Brazil under Bolsonaro
Our journalists discuss the toll his presidency has taken on Brazil.
Brazilians elected Jair Bolsonaro as their president in 2018. He borrowed heavily from the Donald Trump playbook—his populist, straight-talking, nationalistic approach won him wide support. Since taking office he has implemented policies which have eroded trust in democratic institutions and caused potentially terminal damage to the Amazon rainforest. His disastrous handling of the pandemic has pushed Brazil to breaking point. The country’s challenges are daunting: economic stagnation, political polarisation, environmental ruin, social regress and a covid-19 catastrophe from which it is yet to emerge.
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