Posted on 11/06/2018 8:01:05 AM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion
. . .Like Donald Trump, Mr. Bolsonaro . . . owes success his political success to in large part to support from Evangelical voters . . .
Benjamin Netanyahu was the first Israeli Prime Minister to visit Latin America when in 2017 he traveled to Argentina, Mexico and Colombia. Now Mr. Netanyahu is expected to travel to Brazil for Mr. Bolsonaro’s swearing in. In addition to improved trade and diplomatic ties, he hopes evangelical driven pro Israel sentiment across the global South can reduce Israel's isolation at the United Nations.
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Brazil [is plagued by crime and corruption and] . . . needs the kind of culture of personal responsibility and social reform that Protestant piety unleashed in 19th century Britain. The test for the worlds surging evangelical and Pentecostal movement is not whether in the short term the faithful back political candidates committed to liberal norms, but whether their moral influence can build a new kind of society over time. Without moral reform, no government will provide the stability and security that the people of Brazil and so many other countries across the global South are demanding.
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The article says that evangelicals are 25% of Brazil’s population - compared to 26% of the US population.
Time for Israel to tell the embassies in Tel Aviv, we don’t recognize you
Entire article can be accessed through outline.com
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Winning!
They will all have to move eventually..................
Love the Brazilians I have known in my life. Awesome!
Bravo Brazil!
Hot babes there too.
More winning.
Lot of real Jews in Brazil. Have met a few ex military types. These are not the same ad the whiney Democrat Jews of S Florida or the NE US
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