RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Actress Regina Duarte, Jair Bolsonaro’s future Special Secretary of Culture, has also encouraged the March 15th protests “in defense of the government and against the National Congress”.
Through Instagram, the actress published two posts. In the first is written: “March 15th. Gen Heleno/Cap Bolsonaro. Brazil is ours, not of the usual politicians”.
In the second, the actress repeats the picture of the previous post and adds a second picture with the following text: “President Jair Bolsonaro is sending from his personal cell phone a dramatic video that shows the stabbing he suffered in 2018 in Juiz de Fora to say that he ‘almost died’ to defend the country and now needs people to take to the streets on March 15th to defend him. The March 15th act is being called by right-wing organizations in defense of the government and against Congress”.
Regina Duarte was invited to take office in the Secretariat of Culture soon after the resignation of playwright Roberto Alvim, dismissed for paraphrasing the speech of Nazi Joseph Goebbels. She has not yet been formally sworn in.
On Wednesday, February 26th, numerous politicians and officials criticized the fact that Bolsonaro had released a video encouraging people to protest against Congress.