By Daniel Ashman
I first saw Olavo de Carvalho years ago on a program called Update Brazil, which covered the global fight against communism.
The video is gone now, the whole channel purged by YouTube.  The host was Allan dos Santos, an excellent anti-communist journalist who is now being persecuted and blacklisted by Brazil’s far-left Supreme Court.  Also on the show were the brilliant American analysts, Jeff Nyquist and Diana West.
The fourth person was the only one I didn’t recognize.  An old and playful Brazilian man.  He seemed quirky.  Maybe a blogger and friend of Allan’s.
It was actually Olavo de Carvalho, who was something of a national hero and incredibly accomplished.  I just couldn’t tell it from his polite and humble demeanor.  If I recall correctly, he went out of his way to promote the books of West and Nyquist, saying how great they are, and what a big fan of theirs he is.
