Simone Pitta: "With this first round you can see a consolidation of bolsonarism in Brazil"
Despite not having been in power in Brazil's last presidential period, and despite the allegations and convictions against former President Jair Bolsonaro for an attempted coup d'état, Bolsonarism managed to consolidate itself in the face of the elections on October 4. Now, Flávio Bolsonaro seeks to position himself as the new president of Brazil in a fight, in the shooting, with the current president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. What does this triumph mean for the electorate following Bolsonaro? We analyzed it with Simone Pitta, a lawyer and doctor in political science at the University of the Andes.
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Simone Pitta: "With this first round you can see a consolidation of bolsonarism in Brazil" — Image credit: France 24 (Español)
Despite not having been in power in Brazil's last presidential period, and despite the allegations and convictions against former President Jair Bolsonaro for an attempted coup d'état, Bolsonarism managed to consolidate itself in the face of the elections on October 4. Now, Flávio Bolsonaro seeks to position himself as the new president of Brazil in a fight, in the shooting, with the current president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. What does this triumph mean for the electorate following Bolsonaro? We analyzed it with Simone Pitta, a lawyer and doctor in political science at the University of the Andes.
