Last year we had an extremely polarized election, certainly the most polarized since the end of a dictatorship that lasted more than twenty years, from 1964 to 1985.
From 1985 to 2013, Brazilian democracy went through a period of steady consolidation. In 2013, however, the scenario began to change. Perspectives on what would have happened are varied, many opposites to each other and still largely in flux.
The fact, however, is that a movement at once conservative and anti-system, emerged victorious in the 2018 elections. Brazil has elected a president who seems to be proud of being anti-intelectual, a president who does not hide his racism, misogyny, and homophobia, who openly defends torture and the murder of political opponents.
