Bolsonaro is still challenging Da Silva in some areas while retreating in others, according to the results of the most recent opinion survey on the chances of one of the rival candidates, according to the daily “The Rio Times” in its Monday issue.
survey findings
Arabs’ general disposition
An estimated 214 million people call Brazil home, including more than 11 million and a half million Arabs and persons of Arab descent.
Due to the so-called “full melting” of the various communities in the national community, which is currently interacting with the rhythm of the intense competition between the forces of the right and left, the general Arab mood in the current electoral battle is the same as the general Brazilian mood.
The “Sky News Arabia” website quickly surveyed several people of Arab heritage who reside in Brazil, and the results indicated that this fusion is the consequence of “similarities in understanding and interpreting the dimensions of consecutive ideological confrontations around the world.
Discovery in Brazil
Recent investigations by historians and scholars focused on the following point out that the history of the Arabs’ orientation towards Brazil is related to the stage of its discovery more than 500 years ago:
contemporary history
This old reaction opened the door to the great migration of the Arabs to Brazil, who have become a community today in millions.
According to the findings of a statistical survey carried out in 2020 and commissioned by the Arab-Brazilian Chamber, the Arab community in Brazil has increased to 6 percent of the total population as follows:
As for the religious groups to which the Arab community belongs in Brazil, the followers of the Christian religion from Catholics, Orthodox and Evangelists constitute 43 percent of the total, while Muslims constitute 16 percent, while 23 percent said that they embrace other religions, or do not follow any religion on Launch.
the level of electoral competition
Two weeks before the second round of Brazil’s presidential elections, it is noteworthy that last Sunday saw a fierce rivalry develop between candidates Bolsonaro and Silva to the point that they traded insults and accusations during the first direct discussion.
Da Silva accused his opponent Polsonaro of “the king of false news”, to respond to the latter on charges of “lying, corruption and possession of a shameful record. “.
Brazilian Arabs in particular engage in political discourse as the race for the presidency gets more intense.
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