The Brazilian judiciary is pressuring former conservative president Jair Bolsonaro and his followers as much as possible, not least to discredit him, his ideas, and his party. However, the Bolsonarist movement remains the most robust popular network in Latin America and likely the most significant in the country’s history. That is why, with a year […]
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