
Some ask why I’m posting so much about Flavio Bolsonaro, but the answer is simple: Trump says we have no money for *our* health care, but can pay for this THUG to jet-set around our country with *our* money. You see that private jet? It’s a middle finger to every American that’s feeling these high prices right now because REPUBLICANS raised them. The government always tells you they have no money for your life, but can roll out the red carpet for a criminal illegal alien who is being investigated for money laundering in his own country. His family gets to live the movie star life, while the Republicans protecting him raise your prices to benefit the elites funding their campaigns. It’s disgraceful. Flavio needs to become a national American symbol for the right’s contempt for us, the American taxpayer. Deport Flavio! Have the last laugh and give them all the finger on Election Day!
Jeferson Morgado retweeted
Flávio Bolsonaro is under criminal investigation in Brazil for money laundering, corruption, and illegal foreign financing of his presidential campaign.
That is why this fascist fled to the United States, which should surprise no one. The U.S. has a long history of providing asylum and safe harbor to fascists.
Historical records and declassified government documents show that the United States under Operation Paperclip provided entry and safe harbor to thousands of Nazis and fascist collaborators following World War II, primarily to gain a military advantage against the Soviet Union.
This tells you everything that you need to know about the United States: Embracing and adopting fascism to stop socialism and protect capitalism is the modus operandi of the United States.
Jeferson Morgado retweeted
Americans, learn about how Flávio Bolsonaro is linked to TERRORIST organizations in 🇧🇷.
I thought Americans wanted to get rid of illegals and immigrants linked to narcotrafficking, money-laundering, and assassination of a 🇧🇷 senator Marielle Franco.
#DeportTheBolsonaros
Jeferson Morgado retweeted
The terrorist state of America is a haven for immorality and corruption. Epstein, Trump pedophilia etc etc etc. This guy will fit right in alongside Netanyahoooo once he's fallen.
Jeferson Morgado retweeted
Vou falar como criminalista, e sem rodeio: a responsabilidade pelo que aconteceu hoje é de Flávio Bolsonaro. De mais ninguém.
Não foi uma suposta perseguição que o colocou num avião rumo aos EUA. Foi uma escolha.
O STF mandou entregar o passaporte em 24 horas. Uma ordem simples, a mais branda das medidas cautelares. Ele não entregou. Saiu do país dois dias depois de perder a eleição, levando a família, sem avisar nem os próprios aliados.
Quem passou anos falando em lei e ordem, em respeito às instituições, em "bandido tem que pagar", na primeira ordem judicial dirigida a ele, virou as costas.
E é bom lembrar: o próprio irmão anunciou publicamente que ele deveria sair do país se perdesse. Não foi impulso. Foi um plano anunciado.
Eu defendo réus há anos. Sei o que é presunção de inocência e defendo esse princípio até o fim. Mas presunção de inocência se exerce dentro do processo, com defesa técnica, enfrentando a acusação. Quem confia na própria inocência fica e prova. Quem foge troca o tribunal pelo discurso.
E tem o peso do cargo. Um senador da República, que ainda recebe do contribuinte, que pediu o voto de milhões de brasileiros pra presidir o país, não pode tratar uma decisão judicial como sugestão. O exemplo que ele dá é claro: a lei vale pros outros.
Se havia algum excesso na decisão, o caminho existia: recurso, habeas corpus, imprensa, tribuna do Senado. Ele tinha tudo isso. Escolheu a fronteira.
O processo não acaba com a fuga. Só espera. E cada dia fora do país é mais um argumento que ele mesmo entrega contra si.
Fugir de responder a um possível processo criminal diz muito sobre quem foge.
Jeferson Morgado retweeted
AMERICANS, DO YOU KNOW WHO DONALD TRUMP IS WELCOMING INTO YOUR COUNTRY?
I am a Brazilian journalist, and I have been closely following the criminal investigations involving Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.
Reuters reported on October 27 that Flávio left Brazil for the United States after losing the presidential election, despite a Brazilian Supreme Court order requiring him to surrender his passports.
Now I have a question:
Will American taxpayers be forced to pay for the protection of a Brazilian politician facing serious criminal investigations?
Before anyone screams “political persecution,” here are the actual case numbers. You can look them up yourselves.
1. BANCO MASTER, DARK HORSE AND SUSPECTED MONEY LAUNDERING
Brazilian Supreme Court (STF)
Case: INQ 5,070
Full docket: 0181367-57.2026.1.00.0000
Related proceedings: PET 16,369 and INQ 5,026.
Federal investigators are examining suspected money laundering, corruption and illegal international financial transactions involving the financing of Dark Horse, a film about Jair Bolsonaro.
The investigation involves financial dealings with Daniel Vorcaro, the former controller of Banco Master.
2. SUSPECTED FINANCIAL LINKS TO THE PCC DRUG-TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION
Brazilian Superior Electoral Court (TSE)
Case: AIJE 0603371-06.2026.6.00.0000
Filed October 23, 2026.
This electoral lawsuit questions whether millions of dollars transferred through companies and investment funds linked to the Dark Horse financing network indirectly benefited Flávio Bolsonaro’s presidential campaign.
One company involved in the financial transactions was also identified in investigations concerning suspected money laundering connected to the PCC (Primeiro Comando da Capital), one of Brazil’s largest criminal organizations.
The lawsuit seeks the annulment of Bolsonaro’s candidacy or election certification and an eight-year disqualification.
To be absolutely clear: the alleged connection between the money and the PCC is under investigation. It has not been judicially established that the PCC financed the film or his campaign.
3. WILLER TOMAZ AND ONLINE GAMBLING
A separate investigation before Brazil’s Supreme Court, overseen by Justice Alexandre de Moraes, examines suspected money laundering involving attorney Willer Tomaz, a close friend of Flávio Bolsonaro.
Investigators are examining financial transactions involving gambling companies, payment platforms and businesses connected to Tomaz.
The exact court docket number has not been publicly verified.
4. THE RACHADINHA CORRUPTION CASE
Rio de Janeiro State Court (TJ-RJ)
Case: 0072696-34.2020.8.19.0000
Prosecutors formally accused Flávio Bolsonaro of crimes including embezzlement, money laundering and participation in a criminal organization involving alleged diversion of public employees’ salaries.
The charges were dismissed in 2022 after evidence was ruled inadmissible.
There was no conviction, but there was also no trial determining whether the alleged conduct occurred.
5. RODRIGO BACELLAR AND COMANDO VERMELHO
Brazilian Supreme Court
Case: PET 14,959
Full docket: 0123047-48.2025.1.00.0000
Rodrigo Bacellar, a political ally of Flávio Bolsonaro, was arrested and later became a criminal defendant in proceedings concerning alleged obstruction of a police operation targeting Comando Vermelho, another major Brazilian drug-trafficking organization.
6. MÁRCIO CANELLA AND ORGANIZED CRIME
Electoral case: RO-El 0601451-66.2026.6.19.0000
Another political ally supported by Flávio Bolsonaro, Márcio Canella, was arrested during an investigation into suspected organized-crime-related money laundering involving fuel businesses.
Brazilian electoral prosecutors have also questioned his candidacy over alleged connections to militias and Comando Vermelho.
These are separate proceedings involving Bolsonaro’s allies, not criminal charges against Flávio himself. 🧵
