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Bolsonaro remains¹ silent on election loss as power transitions in Brazil

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After losing Brazil's election, President Bolsonaro has ended his silence. Still, he has not spoken about his election loss.

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:

Brazil's president, Jair Bolsonaro, promised over and over that he would never go quietly, which is why his silence for two days after he lost the presidential election was so strange. Finally, late yesterday afternoon, the far-right populist leader briefly³ appeared before cameras. He took another shot at his opponents and Brazil's electoral system, but he acknowledged that there would be a transition of power, and he urged his supporters to act peacefully. NPR's Carrie Kahn is in Rio de Janeiro, joins us now. Good morning, Carrie.

CARRIE KAHN, BYLINE⁴: Good morning, Rachel.

MARTIN: So Brazilians are waking up to this news that Bolsonaro is indeed going to leave office.

KAHN: Yes, we finally heard from him since he lost the election to his rival, leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. It was so uncharacteristic of him to go for so long without speaking. And it just fed - his silence fed worries that after years of criticizing Brazil's electoral system, he was not going to concede.

MARTIN: So did he? Did he actually concede and congratulate Lula?

KAHN: Explicitly⁵, no, he did not. He never even mentioned the election, nor da Silva's name. He talked for two minutes, attacked his opponents, told supporters he understands their, quote, "indignation" and sense of injustice⁶ because of the vote.

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PRESIDENT JAIR BOLSONARO: (Speaking Portuguese).

KAHN: He said he's always been labeled undemocratic, but unlike his accusers, he respects the Constitution. Then, right after he was done, his chief of staff took the mic and said he'll lead the transition of power. So that was the most definitive⁷ word that Bolsonaro had accepted the results.

MARTIN: So what about his supporters? Are they accepting the results?

KAHN: There have been hundreds of truckers and Brazilian-flag-waving Bolsonaro supporters protesting and blocking major highways in many states throughout the country since Sunday. I went to one outside of Rio de Janeiro.

UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTERS: (Chanting in Portuguese).

KAHN: A couple dozen protesters there shouting federal intervention⁸. They want the military to come in and keep Bolsonaro in power. Forty-eight-year-old Carlos Alberto Neves told me he was a truck driver and says the election was stolen just like it was in the U.S.

CARLOS ALBERTO NEVES: (Speaking Portuguese).

KAHN: But he said, unlike in the U.S., Brazilians will do something about it. He wouldn't go into detail about what that was. And in his quick speech late yesterday, Bolsonaro did ask the protesters to act lawfully⁹.

MARTIN: Well, are security officials under the Bolsonaro government doing anything about all these roadblocks?

KAHN: Yeah, they are. The Supreme¹⁰ Court has intervened and ordered the federal highway police to break them up or face big fines. I talked to this truck driver stuck at a highway gas station outside Rio. His name is Mario Guimaraes, and he's 57. And he says he's been stuck in Rio for hours because of the blockades.

MARIO GUIMARAES: (Speaking Portuguese).

KAHN: He said he voted for Bolsonaro but that he lost democratically, and it's time to respect the vote. He was lamenting¹¹ how much money he was losing.

MARTIN: OK. So now that Bolsonaro has said there will indeed be a transition of power, what is Lula da Silva saying?

KAHN: He's moving forward, preparing for the transition. He named the head of his transition team, his vice¹² presidential running mate, who is a centrist and signals that da Silva is not going to be making any radical¹³ moves. He does take office on New Year's Day.

MARTIN: OK. NPR's Carrie Kahn reporting from Rio de Janeiro. Thank you so much.

KAHN: Thanks for having me.

1 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

2 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

3 briefly   

adv.简单地，简短地

参考例句：

• I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
• He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。

4 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

5 explicitly   

ad.明确地，显然地

参考例句：

• The plan does not explicitly endorse the private ownership of land. 该计划没有明确地支持土地私有制。
• SARA amended section 113 to provide explicitly for a right to contribution. 《最高基金修正与再授权法案》修正了第123条，清楚地规定了分配权。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

6 injustice   

n.非正义，不公正，不公平，侵犯（别人的）权利

参考例句：

• They complained of injustice in the way they had been treated.他们抱怨受到不公平的对待。
• All his life he has been struggling against injustice.他一生都在与不公正现象作斗争。

7 definitive   

adj.确切的，权威性的；最后的，决定性的

参考例句：

• This book is the definitive guide to world cuisine.这本书是世界美食的权威指南。
• No one has come up with a definitive answer as to why this should be so.至于为什么该这样，还没有人给出明确的答复。

8 intervention   

n.介入，干涉，干预

参考例句：

• The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
• Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.许多人觉得他会反对外来干预。

9 lawfully   

adv.守法地，合法地；合理地

参考例句：

• Lawfully established contracts shall be protected by law. 依法成立的合同应受法律保护。 来自口语例句
• As my lawfully wedded husband, in sickness and in health, till death parts us. 当成是我的合法丈夫，无论疾病灾难，直到死亡把我们分开。 来自电影对白

10 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

11 lamenting   

adj.悲伤的，悲哀的v.（为…）哀悼，痛哭，悲伤( lament的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Katydids were lamenting fall's approach. 蝈蝈儿正为秋天临近而哀鸣。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Lamenting because the papers hadn't been destroyed and the money kept. 她正在吃后悔药呢，后悔自己没有毁了那张字条，把钱昧下来！ 来自英汉文学 - 败坏赫德莱堡

12 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

13 radical   

n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的

参考例句：

• The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
• She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。