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Cuban Zoe Martínez, a political commentator and representative of the Liberal Party (PL), announced her candidacy for city council in São Paulo, Brazil, with strong support from former First Lady Michelle Bolsonaro.
Martínez, who has lived in the South American country since the age of 12, will officially announce his candidacy this Friday at the state's Military Association, as he shared on the social media platform X.
The analyst stated that she is embarking on this new mission encouraged by people she deeply admires, according to the digital site Jornal da Cidade.
The event is also expected to feature Colonel Ricardo de Mello Araújo (PL), who is a candidate for vice president on the Ricardo Nunes ticket. It is worth mentioning that the Cuban is a figure very close to former president Jair Bolsonaro.
Martínez is a well-known voice for denouncing the political and social dilemmas of the island's regime. In fact, he gained significant attention in 2022 when he schooled a Brazilian journalist who refused to acknowledge that Cuba is a dictatorship.
A frequent guest on the Joven Pan Morning Program, César Calejon refused to acknowledge the reality of the Caribbean nation during the broadcast and received a strong response from Martínez, as reported by the aforementioned Brazilian portal at the time.
"Cuba has nothing to export to the world. The Cuban dictatorship has destroyed Cuba. My family left little by little, first my father, then my mother, then my sister, and finally me... it was a family separation that lasted seven years, fleeing from that dictatorship," the young woman replied to her counterpart who was trying to justify the situation in the territory from a "leftist" perspective.
Martínez then recommended that he study the issue before attempting to justify the situation of a country whose regime has caused suffering and family separations.
"Ah Zoe, you're 22 years old and you still haven't graduated," the journalist said condescendingly to the Cuban. "You can try to belittle me, but my knowledge of the subject is greater than yours," the young woman shot back during the discussion.
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