Reposted by Eros Carvalho
"Brazilian democracy has many flaws, and far-right sectors remain very much active. Yet Bolsonaro’s fate — and with it, the fate of democracy — was shaped by...a practical reversal of the U.S. model..."
Cristina Buarque de Hollanda for @sunsentinel.bsky.social
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Lessons from the South: How Brazil held onto its democracy | Opinion
After supporters rioted and trashed government buildings in the U.S. and Brazil, Donald Trump returned to power, but Jair Bolsonaro went to jail. The two countries’ institutions explain why.