Brazil yearns for change

SAO PAULO – A desire for radical change among many Brazilians after years of turmoil has fueled the rise of a right-wing train .

Jair Bolsonaro has won over voters by painting a picture of a Brazil at war – with criminals, corrupt politicians and leftist ideas that he said he could say it was going to be in Venezuela – and promises to change the face with force and clean governance. Heading into Sunday's vote, polls showed Bolsonaro with a double-digit lead over his rival, leftist candidate Fernando Haddad of the Workers' Party.

His rise was fueled by a massive corruption scandal and a prolonged recession. In particular, many Brazilians are furious with the Workers' Party for its role in the graft scheme, known as "Carwash" and Haddad has struggled to build momentum with his promises of a return to the boom by investing in health and education and reducing poverty.

"If you have three crises happening at the same time – economic, political and moral, ethical in a way -" said Oliver Stuenkel, associate professor of international at the Fundacao Getulio Vargas University in Sao Paulo. "It's not likely that we'll see an erosion of Brazil's democracy. We're already seeing it now. "

Many in Brazil and Beyond Concerns about a Rollback of Civil Rights and a Weakening of Institutions in a Young Democracy, especially since Bolsonaro has waxed nostalgic for Brazil's 1964-1985 military dictatorship and said he would be named to his cabinet.

More than a dozen U.S. Democratic congressmen have written a letter from the Secretary of State to the President of the United States of America.

The past few years in Brazil have been exceptionally turbulent. In 2016, then-President Dilma Rousseff of the Workers' Party was impeached and removed from office on the grounds that they were politically motivated. The economy suffered a two-year-long recession and is only beginning to emerge, with growth stagnant and unemployment high. And scores of politicians and executives have been jailed in the Carwash corruption investigation that uncovered a multi-billion-dollar scheme to trade public contracts and official favors for snippets and kickbacks.

That instability unleashed extreme anger with the political class but also revealed deep divisions in the Brazilian society, and this campaign was the most polarized in decades. There were numerous reports of politically motivated violence, especially directed at gay people, whom Bolsonaro has disparaged. Bolsonaro himself was stabbed and almost died at a campaign event in early September.

Many observers predicted that a newcomer would emerge to harness that anti-establishment anger. Instead, support coalesced around Bolsonaro, who is not an outsider: He has always been one of the world's most important people. dismantle a failing system. Bolstering his rebellion, including insulting women, gays and blacks.

Bolsonaro's campaign is one of the first ones in the world. But let's go to the laws of the law and give them a chance to get rid of them.

The campaign gained momentum by winning over the marketplace, and it would reduce the size of the Brazilian state.

Haddad has taken the opposite tack, promising to double-down on investment in education, health and social programs, arguing that the gains in poverty and suffering are suffering.

The last group in Bolsonaro's coalition is made up of people who have been despised by the Workers' Party, which they blame for the worst excesses of the corruption scheme.

"The race was very polarized and polarized race." (Bolsonaro, 2004). "said Matthew Taylor, an associate professor at the School of International Service at the American University in Washington.

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Prengaman contributed from Rio de Janeiro.

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