POLITICS
From silence to uproar: where will Brazil’s right go next?
With Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s far right came out of the closet. But he is in prison now — and the right will have to find a new identity. Photo: Nancy Ayumi Kunihiro/Shutterstock
This past week marked a major milestone in Brazil’s history — and in the history of the country’s political right in particular. Far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro — who became the most popular right-wing figure since Brazil’s return to democracy — began serving his 27-year prison sentence for leading a criminal conspiracy to launch a coup d’etat.
High-ranking military officers who worked with him to attempt to subvert his 2022 electoral defeat were also arrested, breaking a longstanding tradition of impunity for the political interventionism of Brazil’s Armed Forces.
Almost a decade after engineering its return to federal power through an impeachment, Brazil’s right wing today operates with…
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