Wyllys, who had just been in office for a third term in office, says that the threats of death he received too much and that he now plans to stay in the rest of the world. In an interview in the newspaper Folha de S. Paulo, he says that he is tired of living with only and that the situation has worsened since president Jair Bolsonaro came to power.

” It was not the choice of Bolsonaro. It was våldsnivån that has increased since he was elected.

Replacement for Wyllys will be David Miranda, who is also an openly gay man.

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