Brazil will hold its municipal elections on October 6 and in Florianópolis, in the State of Santa Catarina, a candidate for councilor for the Liberal Party of Jair Bolsonaro imitated the Argentine president Javier Milei.
Ademar Rodrigues Meireles is 56 years old, he is candidate for municipal councilor for Bolsonaro’s Liberal Party in the city of Florianópolis and is an almost exact copy of the Argentine president.
The “Milei de Floripa” is also an economist and in the campaign he appears with sideburns, a wig and a presidential sash. It is in this context that Ademar Meireles He defines himself as a “patriot” and a libertarian.”
The candidate spoke about it on Instagram and said that “at first it was just a joke but many people ended up liking it and so did I.”
Who is the “Milei de Floripa”
The “Milei de Floripa” has a net worth of 8.2 million reais (about 1.5 million dollars) and claims to be the owner of the Corretor Institute and the Brazilian Faculty, an organization that gained notoriety on the local political scene during the protests against former President Dilma Rousseff.
Meireles even made a personal visit to the Casa Rosada and conducted several interviews in Spanish for Argentine media. He was also present at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)which took place in the resort of Camboriú last month.
The curiosities of the elections in Brazil: the imitations of Milei and the surname Bolsonaro
In addition to imitations of the Argentine president, Brazilian politics has other curiosities: More than 80 candidates, for example, registered for the elections with the surname Bolsonaro despite the fact that they do not share a family with the former president, according to information provided by the Brazilian Superior Electoral Court.
In this way, the name of Jair Bolsonaro will be present on the ballots, who cannot aspire to any office until 2030 after being disqualified by the electoral authorities.
Source: Ambito
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