巴西那個反對抗疫的奇葩總統，又出新的騷操作……
In a head-spinning political maneuver, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro joined demonstrations held in Brasilia on Sunday to protest coronavirus-related lockdowns and to call for a military coup.
巴西總統雅伊爾·博索納羅的政治策略讓人摸不着頭腦，週日他參加了在巴西利亞舉辦的示威遊行，抗議新冠疫情封鎖，呼籲發動軍事政變。
Political observers say the protesters were right-wing Bolsonaro supporters who called for military intervention on behalf of the president because they view the country’s supreme court and legislature as obstacles to his campaign against pandemic lockdown measures, despite the fact that the country has more than 35,000 confirmed cases and over 2,300 deaths as of April 19.
政治觀察家說這些抗議者是右翼博索納羅的支持者，他們代表總統號召軍事幹預，因爲他們認爲該國最高法院和立法機關影響了總統反對疫情封鎖措施，但該國新冠確診人數已經超過35,000人，截至4月19日死亡人數超2,300。
“Now it is the people in power. It’s more than your right — it’s your obligation to fight for your country,” Bolsonaro said, standing on a pickup truck outside the Army headquarters. “We don’t want to negotiate anything. We want action for Brazil.”
博索納羅在陸軍總部外站在一個敞篷小貨車上說：“現在是人民執政。你們不僅有權利，而且有義務爲國家而戰。我們什麼都不想談，只想爲了巴西行動起來。”
Political commentators say it’s unlikely that Bolsonaro literally hoped to foment a coup with his incendiary remarks outside the Army headquarters, but rather saw the protest as an opportunity to mobilize his political base. The president has become increasingly isolated politically due to his resistance to approaching the pandemic in accordance with medical and scientific advice, and clashes with politicians issuing quarantine orders at the state level.
政治評論員說博索納羅不太可能是真的希望通過在陸軍總部外利用煽動性言論引發政變，而是要利用抗議來調動他的政治基礎力量。這位總統因爲拒絕利用醫學和科學的方法來抗擊疫情而在政治上逐漸被孤立，並與簽發檢疫令的州級官員發生衝突。
“More likely today was a ‘Let’s keep the base motivated’ maneuver than an explicit declaration of intent for supporters’ goals,” tweeted Brian Winter, the editor-in-chief of Americas Quarterly.
《Americas Quarterly》雜誌主編Brian Winter發推特說：“今天更有可能是‘調動基層支持者積極性’的策略，而不是爲了聲明一切爲了支持者。”
However, Winter also pointed out that Bolsonaro’s family has raised the idea of a “self-coup” in the past, viewing the intervention of the military as a way to enhance power for the president and do away with constraints on civilian rule.
但是Winter也指出博索納羅的家人過去提出過“自我政變”，認爲軍事幹預可以鞏固總統權力，並消除對平民統治的限制。
