Damian Platt is a Brazil expert, author and human rights activist. His new book. Nothing by Accident, an account of how Brazil got to where it is in 2020, is being published later this year.
The Brazilian presidente might be losing establishment support, but he still has the loyalty of hundreds of thousands of rank and file members of the security forces.
El presidente brasileño podría estar perdiendo apoyo del establishment, pero todavía tiene la lealtad de cientos de miles de miembros de las fuerzas armadas y de seguridad.
O presidente brasileiro está perdendo apoio do establishment, mas ainda conta com a lealdade de centenas de milhares de membros das forças de segurança.
"[O país] só vai mudar, infelizmente, quando partirmos para uma guerra civil, fazendo um trabalho que o regime militar não fez. Matando uns 30 mil," Jair Bolsonaro, 1999.
With more guns and ammunition than ever before available to the general public, and strong, vociferous support from the rank and file of the police and armed forces, Jair Bolsonaro is holding Brazilian society to ransom.