Abstract:The aim of this paper is to clarify certain aspects regarding the meteoric political rise of Brazilian President Jair Messias Bolsonaro, from the lowest echelons of the Brazilian Parliament, to prominence as the main catalyst of the diffuse anti-left wing sentiment spread throughout Brazilian society after four consecutive center-left wing governments led by
Worker’s Party (PT). In our article, we try to understand whether his presidency is a result of a major crisis of the “Braziliannes… Show more
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