The prison crisis can be interpreted as the continuation of Bolsonaro's campaign platform: one rooted in the belief that the State decides who lives and, above all, who dies.
The Brazilian presidente might be losing establishment support, but he still has the loyalty of hundreds of thousands of rank and file members of the security forces.
Cómo una situación ya difícil para los refugiados venezolanos en términos de integración y salud puede convertirse en una tragedia humanitaria explosiva.
"[O país] só vai mudar, infelizmente, quando partirmos para uma guerra civil, fazendo um trabalho que o regime militar não fez. Matando uns 30 mil," Jair Bolsonaro, 1999.
With more guns and ammunition than ever before available to the general public, and strong, vociferous support from the rank and file of the police and armed forces, Jair Bolsonaro is holding Brazilian society to ransom.
Violence has, to some extent, given political agency to blacks in the United States, whereas nonviolence has kept their Brazilian counterparts tucked away and largely ignored. Español Português
O risco do Brasil cair em protestos violentos ainda é distante, mas está crescendo. A democracia do país está sendo empurrada para o ponto de inflexão. Español English
