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Opinion: Has the stage already been set in Brazil to use a pretext to sideline Bolsonaro from the 2022 presidential election?

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Opinion) Brazil's Supreme Court (STF) Justice Alexandre de Moraes, one of the main opponents of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, warned Thursday (28) that the latter's candidacy for the 2022 elections will be suspended if there is "massive use of fake news" by the "Bolsonaro militia", assuring that those responsible for spreading it "will go to jail for attacking the elections and democracy."

Given the inherent level of provocation and arbitrariness contained in this statement, the question arises as to what is to be considered "fake news" and who can, or may, determine the definition . . .

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