Brazil: A year of Jair Bolsonaro

Since 2014, the visible face of Brazil’s anti-corruption crusade has been Sérgio Moro, who as a federal judge on the Lava Jato investigation put political and business big shots behind bars and attained hero-like status for many Brazilians. After accepting Bolsonaro’s offer for the position at the head of the newly created justice & public security ministry, Moro became the face of the new government’s fight against corruption. When questioned about how he would tackle the white-collar crime, Bolsonaro would usually refer back to Moro, as if his mere appointment as justice minister was a guarantee of the government’s commitment to anti-corruption efforts.

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