Four challenges for the next leader of Brazil

There will be no honeymoon for the next president of Brazil, who has to face many problems. Huge budget deficits, unprecedented murder and widespread politicians are some of the polarized country's challenges.

l & # 39; economy

Big holes in the budget, a high unemployment rate and a weak currency. In Brazil, for several years now, the economic crisis has been a problem facing the board of directors.

"The economic situation is undoubtedly a challenge." Andrés Rivarola Puntigliano, Associate Professor and Latin American expert at the Stockholm University, believes that Brazil has a galloping deficit that is lacking in public finances.

"You have to put the economy back on its feet, which means that structural reforms, employment reforms, pension reforms and tax reforms need to be implemented, and a tight budget is needed" said Mikael Wigell, speaker and Brazilian expert at the Finnish Institute of Foreign Policy.

violence

In 2017, 63,880 people were murdered in Brazil, according to figures from the Fórum Brasileiro de Segurança Pública organization. Increased and escalating violent crime has several causes, including drug gang warnings and an underfunded police year, writes the New York Times. Violence is also caused by widespread poverty and major class divisions. According to a survey this year, the ten Brazilian cities with the highest murder rate are nine times more likely to live in extreme poverty than the least violent cities in the country.

Young black men raised in poverty, especially in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, are particularly vulnerable. The largest amount of murders occur in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, in northeastern Brazil.

"There is real dissatisfaction with the violence in Brazil, which has intensified in recent years, and every government must solve the problem, but in the short term it seems very difficult to find a solution to the problem," Rivarola said. Puntigliano.

corruption

In the spring of 2014, a small investigation into money laundering in Brazil was opened. This investigation has been found to be at the root of a large-scale corruption scandal and branches in many parts of Latin America. In the center of this city was the state oil company Petrobras, which had transferred a large number of politicians.

As a result, former President Dilma Rousseff was brought before the Riksrätt – albeit for other reasons – and was forced to move away from power. His predecessor, Lula da Silva, was convicted of receiving a luxury residence as a bribe, which resulted in a prison sentence and prevented him from reporting to the presidential election. Even a large number of congressmen and other senior politicians from all political camps have been involved in different types of mutilation scandals.

"There is a political crisis in Brazil, a corruption crisis, where it has been found that the whole political system is very corrupt, people are really tired of it, which means that elections have become a choice. protest, "said Wigell.

polarization

In the months leading up to the elections, the deep division of Brazilian society became more and more evident. The Reuters news agency has described the electoral movement as more devastating since the military dictatorship in 1985. Several polls have also revealed that voters are abandoning the political center and looking for outer limits.

The presiding president must now try to overcome the chasms between the political camps and find a way forward, which can be a complicated task.

"The situation is very worried.It is a very polarized mode, which makes it difficult to control.Here, we have to try to reach a consensus," said Wigell.

October 28, 2018 2:48 p.m.