Far-right firebrand Congressman Jair Bolsonaro, a controversial figure who has enraged many Brazilians for years with divisive comments, but has a devout following among conservative voters, could take two months to fully recover and will spend at least a week in the hospital, said Dr. Luiz Henrique Borsato, who operated on the candidate.
“His internal wounds were grave and put the patient’s life at risk,” Borsato said, adding that a serious challenge now would be preventing an infection that could be caused by the perforation of Bolsonaro’s intestines.
The attack on Bolsonaro, 63, is a dramatic twist in what was already Brazil’s most unpredictable election since the country’s return to democracy three decades ago. Corruption investigations have jailed scores of powerful businessmen and politicians in recent years, and alienated infuriated voters.
Except its not just Banana Republics anymore. https://www.france24.com/en/20180907-far-right-seen-surging-swedish-election-outcome-uncertain
Swedes vote in legislative elections on Sunday expected to see the far-right surge amid a deep rift over the integration of hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers, with the election outcome seen as uncertain.
Neither Prime Minister Stefan Lofven’s left-wing bloc nor the centre-right opposition were seen obtaining a majority.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/swedish-far-leader-receives-death-threat-party-113525268.html
The far-right Sweden Democrats (SD) on Friday said their leader Jimmie Akesson has received a letter with a death threat as the party is on course to win record support in Sunday’s legislative election.
“We hope that this threat is not real,” party spokesman Oskar Cavalli-Bjorkman told AFP, adding they’re awaiting the Swedish security and intelligence service Sapo’s assessment.
A copy of the threat letter, with the Islamic State group’s flag at the top, was published by Swedish media.
“We will behead you if you do not withdraw from the election by the end of this week,” the letter reads, adding a similar threat against Akesson’s four-year-old son.