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Brazil: A year of Jair Bolsonaro
The crusade against 'cultural Marxism'
One of the principal criticisms that Bolsonaro levies at the leftist PT administrations that preceded him is their ideologisation of government agendas. And yet, despite his claims to the contrary, Bolsonaro has gone on to do the same, merely shifting the ideological bias to the right.
- A new era in Brazilian politics
- The 2018 election
- Bolsonaro's inner circle
- Redrawing relations with congress
- A neo-liberal agenda
- An ambitious reform programme
- Concessions and privatisations
- Encouraging results
- A new way of doing politics
- Moro and Lava Jato
- The independence of institutions
- Scandals
- Tough-on-crime talk
- Attempts at implementing legislation
- Falling crime rates
- 'Brazil above everything, God above all'
- The crusade against 'cultural Marxism'
- Rhetoric has consequences
- The economy and security remain the key to re-election hopes