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Brazil: A year of Jair Bolsonaro
A new era in Brazilian politics
On 1 January 2019, Jair Bolsonaro was sworn in for a four-year term as the 38th president of Brazil, after winning a divisive election in October 2018. In theory, this election signalled the supposed return to political normality, following the unelected government of Michel Temer (2016-2019) which took over after the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff in 2016. In practice however, Bolsonaro’s victory marked the start of a new era in Brazilian politics.
- 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