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Jana Santos has an unambiguous message for Jair Bolsonaro-supporting

anti-vaxxers who want to sup a Moscow Mule or Caipirinha at her bar in


south Brazil.
“Don’t come. We don’t want you here,” said the mixologist and bar owner
who recently placed a placard at its entrance instructing (1) _____ jab
Bolsonaristas to steer clear.
Santos, 32, said she had decided to ban Bolsonaro followers from the
Cosmos Gastrobar in Curitiba as a result of his (2) _____ response to a villain
Covid (3) _____ that has killed nearly 620,000 Brazilians and battered break
businesses such as hers.
“It was a cry from the heart – a protest against everything this president
has put us through … He’s a wicked man,” the progressive publican said
of Brazil’s far-right leader, who claims not to have been vaccinated and
has repeatedly (4) _____ Brazil’s immunisation campaign.
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Santos is not alone, as the poisonous political atmosphere enveloping
Brazil contaminates even its pub scene and a number of watering holes
tell their political opponents to get lost.
Bolsonarista boozehounds are still not short of alehouse options, with
their radical president continuing to enjoy the support of about 20% of
voters as he prepares to seek re-election next year.
In Ouro Preto do Oeste, a frontier town in the (5) _____ pro-Bolsonaro
Amazon, diners can even order pizzas named after their populist leader heavy

thanks to the rightwing restaurateur Valmir Chaves.


“He’s the most patriotic president Brazil’s ever had,” said the 58-year-old
during a recent visit to his Bolsonaro-themed (6) _____ Aquarius
Pizzaria. eat
Chaves said the Bolsonaro pizza was sprinkled with chicken, olives and
two portions of palm hearts in homage to the white vegetable Brazil’s
president used to harvest during his childhood in rural São Paulo.
Lefties are not the only thing (7) _____ in Chaves’s Bolsonarian bar. A
sign on the wall informs drinkers they will not be allowed to tune into welcome
Brazil’s largest broadcaster, TV Globo, against which Bolsonaro rails, just
as his mentor, Donald Trump, rails against CNN.
“To clients and friends of this establishment,” it reads. “We do not watch
GloboRubbish.”

By Bel Chavantes/adapted from The Guardian/January 2022

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