00:00:21.000We will not embrace the ideas that have destroyed countries, destroyed lives, and we are going to fight for freedom on campuses across the country.
00:01:12.000I'm being very well received, especially by the Brazilian population.
00:01:22.000And my intention to be here is that I want to stay away from the government that just took office in January.
00:01:38.000I knew that there would be plenty of turbulence, and I did not want to be accused to cooperate with the disastrous way that the government started their term.
00:01:56.000Because we have opposing policies, mine, conservative, right-wing, and theirs, leftist and geared towards socialism.
00:02:06.000Sounds very similar to what we're dealing with in the United States: this kind of internal dispute.
00:02:13.000And you brought crime down when you were president.
00:02:17.000It's one of the things that I think we could actually understand.
00:02:20.000Tell us about some of your big accomplishments during your tenure as president.
00:02:24.000Essa disputa me parece muito parecida com a que nós tivemos aqui nos Estados Unidos.
00:02:28.000Nós sabemos que o senhor baixou muito a taxa de criminalidade no Brasil.
00:02:33.000Por favor, nos fale de algumas das conquistas do seu governo.
00:02:38.000A questão das mortes por arma de fogo, passamos de 60 mil para 40 mil.
00:02:44.000Debtes por arma de fogo serão reduzidas de 60 mil a 40 mil.
00:04:48.000It's one of the first things that Lula got rid of after he took office.
00:04:54.000Is owning a firearm a constitutional right for Brazil?
00:05:17.000Our law is very restrictive when it comes to firearm ownership.
00:05:32.000And I regulated this subject through decrees that allowed for people to more easily purchase firearms, which was not allowed before I came to the presidency.
00:05:47.000And now, through decree, he wants that all firearms in Brazil become part of, become registered.
00:06:04.000But this goes against federal law because it says that this registration must be done by the army and not by the federal police, as he intends to do now.
00:06:20.000If we study history, every dictatorship starts with a campaign against individual rights to own firearms.
00:06:30.000For four years, they said they've been saying that I wanted to give a stage a military coup in Brazil.
00:06:42.000And now they notice that the people who intend really to change the regime, that's not me.
00:06:50.000I hope this translates well, but if you were trying to do something insidious, you wouldn't want more people to own guns.
00:06:58.000And that's essentially, I believe that's what he's saying.
00:07:01.000Yeah, I hope that the senhor can understand the translation, but if the senhor really wanted to do something bad, he wouldn't let the population have weapons.
00:07:14.000I understand that a armed people never will be esclareced.
00:07:21.000Yeah, I believe that a people that is armed will never be enslaved.
00:08:18.000I was able to bring people together, talk about values, and talk about their importance for the future of Brazil.
00:08:31.000There's a huge mass of people, conservative people, that will be the difference in future elections.
00:08:50.000And the left blames me for this, and obviously, I do not agree with any violence or breaking public buildings or throwing rocks at glass windows, but they want to blame me because they want to be alone in, once again, only the left ruling Brazil.
00:09:07.000There is a disturbing trend, in my estimation, of the weaponization of the judiciary in Brazil.
00:09:15.000Do you have comments on that or thoughts on that?
00:09:35.000We believe that private property is sacred.
00:09:50.000One Supreme Court Justice has said that after a long process of someone who owns a private land trying to get it back from people who actually took it over, that after that, it would be necessary for another.
00:11:06.000Today we have more than 1,000 people arrested in jail in Brazil, and many people have had their social media taken away and also their ability to make money on social media removed.
00:11:22.000And always they use the same accusations: fake news or going against the democratic institutions.
00:11:39.000And fake news and going against democratic institutions, there's nothing in the constitution that says that those are crimes.
00:11:49.000And how can we decide what's fake news for me and not for you?
00:11:53.000And so these judges are able to make their jury, judge, executioner, and prosecutor.
00:12:01.000And in America, it's a different concept.
00:13:01.000So it's not the First Amendment, like here, it's Article 220, but unfortunately, it's completely ignored because they feel that they can do anything to protect democracy as if I was a dictator.
00:13:14.000On this question, on the final question on this topic, do you think that there is a working system of separation of powers or checks and balances?
00:13:24.000The reason I ask is that the founding fathers warned in America what judges with too much power could do.
00:13:31.000O senhor creia que há no Brasil uma separação entre os poderes, um sistema de pesos e contrapesos?
00:13:38.000Porque aqui nos Estados Unidos, os pais fundadores da nossa Constituição, eles preveram, previam o que podia acontecer se um juiz tivesse poder demais.
00:13:49.000No Brasil há um consenso que alguns do poder judiciário têm extrapolado e não há ainda uma força suficiente para exercer esse poder de peso e contrapesos em cima desses poucos juÃzes no Brasil.
00:14:11.000However, we don't have a force in Brazil that is able to go against and to use the balance of powers in order to be able to restrict the power of these judges.
00:14:25.000The American founder said your liberty is protected by the structure of the Constitution, and without that, you don't have liberty.
00:14:42.000What is your message to Brazilians watching this back home and want you back?
00:15:00.000There is a great wish by a great part of the Brazilian population that I return as quickly as possible.
00:15:14.000In the next few weeks, I intend to return to Brazil and be part of a responsible opposition to the current government.
00:15:30.000Unfortunately, in the last 30 days, I have already done a lot of bad things.
00:15:34.000And I like to say that a government by the Workers' Party, by Petit, does not really need opposition.
00:15:49.000É aquilo que eu me descobri um pouco tarde, talvez.
00:15:54.000Mas, por ausência de liderança direita no Brasil, eu me vejo na obrigação de coordenar essas novas lideranças que têm surgido para que o Brasil não mergulhe de vez no socialismo ou no comunismo.
00:16:08.000Yes, I found myself through politics, maybe a little bit late, but I feel that I must stay in politics because I have a very big responsibility.
00:16:17.000There are new right-wing leaders in Brazil, and I feel that in my position, I must help coordinate their efforts to help the conservative movement.
00:16:29.000Last question, from what you have learned the last couple of years, what is your advice or wisdom to other freedom fighters in the Western world or across the world?