Four months into his term, Brazil’s far-right president Jair Bolsonaro is already facing enormous problems. Coming to power on a wave of anti-establishment sentiment in a country reeling from a deep economic crisis and a huge corruption scandal involving some of the country’s best-known companies and politicians, Bolsonaro promised a ‘new politics’, both domestically and internationally.
‘Brazil First’ simply won’t work
Kai Enno Lehmann warns that a lack of leadership and foreign pressures are limiting policy options
The World Today
Published 26 May 2019
Updated 6 November 2020 — 3 minute READ
Image — A supporter of Brazil’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, takes part in an election rally