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Why some Brazilians won't be wearing their national soccer colors for the World Cup
RIO DE JANEIRO — It's probably the most recognized soccer shirt out there: the canary yellow with bright green trim. Brazil has worn it during all five of its record World Cup titles. But at home, the national colors have been steeped in controversy2 ever since far-right President Jair Bolsonaro adopted them as the emblem3 of his brand of nationalist politics.
Bolsonaristas, as the president's followers4 are known, wear the jerseys6 and wrap themselves in the Brazilian flag at marches and rallies supporting his conservative religious, anti-LGBTQ and pro-gun rights messages.
Bolsonaro downplayed the coronavirus pandemic and oversaw7 a devastating8 COVID-19 death toll9. He slashed10 Amazon protections leading to record deforestation. And he has tried to challenge the election results after electoral authorities declared victory last month for his rival, President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
In Brazil, the yellow shirt has become the equivalent of the red MAGA hat worn by followers of Bolsonaro's ally, former President Donald Trump11.
Soccer fan Vanessa Morales says she just can't wear the Sele??o's shirt during this year's World Cup.
"I'm not going to wear either the green or yellow," she says, not wanting to be confused with Bolsonaro's supporters. She'll wear her local team Flamengo's red-and-black jersey5 instead. "It's difficult that a [political] party ended up dominating our T-shirt."
But she says hopefully when Lula takes office in January, more Brazilians will wear the national soccer jersey once again.
Reclaiming12 the yellow
Vendor13 Renato Monteiro says he's sold 20,000 of the shirts to Lula voters in the last two months.
"They're buying it because Bolsonaro thought the symbol was his, but in fact it was not his, it belonged to the people. We rescued the symbol of our homeland," he says from his small stand at a weekend outdoor market in Rio de Janeiro.
Brazil's soccer confederation, CBF, is neutral on the political front, but launched a campaign to encourage citizens to rally around the jersey and the team. And one of the country's largest beer companies, Brahma, is urging Brazilians to wear it during the World Cup.
In a country where soccer is practically a religion, maybe there will be a moment when Brazilians can forget what divides them and unite under one color, yellow.
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